01472 ／ ほろかないちょう
Hokkaido 雨竜郡Buckwheat's white runs to the foothills.
Horokanai buckwheat fields01 ／ Moshiri
The town says that on February 17, 1978, Moshiri recorded minus 41.2 degrees Celsius. Because it fell outside the scope of the Japan Meteorological Agency's official records, the official record is Asahikawa's minus 41 degrees of 1902. Moshiri Crystal Park, built to commemorate the reading, has a monument modeled on icicles.
02 ／ Shinmei Line
JR Hokkaido Bus presents its Shinmei Line as a local transport service that takes the railway's place, linking Fukagawa and Nayoro. The town says the exchange plaza, built around the bus terminal, holds a JR Shinmei Line exhibition room.
03 ／ Uryu Experimental Forest
Hokkaido University says the forest was created in 1901 (Meiji 34) as the "First Basic Forest", after the Home Ministry transferred about 30,000 ha, and that it was the university's first research forest. The managed area is now about 24,000 ha. The forest lists a lowest temperature of minus 41.2 degrees Celsius in February 1978, which it calls the lowest ever observed in Japan.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot June–October 2016)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））
Living here
There is no active railway station in the town. On JR Hokkaido Bus's Shinmei Line, the express from Fukagawa to Horokanai takes 68 minutes on the summer timetable (revised April 1, 2026) and 71 minutes on the winter timetable (from November 1). These are the fastest of the buses that run every day, counted from outside the town toward it.
−10.2% since 2015
1,710 → 1,370
146.45km² of it habitable
2024
2.1 people per household
2020
29.2 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow ジェイ・アール北海道バス『深名線時刻表（下り 深川→幌加内→名寄）』夏期ダイヤ（4/1〜10/31・2026〔令和8〕年4月1日改正）https://www.town.horokanai.hokkaido.jp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/jr-bus-202604.pdf と、冬期ダイヤ（2026/11/1〜2027/3/31・令和8年11月1日改正）https://www.jrhokkaidobus.com/pdf/timetable/2026_11/fukagawa.pdf（JR北海道バス公式の時刻表ページ https://www.jrhokkaidobus.com/timetable/time/ の『深川方面（深名線）』から。2026-10-29 に読んだ）。深川発→幌加内着：夏期＝820→928（快速・68分）・1005→1113（快速・68分）・1135→1248（73分）・1405→1518（73分）・1625→1738（73分）・1830→1943（73分）・1950→2103（73分）。冬期＝820→931（快速・71分）・1005→1116（快速・71分）・1135→1252（77分）・1405→1522（77分）・1610→1727（77分）・1830→1947（77分）・1950→2107（77分）。 (checked 2026-10-29). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
63.7km
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