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01337 ／ななえちょう

Hokkaido 亀田郡

Nanae Town

Island to island, over arched bridges.

Island Walk Course, Arch Bridges

Photo by 掬茶 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Red Pine Road

Along 2 km of red pines,straw is wrapped before winter.

Of the red pine avenue along the old Sapporo Honto road, the roughly 2 km from Onakayama to Naruka in Nanae Town is the best-preserved stretch. Before winter, coarsely woven straw mats (komo) are wrapped around the trunks, and in spring they are removed with the pests that overwintered in them and burned. The avenue is a JSCE Selected Civil Engineering Heritage site.

Best-preserved stretch is about 2 km
Straw wrapped before winter
JSCE Selected Civil Engineering Heritage (FY2006)

02 ／ Onuma-Koen Station

A station opened in 1908is the starting point for Onuma.

Onuma-Koen Station opened in 1908 (Meiji 41), according to the town's chronology. The town describes it as convenient for sightseeing: limited express trains also stop here and there is a tourist information center. The monument to the New Three Views of Japan stands 150 m north of the station. In 1927 the Onuma Electric Railway began running from Onuma to Shikabe.

Opened in 1908
Tourist information center
New Three Views monument 150 m north

03 ／ Shiroyama Ranch

Komagatake to the north,Mt. Hakodate to the south.

Shiroyama Ranch began in 1920 (Taisho 9) as a village-owned pasture and grazing ground for wild grass. Today 160 hectares of grassland are used as a town-run ranch. At 550 m above sea level, the town says you can see Komagatake to the north, Mt. Hakodate to the south and the Ono Plain below to the southwest.

Started in 1920
160 hectares of grassland
550 m above sea level

Nanae 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 September–October 2011)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

Four JR stations stand in the town.

about 30,000 people
Rural district town

The Hakodate Main Line's Nanae, Onakayama, Onuma and Onuma-Koen stations are in the town. They appear in the JR Hokkaido timetable (October 2026 issue).

People living here: 27,686people
Area: 216.75km²
Households: 11,568households
Rent (average for rentals): 42,824yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 16 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —6 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

Borders 4 municipalities.

Nanae Town in Japan41.896°N 140.694°E

Territory of Nanae 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

24.1km

Hokuto City, Mori Town, Shikabe Town, Hakodate City

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

Nanae Town isthis kind of town.

01In Nanae Town's Onuma Quasi-National Park, 126 islands of various sizes float across three lakes, and some are linked by arched bridges so visitors can walk around them from the park plaza
02The red pine avenue along the old Sapporo Honto road is best preserved for about 2 km from Onakayama to Naruka, where straw is wrapped around trunks before winter; it is a JSCE Selected Civil Engineering Heritage site
03Onuma-Koen Station, opened in 1908, is a sightseeing hub, and Shiroyama Ranch, a town-run ranch at 550 m, looks to Komagatake in the north and Mt. Hakodate in the south

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Nanae Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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