01 ／ Place name and station
A reading by the town board of education says that in March 1973 the place name was changed from Makunbetsu to Ginzan, following the name of the Hakodate Main Line station in the same area. Ginzan Station opened in January 1905.
02 ／ Oe Shrine
The Hokkaido Shrine Agency records that in 1881 Mori Motonori, planning settlement, named the area Oe from the surname of the Mori clan's ancestor, Oe no Hiromoto. Its listed treasures include a town-designated old main hall from 1885 and 15 town-designated red pines.
03 ／ Mountain-line stations
The town's chronology records that in December 1902 a railway opened between Shikaribetsu and Ranshima, and Niki and Shikaribetsu stations opened. In November 1986 all stations in the town on the Hakodate Main Line became unstaffed.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot May–June 2025)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 town's chronology records settlers from Tokushima in 1879 and from Yamaguchi in 1881. Three villages, including Niki and Oe, merged in 1902, and Niki became a town in 1964. In 1974 it signed a sister-town pledge with Kawashima in Tokushima.
−9.1% since 2015
4,293 → 3,180
40.69km² of it habitable
2024
2.4 people per household
2020
9.4 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
19.3km
Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.
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