01220 ／ しべつし
HokkaidoA river rises on Kitami's highest peak.
Mount Teshio, the river's source01 ／ Sheep and Cloud Hill
On the hills west of the city center, Suffolk sheep, the symbol of Shibetsu City, can be seen grazing at Sheep and Cloud Hill. In 1967 the city imported 100 Suffolk sheep from Australia and began raising them at its municipal sheep farm. It imported another 100 in 1969.
02 ／ Soshin no Matsu
Soshin no Matsu is a yew with a trunk girth of 7.5 m, a diameter of 2.4 m and a height of 18 m, and its age is estimated at over a thousand years. It was designated a Hokkaido Commemorative Protected Tree in 1974, and ranked second in Japan in the 1990 Environment Agency survey of giant trees, in the yew category. It is a city natural monument.
03 ／ Hill of Full Stars
Go west along the road past Sheep and Cloud Hill and you reach the Hill of a Sky Full of Stars. It has been touted as the best stargazing spot in all Hokkaido. Many stars are visible to the naked eye, including the Milky Way, the Summer Triangle, Cassiopeia and the Big Dipper. It is in Nishishibetsu-cho Gakuden.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot June–August 2011)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））
Living here
The city's "Transport Access to Shibetsu City" page (updated 15 February 2023) gives JR limited express times of about 40 minutes from Asahikawa Station, about 15 minutes from Nayoro Station and about 2 hours from Sapporo Station to Shibetsu Station. The gateway is Shibetsu Station.
−10.3% since 2015
23,411 → 17,858
284.28km² of it habitable
2024
2.2 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
7.3 per 10,000 people
2023
Population from 2005 onward (municipal boundary changed).2005-09-01 に新設合併（朝日町）。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
Shape
North to south
42.5km
Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.
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