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01433 ／もせうしちょう

Hokkaido 雨竜郡

Moseushi Town

A 1931 village office, as first built.

Local Museum, old village office

Photo by 禁樹なずな (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Herbs

On the edges of some paddies in town,herbs have been planted since 2003.

The town says it has planted apple mint, a herb, along the edges of some paddies since 2003. Its scent is said to repel insects and guard the rice from pests, keeping pesticide use to a minimum. Cut herbs are also used as raw material for local specialties.

Since 2003
Over 70% of the town's area is farmland
Apple mint

02 ／ Town name

The town name is said to come from the Ainu Moseushi;it was first written with other characters.

A Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism page says the name is derived from the Ainu word Moseushi (a place with many nettles) and was first written with other characters, until the station opened in 1898. The town's map lists a monument to the old name.

Station opened in 1898 (Meiji 31)
First written with other characters
Moseushi: a place with many nettles

03 ／ Monuments

The town's map lists 22 names under"shrines and monuments."

Under "shrines and monuments," the town's local map lists 22 names: six shrines including Moseushi Shrine, three ferry-landing sites and three school-site monuments, plus memorial and haiku monuments and the Memu River site.

6 shrines, 3 ferry sites, 3 school-site monuments
Memorial and haiku monuments and more
22 in all

Moseushi 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 June 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

About an hour by car to Sapporo, 40 minutes to Asahikawa.

about 3,000 people
Rural district town

The town's page on travel times gives about 45 km and 40 minutes by car to Asahikawa, and about 95 km and an hour to Sapporo on the Do-o Expressway. By JR, it says Sapporo to Fukagawa takes about an hour, then about 10 minutes by car. The town's station is on the JR Hakodate Main Line.

People living here: 2,693people
Area: 48.64km²
Households: 1,201households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 1 clinic

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

Children waiting for childcare: —1 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

Surrounded by 5 municipalities, and almost entirely flat.

Moseushi Town in Japan43.700°N 141.961°E

Territory of Moseushi 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

9.7km

Fukagawa City, Uryu Town, Chippubetsu Town, Takikawa City, Hokuryu Town

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

Moseushi Town isthis kind of town.

01The local museum was built in 1931 as a village office and, the town says, restored to its original look when the new town hall was completed in 1985
02Since 2003 the town has planted apple mint along the edges of some paddies; its scent is said to repel insects, the town says
03The name was first written with other characters until the station opened in 1898, the ministry says, and the town's map lists 22 shrines and monuments

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Moseushi Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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