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01222 ／みかさし

Mikasa City

A shaft once called “No. 1 in the East.”

Ponbetsu Mine shaft tower, 51 m

Photo by Calistemon (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Strata

Beside strata about 50 million years old,strata about 100 million years old.

At the Open-air Museum area of Mikasa Geopark, a formation about 50 million years old lies next to the Mikasa Formation, about 100 million years old. Stepping across the boundary is described as jumping 50 million years at once. Many ammonite fossils have also been found in the Mikasa Formation.

A formation about 50 million years old
Mikasa Formation: about 100 million years old
Hitomatagi 50 Million Years

02 ／ Fossil

A nationally designated natural monumentis held at Mikasa City Museum.

In the Hokkaido Board of Education list, the nationally designated natural monument Ezo-Mikasa-ryu fossil is located at Mikasa City Museum. A museum column says a full-body reconstruction model, supervised by a mosasaur specialist, was donated and added to the display.

National natural monument, 1977
Located at Mikasa City Museum
Full-body model donated

03 ／ Railway

Near the former Mikasa Station stands areproduction of Horonaiputo Station.

Crawford Park was completed in 1990 around the site of the former Mikasa Station. The city describes the Horonaiputo station building in the park as a reproduction of its former appearance (later Mikasa Station). Mikasa Railway Village opened as the “birthplace of railways in Hokkaido,” where the first railway in the region opened in 1882.

Completed in 1990
Horonaiputo Station building (later Mikasa Station)
Footbridge recalling former Mikasa Station

Mikasa City 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 May–June 2007)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

Thirty-seven minutes by bus from Iwamizawa.

about 8,000 people

There is no railway station in the city. Chuo Bus runs its Mikasa Line from Iwamizawa Terminal. In the timetable effective October 1, 2026, the trip from Iwamizawa Terminal to the Mikasa Shimin Kaikan stop takes 36 to 37 minutes on weekdays and on weekends and holidays.

People living here: 8,040people
Area: 302.52km²
Households: 3,816households
Rent (average for rentals): 30,483yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 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.

Mikasa City in Japan43.246°N 141.875°E

to IwamizawaLocal bus37min

Travel times follow 中央バス三笠線（系統22・23）時刻表（https://www.chuo-bus.co.jp/city_route/pdf/IWAMIZAWA.pdf 。市公式『令和8年10月1日以降の中央バス減便に伴う代替交通について』の『三笠線時刻表（R8.10.1～）』のリンク先と同じファイル）。岩見沢ターミナル（JR岩見沢駅の駅前。時刻表の路線図でJR岩見沢駅の隣）発→三笠市民会館着。平日：7:27→8:04（37分）・10:00→10:36（36分）・11:00→11:36（36分）・14:15→14:51（36分）・15:30→16:06（36分）・17:40→18:16（36分）。土日祝：8:00→8:37（37分）・9:30→10:06（36分）・11:30→12:06（36分）・15:30→16:06（36分）・16:30→17:06（36分）。注記の付かない毎日運転の便の遅いほうの37分を採った (checked 2026-10-29). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities.

Territory of Mikasa City

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

24.0km

Iwamizawa City, Bibai City, Ashibetsu City, Yubari City

Mikasa City isthis kind of town.

01The former Ponbetsu Coal Mine shaft tower is a geosite of Mikasa Geopark, about 51 m high over a shaft about 735 m deep. Completed in 1959, it was then called No. 1 in the East. It is on private land and closed to visitors
02In the Open-air Museum area, strata about 50 million years old lie next to strata about 100 million years old. The nationally designated Ezo-Mikasa-ryu fossil is at Mikasa City Museum
03Crawford Park has a station building reproducing the former appearance of Horonaiputo Station. By bus from Iwamizawa Terminal to the Mikasa Shimin Kaikan stop takes 36 to 37 minutes

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Mikasa City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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