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01642 ／ひろおちょう

Hokkaido 広尾郡

Hiroo Town

Said to cost enough to pave with gold.

Golden Road, National Route 336

Photo by ノボホショコロトソ (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Tokachi Shrine

A board recording a mountain road of 1798was carved again in 1860.

The town introduces Tokachi Shrine as the oldest shrine in Tokachi, with its founding unknown. It holds the engraved board Toka Shindo Ki, a Hokkaido-designated Tangible Cultural Property, which records how Kondo Juzo opened a mountain road of about three ri in 1798 (Kansei 10). The town says the board was carved again in 1860.

Toka Shindo Ki board: Hokkaido-designated on 18 Jan 1968
Mountain road opened in 1798 (Kansei 10)
Board carved again in 1860 (Man'en 1), says the town

02 ／ Former Hiroo Station site

The old Hiroo Station building was taken down in 2018;a bus waiting room now stands there.

The former Hiroo Station building, built in 1977, passed to the town when the Hiroo Line closed and became a memorial hall of railway materials. The town took it down in 2018 (Heisei 30), and the Hiroo bus waiting room was completed. Tokachi Bus lists the waiting room in its office guide as the former Hiroo Station.

Former station: single-story, built 1977, 378 sq m (Tokachi Mainichi Shimbun)
Memorial hall demolished and bus waiting room completed in 2018 (the town)
Tokachi Bus office guide: Hiroo waiting room, former Hiroo Station (checked 29 Oct 2026)

03 ／ Tokachi Jin'ya site

The Sendai domain's outpost at the foot of Maruyamawas a small garrison, the town says.

In 1859 (Ansei 6) the shogunate had the Sendai domain and four other domains guard and develop Ezo, and Sendai set up a jin'ya (outpost) at the foot of Maruyama. The town describes it as a small garrison, with part of the earthworks remaining on the grounds of the former Hiroo Elementary School.

1859 (Ansei 6): the shogunate had Sendai and four other domains guard and develop Ezo
Designated by the town on 18 Nov 1975
Part of the earthworks lies within the former Hiroo Elementary School grounds (the town)

Hiroo Town from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot September 2019)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

No station: 154 minutes by bus from Obihiro Station.

about 6,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in the town. Tokachi Bus's Hiroo Line takes 154 minutes without a change from Obihiro Station Bus Terminal to the stop in front of the town office. The time counts services that run every day, leaving out those that do not run on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, in the timetable revised on October 13, 2026. The gateway is the Town Office.

People living here: 6,387people
Area: 596.48km²
Households: 2,997households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 4 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —2 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Hiroo Town in Japan42.286°N 143.312°E

to ObihiroLocal bus154min

Travel times follow 十勝バス『広尾線』時刻表【令和8年10月13日改正】（町公式『路線バス・都市間バス時刻表＆運賃表』が掲載するPDF。帯広駅バスターミナル発→広尾行と広尾発→帯広行。■印は土曜・日曜・祝日運休便）を 2026-10-29 に読んだ。帯広駅バスターミナル発→広尾役場前：土日祝運休でない7便（7:15・10:05・12:20・15:30・16:35・19:05・20:20発）はどれも154分（広尾役場前の着は 9:49・12:39・14:54・18:04・19:09・21:39・22:54）。広尾役場前発→帯広駅バスターミナル着：土日祝運休でない7便のうち6便が157分、7:54発の1便だけ162分。 (checked 2026-10-29). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities.

Territory of Hiroo Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

32.0km

Taiki Town, Urakawa Town, Erimo Town, Samani Town

Hiroo Town isthis kind of town.

01The Golden Road is the common name of National Route 336 from Hiroo to Erimo Town, 33.529 km. The town explains the name as coming from a road on which funds were spent as if laying gold, and its chronology records the road opening in 1934 after eight years
02Tokachi Shrine is the oldest shrine in Tokachi by the town's account and holds a Hokkaido-designated Tangible Cultural Property, the Toka Shindo Ki board. The town-designated Tokachi Jin'ya site, a Sendai domain outpost of 1859, has part of its earthworks remaining, the town says
03The town has no railway station, and a bus waiting room stands on the site of the old Hiroo Station. The town says its name is said to derive from the Ainu word Pirui, and it belongs to Hiroo District

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Hiroo Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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