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01546 ／きよさとちょう

Hokkaido 斜里郡

Kiyosato Town

Fallen trees lie sunk like fossils.

God's Child Pond

Photo by Tzu-hsun, Hsu (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Sakura Falls

A falls about 3 m high,which cherry salmon try to leap.

The town says this falls on the Shari River, about 3 m high, was named Sakura Falls in a 2002 public call by the Kiyosato Tourist Association. Yamame trout that went to sea return as cherry salmon, about 3,000 a year, and from early June to late August they try to leap the falls.

About 3 m high
Named in a public call in 2002
About 3,000 cherry salmon return each year

02 ／ Mount Shari

The triangle at the center of the town crestis a stylized Mount Shari.

The town says the crest was adopted in 1953: the circle stands for the harmony of the town, and the central triangle stylizes Mount Shari. One of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains at 1,547 m, it is most often climbed by the route from the Kiyosato side via the Seigakuso mountain hut.

Town crest adopted in 1953
1,547 m high
One of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains

03 ／ Origin of the Town Name

First character from Koshimizu, second from Shari,a name that keeps the history of the split.

The town says that when it gained town status in 1955, it invited public names, and Kiyosato was chosen to mean a pure village and to keep the history of splitting from Koshimizu Village and Shari Town. The village before it was founded in 1943.

Village founded in 1943
Town status in 1955, with a public call for names
Split from Koshimizu Village and Shari Town

Kiyosato 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 July–September 2024)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

Large-scale farmland spreads at the foot of Mount Shari.

about 4,000 people
Rural district town

The town says Kiyosato is a town of clear streams, blessed with a rich natural environment including Mount Shari and God's Child Pond in Akan-Mashu National Park. Broad, fertile farmland spreads at the foot of Mount Shari, where large-scale farming is among the leading in Japan.

People living here: 3,883people
Area: 402.76km²
Households: 1,591households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 2 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.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities.

Kiyosato Town in Japan43.835°N 144.595°E

Territory of Kiyosato 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

31.4km

Koshimizu Town, Shari Town, Nakashibetsu Town, Teshikaga Town, Shibetsu Town

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

Kiyosato Town isthis kind of town.

01God's Child Pond is, per the town, a small pond 220 m around and 5 m deep, with water at 8 °C all year, where fallen trees lie sunk like fossils in the blue water without rotting. The town says it was added to Akan-Mashu National Park in 2017
02Sakura Falls is, per the town, a falls about 3 m high on the Shari River, to which about 3,000 cherry salmon return each year. Mount Shari is one of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains at 1,547 m, and the central triangle of the town crest stylizes it
03The town says its name keeps the history of splitting from Koshimizu Village and Shari Town, with its first character from Koshimizu and its second from Shari. It took the name on gaining town status in 1955. The gateway to the town is Kiyosatocho Station

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Kiyosato Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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