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01562 ／にしおこっぺむら

Hokkaido 紋別郡

Nishiokoppe Village

Public buildings unified in orange.

Beautiful Village Ordinance

Photo by Ozizo (Public domain)

01 ／ Kamiokoppe Railway Museum

Housed in the closure-era building,it shows about 100 railway items.

The museum uses the building of the former Kamiokoppe Station on the old JR Nayoro Main Line, as it stood when the line closed. The village says the station and its track are kept as they were, and about 100 railway items, including panels from November 1926 to 1989, are on display. It is wooden and free to enter.

Former Nayoro Main Line station
About 100 items incl. panels
Free admission

02 ／ Mount Uenshiri

The village says the Ainu namemeans a bad, steep mountain.

Mount Uenshiri in Nishiokoppe Village — Photo by Pakumin (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Mount Uenshiri stands 1,142.3 m high and was designated part of Teshiodake Prefectural Natural Park in 1978. The village explains U-en-shiri as Ainu for a bad or steep mountain. Near the 1,010 m peak on the route from the central trailhead, a hundred kinds of alpine plants bloom, including Kuril cherry.

1,142.3 m high
1978: Teshiodake Prefectural Natural Park
A hundred kinds of alpine plants

03 ／ Sakkotsu-type Microblade Core

The name Sakkotsu became known toarchaeologists with a find from a field.

In October 1958, many objects thought to be stone tools were taken from a field in Sakkotsu, in the village, to a Hokkaido University laboratory. The village's newsletter series says they date to the Late Paleolithic, before pottery, and include a core made in a way not found before.

October 1958, from a field in Sakkotsu
Taken to a Hokkaido University laboratory
Late Paleolithic, before pottery

Nishiokoppe Village 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 July 2023)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 station; 63 min by bus from Nayoro.

about 1,000 people
Rural district town

There is no active railway station in the village, and the Nayoro Main Line closed in 1989. From Nayoro Station to Nishiokoppe on a Meishi Bus Okoppe Line bus takes 63 minutes (timetable revised July 1, 2026).

People living here: 1,053people
Area: 308.08km²
Households: 499households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 2 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —0 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.

Nishiokoppe Village in Japan44.329°N 142.944°E

to NayoroLocal bus63min

Travel times follow 名士バス株式会社（名寄市）の公式『時刻表・運賃表』（https://www.meishibus.com/table）の『興部線（名寄･･･下川バスターミナル･･･興部）令和8年7月1日一部時刻変更』の時刻表PDF（https://www.meishibus.com/library/5e7ac2ed2558f9f26b1dc42e/6a20bbbe548ea15205231823.pdf。左が令和6年4月1日改正・右が令和8年7月1日改正〈変わったのは黄色の最終便ほか〉。画像のPDFを目視）と、西興部村公式『名士バス時刻表（興部方面）』（令和8年7月1日改正のPDF）。名寄駅前発→西興部着（徳田経由の7本・すべて63分）：5:52→6:55・7:57→9:00・10:17→11:20・13:02→14:05・15:02→16:05・16:57→18:00・18:57→20:00（最終便は令和8年7月1日の改正で19:22→20:25から18:57→20:00に替わった）。西興部発→名寄駅前着（往きも63分）：6:37→7:40・8:12→9:15・11:17→12:20・12:52→13:55・15:22→16:25・17:37→18:40・19:32→20:35 (checked 2026-10-29). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities.

Territory of Nishiokoppe Village

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

24.9km

Okoppe Town, Shimokawa Town, Takinoue Town, Oumu Town

Nishiokoppe Village isthis kind of town.

01The Beautiful Village Ordinance was enacted in fiscal 1999, and the village points to public buildings unified in orange as part of its background. It also subsidizes repairs and new buildings whose roofs or walls use its recommended colors.
02The Kamiokoppe Railway Museum uses the former Kamiokoppe Station building and keeps the station and track as they were. Mount Uenshiri is 1,142.3 m high, and Late Paleolithic stone tools from a Sakkotsu field were taken to a Hokkaido University laboratory in 1958.
03About nine tenths of the village is forest, and the present Nishiokoppe Village came into being on New Year's Day 1925. There is no station; Nayoro Station is 63 minutes away by Meishi Bus.

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Nishiokoppe Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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