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01455 ／ぴっぷちょう

Hokkaido 上川郡

Pippu Town

A windowed bridge spans the platforms.

Pippu Station, footbridge

Photo by MaedaAkihiko (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Mount Tossho

A hill on the Asahikawa border,the town calls its dogtooth violets among Japan's largest.

Mount Tossho is a hill 239 m high and 225 ha in area on the border of Pippu Town and Asahikawa City. The town says early-spring woodland floors bloom with dogtooth violets and more, and that its large colony is widely known as among the largest in Japan. The town forest also has a colony.

239 m high
225 ha in area
Among Japan's largest dogtooth violet colonies

02 ／ Ranru Station

With school commutes expected at Ranru Station,the town said in 2020 it would maintain it for now.

Ranru Station in Pippu Town — Photo by MaedaAkihiko (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ranru Station is a station on the Soya Main Line in Pippu Town, a white building with a JR Ranru Station sign. In February 2020 the town held a residents' briefing, and in its administrative policy that year it said that, as use for school commuting is still expected, it would maintain the station for now.

Soya Main Line
2020 administrative policy
School commuting expected

03 ／ Pippu Shrine

Two small shrines were enshrinedtogether as one in 1926.

According to the Hokkaido Jinjacho, Pippu Shrine began with a small shrine built in 1899 on Setanayama by the Ishikari River; another was built in the town area in 1902. A shrine building was erected in 1926 and the two were enshrined together. Its former rank was village shrine, and the building is in the Shinmei style.

Small shrine on Setanayama, 1899
Enshrined together, 1926
Former rank: village shrine

Pippu 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 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

Two active stations in town: Pippu and Ranru.

about 4,000 people
Rural district town

The town's active JR stations are Pippu and Ranru on the Soya Main Line, and the gateway is Pippu Station. The town describes itself as next to Asahikawa City and gives about 20 minutes by JR from Asahikawa to Pippu. Its area is 86.90 km².

People living here: 3,520people
Area: 86.9km²
Households: 1,570households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 3 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.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities.

Pippu Town in Japan43.875°N 142.477°E

Territory of Pippu 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

17.2km

Aibetsu Town, Asahikawa City, Wassamu Town, Toma Town, Shibetsu City

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

Pippu Town isthis kind of town.

01Pippu Station's footbridge is a passage with a roof and windows over the platforms, and the town tourist association's chronology gives its completion as 31 January 1955
02Mount Tossho is a 239 m hill on the border of Pippu Town and Asahikawa City, and the town says its dogtooth violet colony is widely known as among the largest in Japan
03In 2020 the town said it would maintain Ranru Station for now, and Pippu Shrine began with a small shrine of 1899 and was enshrined together with another in 1926

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Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

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