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01608 ／さまにちょう

Hokkaido 様似郡

Samani Town

On a low ridge, alpine plants grow.

Mt. Apoi, alpine plant community

Photo by Koda6029 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Samani Mountain Path

The shogunate cut a mountain path to replacea coastal road hard to pass in bad weather.

According to the Agency for Cultural Affairs, the Edo shogunate cut this mountain path in 1799 (Kansei 11) to replace a coastal road that was hard to pass in bad weather. Of its 7.12 km, 4.51 km survives in good condition inside Hokkaido-owned forest, and the path is about 0.9 m wide. Ino Tadataka and Enomoto Takeaki also used it.

Cut in 1799
4.51 km of 7.12 km well preserved
National Historic Site (2018)

02 ／ Cape Enrumu

Once an island, the cape was joined to land by sand.It thrived as a port and helped the town grow.

Cape Enrumu in Samani Town — Photo by APOIWGPST (CC BY-SA 4.0)

According to the Mt. Apoi Geopark, Cape Enrumu was originally an island; sand built up between it and the land until it became a land-tied island. Jutting into the sea, it suited anchoring ships and prospered as a port from early times. The cliff on the back side of the cape has joints formed as magma cooled and hardened.

Originally an island, now land-tied
Suited anchoring ships; a port from early times
Cliff joints from cooled magma

03 ／ Oyako-iwa

Three rocks huddled like parent and childstand with Mt. Apoi as the town's symbol.

The Mt. Apoi Geopark presents three rocks offshore that nestle together like parent and child as Oyako-iwa, a symbol of Samani alongside Mt. Apoi. It says that only during a certain period in winter does the sun set between the rocks. The beach in front is the only swimming beach in the Hidaka area, according to the town.

Three rocks offshore
Sun sets between them only in a certain winter period
Only swimming beach in the Hidaka area

Samani 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 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

Facing the Pacific, with Mt. Apoi behind.

about 4,000 people
Rural district town

According to the town, the area is 364.30 km2, with Mt. Apoi and the Hidaka Mountains behind it and the Pacific Ocean in front. The Hidaka Main Line was abolished on March 31, 2021, and the former Samani Station building is now used as a bus ticket office.

People living here: 4,043people
Area: 364.3km²
Households: 1,913households
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 3 municipalities.

Samani Town in Japan42.128°N 142.934°E

Territory of Samani 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

22.1km

Urakawa Town, Erimo Town, Hiroo Town

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

Samani Town isthis kind of town.

01The alpine plant community of Mt. Apoi is a Special Natural Monument. The Agency for Cultural Affairs explains that, despite the low altitude, it is rich in cold-region plants. The town says alpine plants grow along the ridge
02Samani Mountain Path is a National Historic Site cut by the Edo shogunate in 1799 (Kansei 11), and the shogunate also built Tojuin Temple in 1806. Cape Enrumu is a land-tied island that thrived as a port
03With the Hidaka Main Line abolished, the town has no railway station, and it faces the Pacific with Mt. Apoi and the Hidaka Mountains behind it

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Samani Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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