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01423 ／なんぽろちょう

Hokkaido 空知郡

Nanporo Town

Four hometown shrines said to be merged.

Nanporo Shrine

Photo by 禁樹なずな (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Registered Tangible Cultural Property

The post-station inn, built in 1928,once housed 550 guests a year.

The town says it was newly built in March 1928 (Showa 3), used mainly by government officials and peddlers. The Agency for Cultural Affairs describes a wooden single-story building with a hip-and-gable roof, entered through the gable end, with two 10-mat guest rooms. It became a nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property.

Newly built March 1928
550 guests a year
Wooden single story, 100 sq m

02 ／ Town emblem

Five letters of "Minamihoro" form a circle,evoking a land ringed by three rivers.

The village of Horomui became Nanporo Town on May 1, 1962, and the emblem was adopted on June 10, 1964. The name was then read "Minamihoro," and from 30 entries a design shaping its five katakana into a circle was chosen. The town says it also evokes land ringed by the Yubari, Chitose and old Yubari rivers.

Emblem adopted June 10, 1964
Chosen from 30 entries
Yubari, Chitose and old Yubari rivers

03 ／ Canal

Dug to carry goods, the Horomui Canalnow runs through town as a drainage channel.

According to the Hokkaido Development Bureau, from 1892 (Meiji 25) canals to carry goods and dry the land were planned along the Ishikari River, and the Horomui Canal is one of those called the Four Great Canals of Hokkaido. It draws water from the Yubari River, passes through town and reaches the old Ebetsu River (Chitose River). The former Horomui post station opened at its landing.

Canals planned from 1892 (Meiji 25)
Draws from the Yubari River to the Chitose River
Called a Four Great Canal of Hokkaido

Nanporo 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–September 2015)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

No railway station; 25 minutes by bus from Ebetsu Station.

about 7,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in the town. A Yutetsu Bus runs from Ebetsu Station to Nanporo Town Office in 25 minutes (town timetable as of April 1, 2026). The town belongs to Sorachi District and lies on the Ishikari Plain, ringed by the Yubari and Chitose rivers.

People living here: 7,319people
Area: 81.36km²
Households: 2,980households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 2 clinics

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.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Nanporo Town in Japan43.064°N 141.650°E

to EbetsuLocal bus25min

Travel times follow 南幌町公式『交通機関』（https://www.town.nanporo.hokkaido.jp/about/transport/・2026-10-29 に読んだ）の『路線バス時刻表令和8年4月1日時点（ダイヤ改正）』PDF（夕鉄バスの『南幌〜江別〜新札幌』）を目で読んだ。下り（新さっぽろ→南幌）の江別駅前→南幌役場前：9:10発の便は江別駅前9:53→役場前10:18、9:55発は10:38→11:03、12:05発は12:48→13:13、14:20発は15:03→15:28、15:35・17:35・18:45発も同じ25分（■平日のみ・◎土日祝のみの便は除く。全便25分）。上り（南幌ビューロー→江別駅前）は32分（往復で違うため向きは町の外→町）。江別駅前→南幌ビューローは27分 (checked 2026-10-29). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities.

Territory of Nanporo 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

13.8km

Naganuma Town, Ebetsu City, Iwamizawa City, Kitahiroshima City

Nanporo Town isthis kind of town.

01Nanporo Shrine is said, by the Hokkaido Shrine Agency, to have merged the shrines of settler groups from Kakuda in Miyagi, Yahiko Village in Niigata, Tsu in Mie and Gifu into one guardian shrine
02The former Horomui post station, a wooden single-story building of March 1928, is a nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property. The Horomui Canal is one of those called the Four Great Canals of Hokkaido
03The town emblem shapes the five letters of "Minamihoro" into a circle and evokes a land ringed by the Yubari, Chitose and old Yubari rivers

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Nanporo Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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