01471 ／ なかがわちょう
Hokkaido 中川郡Mint stills line a station building.
Saku Furusato Hall, Saku Station01 ／ Fossils
Nakagawa-nishin is a saltwater fish fossil, about 90 million years old, found in 2004 in Cretaceous strata along a tributary of the Teshio River. A dinosaur fossil found in 2000 was named a new genus and species, and the Omagari limestone lens holds fossils of a seafloor hot spring about 83 million years old.
02 ／ Teshio-Nakagawa Station
Teshio-Nakagawa Station on the JR line was renovated in November 2014, and the former station office next to the waiting room was rebuilt as an event space. The Nakagawa Town Exchange Plaza, usable for resident activities and exchange, is attached to the station.
03 ／ Pass trail
The pass is the shortest road from the inland settlement to Saku and was once an everyday road, used for going to school. It was restored in 2002 and is kept as a pass trail. Nearby, Mokichi Park holds a monument to the poet Saito Mokichi's visit to the town.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot June–October 2016)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
The active JR stations in the town are Saku and Teshio-Nakagawa on the Soya Main Line. The town's access page lists "JR (get off at Teshio-Nakagawa Station)" first and describes the Soya Main Line limited express from Asahikawa. The gateway is Teshio-Nakagawa Station.
−13.5% since 2015
2,602 → 1,528
82.36km² of it habitable
2024
1.9 people per household
2020
13.1 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
49.5km
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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