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01635 ／しんとくちょう

Hokkaido 上川郡

Shintoku Town

A pass line's brick arch has six layers.

Arch bridge, former pass line

Photo by Yobito KAYANUMA (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Mount Tomuraushi

Among Japan's 100 Famous Mountains,the town says only this name is in katakana.

The town says Mount Tomuraushi, chosen as one of the 100 Famous Mountains of Japan, is 2,141 m high and the only one of the hundred whose name is written in katakana. It stands near the center of Daisetsuzan National Park, said to be the roof of Hokkaido, and is called the inner parlor of Daisetsu.

2,141 m, per the town
Chosen as one of the 100 Famous Mountains, per the town
Near the center of Daisetsuzan National Park

02 ／ The Pass Tunnel

The pass tunnel is recorded as a hard job,digging only 0.3 to 0.9 m a day.

The Pass Tunnel in Shintoku Town — Photo by Ippukucho (CC BY 3.0)

The town's cultural property guide describes the pass tunnel as a single-track tunnel about 954 m long, the first full-scale mountain tunnel built in Hokkaido. Hitting hard rock, it is recorded as a difficult job, with only 0.3 to 0.9 m dug a day.

About 954 m long, per the town's guide
First full-scale mountain tunnel in Hokkaido, per the guide
Digging of 0.3 to 0.9 m a day is recorded

03 ／ Tokachi River Headwaters Forest

Ezo spruce reaching 30 m are common,the Ministry of the Environment says.

The Ministry of the Environment says the wilderness area at the headwaters of the Tokachi River, designated on 28 December 1977, covers 1,035 ha, and Shintoku Town is the only municipality concerned. It is a large coniferous forest of Ezo spruce and Sakhalin fir, with many Ezo spruce reaching 30 m.

1,035 ha of state land, per the Ministry
Designated on 28 December 1977
Only Shintoku Town is concerned

Shintoku 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 2017)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

All limited expresses stop at Shintoku Station.

about 6,000 people
Rural district town

The town's station is Shintoku Station on the JR Nemuro Main Line and Sekisho Line, listed in JR Hokkaido's October 2026 timetable. The town's access page says every limited express stops there, 22 a day. The gateway is Shintoku Station.

People living here: 5,817people
Area: 1,063.83km²
Households: 2,883households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 7 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —3 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 7 municipalities.

Shintoku Town in Japan43.080°N 142.839°E

Territory of Shintoku 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

61.9km

Minamifurano Town, Shikaoi Town, Biei Town, Shimizu Town, Kamishihoro Town, Kamikawa Town, Kamifurano Town

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

Shintoku Town isthis kind of town.

01The former pass line is the name given to the old Nemuro Main Line between Ochiai and Shintoku, which crosses a pass. Its brick arch bridge over a small river has a six-layer arch and an arch span of 4.60 m
02The former pass line's railway ruins became a town-designated tangible cultural property on 23 January 2020. The great embankments, a tunnel and the arch bridge were selected as Civil Engineering Heritage by the Japan Society of Civil Engineers in 2003
03Shintoku Town lies in Tokachi and covers 1,063.83 km2. The town lists Mount Tomuraushi, one of the 100 Famous Mountains, among its prides, and says it is the only town in Tokachi designated as a special heavy snowfall area

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

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Shintoku Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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