01399 ／ きょうごくちょう
Hokkaido 虻田郡Water wells up, about 80,000 tons a day.
Kyogoku Fukidashi Spring01 ／ Kyogoku Farm
The owner, Viscount Kyogoku Takanori, had been the eighth lord of the former Marugame domain in Sanuki. The farm was opened to its tenants in 1938, and in 1940 the village was renamed Kyogoku. In 2016 the town signed a parent-and-child city pact with Marugame City, Kagawa.
02 ／ Wakikata
The Wakikata Line opened in 1920. In 1939 the Wakikata mine came under Nippon Steel Mining and was renamed Kutchan Mine. A closing ceremony was held in 1969, the line shut the next year, and the Wakikata school closed. A memorial stands on the site.
03 ／ Town tree
The mizunara oak was designated the town tree on March 16, 2001. The town explains that it was chosen because its name echoes the town's image of water and because it also grows wild in Fukidashi Park. It is a deciduous tree of the oak genus and bears acorns.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot June–August 2025)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; Donan Bus links it with Kutchan. In the timetable revised on October 1, 2026, buses without a service-day note take 28 minutes from Kutchan Station to Kyogoku Bus Terminal, with no transfer.
−7.7% since 2015
3,489 → 2,941
37.61km² of it habitable
2024
2.3 people per household
2020
10.2 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 道南バスの停留所時刻表（2026年10月1日改正）。倶知安駅前（ポール A）の『喜茂別行・京極経由』と、京極バスターミナル（ポール A）の『喜茂別行』を突き合わせた (checked 2026-10-29). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
20.2km
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