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01552 ／さろまちょう

Hokkaido 常呂郡

Saroma Town

29 months after closure, a D51 came.

Old Saroma Station, Traffic Park

Photo by 100yen (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Mount Horoiwa

From a 376 m summit with no high peaks nearby,the town says the view reaches the Shiretoko range.

Mount Horoiwa (Horoiwayama) is 376 m high, with no high mountains around it, and the town describes its view as first-rate. Of the lookout near the summit, the town says it is "the only place from which the whole of Lake Saroma can be seen," and the view reaches as far as the Shiretoko range. The hiking trail to the lookout takes about one hour one way.

376 m high
About 1 hour one way to the lookout
Town: "the only place"

02 ／ Tochigi

The district where people from Tochigi Prefecture settledis called "another Tochigi" by the town.

On 7 April 1911 a group of more than 200 people from seven towns and villages in southern Shimotsuga District, Tochigi Prefecture, set out from Oyama Station for the Saromabetsu wilderness in Hokkaido. That place is Aza Tochigi. In 1913 Tochigi kabuki began as an entertainment at a road completion celebration, and the town board of education holds 55 scripts and other items.

Set out 7 April 1911
55 kabuki scripts
"Another Tochigi"

03 ／ Kimuaneppu Cape

On a cape reaching out like a terrace,the town says about 50 kinds of flowers bloom.

Kimuaneppu Cape reaches out like a terrace on the southeast side of Lake Saroma, and the town introduces it as a scenic spot. From early summer to autumn about 50 kinds of plants, such as rugosa rose, thermopsis and iris, are said to bloom, and Hokkaido Road 858 leading to the cape becomes a tunnel of trees from spring to summer.

Southeast side of Lake Saroma
About 50 kinds of flowers
Hokkaido Road 858 tree tunnel

Saroma 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 July–September 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

No station in town; the town office is the gateway.

about 5,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in town, and the gateway is the town office. The town's access page lists the JR stations of Engaru, Rubeshibe, Abashiri and Kitami as the nearest (checked October 2026). The town office is in Saroma Town, Tokoro District.

People living here: 4,875people
Area: 404.94km²
Households: 2,266households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 2 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.

Saroma Town in Japan44.018°N 143.775°E

Territory of Saroma 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

27.4km

Kitami City, Yubetsu Town, Engaru Town

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

Saroma Town isthis kind of town.

01Saroma Town Traffic Park was built on the site of Saroma Station on the former Japanese National Railways line, and steam locomotive D51 565 arrived on 26 August 1989, 29 months (2 years 5 months) after the line closed on 19 March 1987
02Mount Horoiwa is 376 m high; the town calls the lookout near its summit "the only place from which the whole of Lake Saroma can be seen," and the trail to it takes about one hour one way
03The district where people from Tochigi Prefecture settled is Aza Tochigi, Tochigi kabuki began there in 1913, and the town says about 50 kinds of flowers bloom on Kimuaneppu Cape

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Saroma Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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