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01470 ／おといねっぷむら

Hokkaido 中川郡

Otoineppu Village

Inside a station, a Tempoku Line room.

Otoineppu Station, Tempoku Line

Photo by Mister0124 (Public domain)

01 ／ Art and craft high school

The village high school calls itselfHokkaido's only craft-department school.

Hokkaido Otoineppu Art & Craft High School teaches making things, centered on woodcraft. First-year students learn woodworking basics and tool care, and in the second year they split into an art course and a craft course. The village supplies the tools.

School: "Hokkaido's only craft-department high school"
Art or craft course from the second year
Tools supplied by Otoineppu Village

02 ／ Hokkaido naming site

A place tied to the man said to have namedHokkaido lies on the Teshio riverbank.

A pamphlet from the Kamikawa Subprefectural Bureau introduces a Teshio riverbank site in the village as the Hokkaido Naming Site. It is a place linked to Matsuura Takeshiro, the explorer given the task of naming Ezochi in 1869, who is said to have devised the name for Hokkaido.

Given the naming task in 1869
A Teshio riverbank site in the village
Said to have devised the name for Hokkaido

03 ／ Soya Main Line stations

Four stations of the Soya Main Linefollow one another in the village.

In JR Hokkaido's timetable, four stations of the JR Soya Main Line, Teshiogawa-Onsen, Sakkuru, Otoineppu and Osashima, follow one another between Bifuka and Saku. The village's tourist pamphlet map also shows Sakkuru Station and Teshiogawa-Onsen Station.

Teshiogawa-Onsen, Sakkuru, Otoineppu, Osashima in order
Between Bifuka and Saku
Village map shows two of the stations

Otoineppu 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 2004)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

A village at the northern edge of Kamikawa, split by the Teshio.

about 1,000 people
Rural district town

According to the village, it lies at the northern end of the Kamikawa area, measures 22.2 km east to west and 18.6 km north to south, covers 275.63 km², and the Teshio River runs through its center. Forest covers 86% of the area, most of it prefectural and Hokkaido University forest. The village belongs to Nakagawa District.

People living here: 706people
Area: 275.63km²
Households: 347households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 1 clinic

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.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities.

Otoineppu Village in Japan44.725°N 142.262°E

Territory of Otoineppu 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

Nakagawa Town, Bifuka Town, Esashi Town, Nakatonbetsu Town

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

Otoineppu Village isthis kind of town.

01The Tempoku Line Room inside the Otoineppu Station transport terminal displays photos and items from the Tempoku Line, which once linked Otoineppu, Hamatonbetsu and Minami-Wakkanai, along with railway records including the Soya Main Line, the village says
02Hokkaido Otoineppu Art & Craft High School calls itself the only craft-department high school in Hokkaido, and a Teshio riverbank site in the village is introduced as the Hokkaido Naming Site
03Four Soya Main Line stations, Teshiogawa-Onsen, Sakkuru, Otoineppu and Osashima, follow one another in the village, which lies at the northern end of Kamikawa with 86% of its area forested

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Otoineppu Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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