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01561 ／おこっぺちょう

Hokkaido 紋別郡

Okoppe Town

A flower-painted green diesel car.

Rugosa Express

Photo by Suikotei (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Town Heritage No. 1

In 1922, a guest house was builtto receive a count.

The town says that in 1922 (Taisho 11), after Count Yanagiwara Yoshimitsu came to the village, a villager built a guest house for him, using his own forest as the source of materials. On October 1, 1989, it was designated Town Historic Heritage No. 1.

Built in 1922 (Taisho 11)
Wooden single-story, 96.86 sq m
Oct. 1, 1989: Town Heritage No. 1

02 ／ A former railway bridge

A 2008 photo shows a bridgeof the former Nayoro Main Line.

The town says the national railway's Nayoro Line opened throughout in 1921 (Taisho 10), after which agriculture, forestry and fishing grew dramatically. Wikimedia Commons has a photo, taken in Okoppe Town in 2008, captioned as a bridge of the former Nayoro Main Line.

1921: the Nayoro Line opened throughout
A bridge in Okoppe Town
Photographed in August 2008

03 ／ The name Okoppe

“Where river mouths join” is saidto be the origin of the town’s name.

The town records that the name Okoppe derives from the Ainu word “Oukoppe,” meaning “where river mouths join.” At that time two rivers, the Okoppe River and a neighboring one, joined and flowed into the Sea of Okhotsk, and it is said they called the place that.

Ainu “Oukoppe” = where river mouths join
Two rivers joined and flowed into the sea
The town writes “is said to”

Okoppe 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 May 2024)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

290 km to Sapporo City, 152 km to Asahikawa City.

about 4,000 people
Rural district town

The town's access page gives 290 km and about 5 hours 30 minutes by car to Sapporo City, and 152 km and about 3 hours to Asahikawa City. There is no railway station in the town; the page says the usual way in is the route bus from JR Nayoro Station or the intercity bus from Mombetsu City.

People living here: 3,628people
Area: 362.55km²
Households: 1,725households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 0 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —2 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.

Okoppe Town in Japan44.470°N 143.124°E

Territory of Okoppe 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

23.5km

Nishiokoppe Village, Oumu Town, Mombetsu City, Takinoue Town

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

Okoppe Town isthis kind of town.

01The town's roadside station stands on the site of its former railway station, and the town introduces the “Rugosa Express,” a diesel car converted for new use, in the park there
02A guest house built in 1922 for a visiting count was designated Town Historic Heritage No. 1 on October 1, 1989, and the town's page gives its construction year, structure and designation date
03The town records that the national railway's Nayoro Line opened throughout in 1921, and that the name Okoppe is said to derive from the Ainu word “Oukoppe” (where river mouths join)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Okoppe Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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