01586 ／ むかわちょう
Hokkaido 勇払郡Station, platform, track: all listed.
Former JNR Tomiuchi Station01 ／ Hobetsu Arakiryu fossil
Nicknamed Hoppy, the Hobetsu Arakiryu is a plesiosaur fossil whose first parts were found in 1975 by a resident of the former Hobetsu Town named Araki. The town says it founded a museum in 1982 to keep and display the fossil locally. Kamuysaurus japonicus, announced in 2019, is also on display.
02 ／ Mukawa Mound Tombs
The site lies on a river terrace about 20 m above sea level, overlooking the left bank of the Mukawa River. The round mounds are 7 to 10 m across and about 1 m high. Under the fully excavated Tomb No. 1, six burial pits yielded pottery, stone tools and ornaments. The town writes that the pits are thought to date from the Epi-Jomon period.
03 ／ Nakamura Memorial Hall
The Former Nakamura Heihachiro Residence, home of a pioneer of Hobetsu Village, was built from 1921 to 1924, the town writes. It has a Western-style building with clapboard walls, and hardwood is used widely. Dismantling began in 2003, and the relocation and restoration work finished in 2004, reusing as much of the original timber as possible.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
2014 (shot FY2014)Shot 1974–78
Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（年度別空中写真（2014年度）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））
Living here
Mukawa Town was formed on 27 March 2006 by the merger of Hobetsu Town and Mukawa Town, and has a long, narrow shape. The town says it looks to the Hidaka Mountains in the northeast, faces the Pacific in the south, and is crossed from north to south by the Mukawa River, a first-class river. Its area is 711.36 km².
−11% since 2015
9,746 → 7,651
146.75km² of it habitable
2024
2.1 people per household
2020
5.2 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
Shape
North to south
50.9km
Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.
If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.
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A gorge of red chert and clear water.
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The undersea railway's Hokkaido portal.
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