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01460 ／かみふらのちょう

Hokkaido 空知郡

Kamifurano Town

In July, a hill turns purple all over.

Hinode Park, lavender

Photo by Totti (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Tsuchi-no-yakata

A museum showing many plows of the world,a Mechanical Engineering Heritage.

It is Mechanical Engineering Heritage No. 62 of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. The museum says its second hall, the Plows of the World and Soil Exhibition Room, shows many plows and Japanese-style plows and conveys the history and culture of farming.

Heritage No. 62 (certified 2014)
Western and Japanese plows on display
Second hall: plows of the world and soil

02 ／ Senbo Pass

A view of the Tokachi range and the Furano Basin,one of Kamifurano's Eight Views.

The tourism association says the Senbo Pass park, along Hokkaido Route 581 linking Kamifurano and Biei, offers a grand panorama of the Tokachi mountain range and the Furano Basin. A small lavender field lies below the parking lot.

Along Hokkaido Route 581
One of Kamifurano's Eight Views
Lavender field below the parking lot

03 ／ Earth and mountain gods

The oldest historic site in the Furano area,Tomihara's earth and mountain gods.

The town says two deities, the earth god and the mountain god, in Tomihara were enshrined by settlers from Shikoku who moved from a farm in Asahikawa, according to a high school history club. A survey concluded they are the oldest historic site in the Furano area, and the town designated them.

Two deities
Town-designated site (Dec. 9, 1980)
Located at Higashi 7-sen Kita 24-go

Kamifurano 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–October 2009)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

Ringed by mountains on three sides, open to the south.

about 10,000 people
Rural district town

The town says it is surrounded on three sides by mountains: Mt. Tokachi to the east, the Yubari Mountains to the west, and the foothills of both ranges to the north. The town spreads open to the south. Its area is 237.10 km², with about 1,000 mm of annual rainfall and about 1 m of snow on flat land.

People living here: 10,348people
Area: 237.1km²
Households: 4,287households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 4 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —4 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.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities.

Kamifurano Town in Japan43.456°N 142.467°E

Territory of Kamifurano 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

18.8km

Biei Town, Nakafurano Town, Furano City, Shintoku Town, Minamifurano Town

Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.

Kamifurano Town isthis kind of town.

01The Hinode Park lavender garden sits on a small hill in the center of town, and the tourism association says full-bloom lavender dyes the hill purple all over in July. The town planted 1.5 ha in the park in 1980, and the Tokachi range can be seen from the summit lookout
02Tsuchi-no-yakata is Mechanical Engineering Heritage No. 62 and shows plows of the world and Japanese-style plows. Senbo Pass is one of Kamifurano's Eight Views, with a view of the Tokachi range and the Furano Basin
03The earth and mountain gods of Tomihara are a town-designated site that the town concluded is the oldest historic site in the Furano area. The town's site also mentions beer made with local hops and barley. The gateway to the town is Kami-Furano Station

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kamifurano Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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