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01668 ／しらぬかちょう

Hokkaido 白糠郡

Shiranuka Town

A 33.1 km line gave way to town buses.

Station site, Shiranuka Line

Photo by Misei sen (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Lake Pashikuru

Dammed by rough waves, the river's waterflows to the Pacific once the pond fills.

The town says Lake Pashikuru, on the border between Shiranuka Town and Onbetsu in Kushiro City, is a brackish lake: river water is held back at its mouth by rough waves and flows out to the Pacific when the pond is full. The Hokkaido research organization gives its surface area as 0.28 km2 and its maximum depth as 4.0 m.

Surface area 0.28 km2
Maximum depth 4.0 m
On the Shiranuka-Kushiro border

02 ／ Shiranuka Komaodori

Shiranuka Komaodori is said to be a creationbased on the Nanbu Komaodori.

The Hokkaido Board of Education's list of folk performing arts (as of November 2018) records that it began with a performance in Taisho 8 (1919). Its preservation group is the Shiranuka Komaodori Society. The town's chronology notes a 2010 performance at the Shanghai Expo's Hokkaido Day.

Began in 1919 (Taisho 8)
Kept by the Shiranuka Komaodori Society
Performed at the Shanghai Expo in 2010

03 ／ Town emblem

Where the emblem's circle closes marks nu and ka,and also means the north of Hokkaido.

The town says its emblem was adopted in 1950 (Showa 25) to mark the start of town status. The star is a design of the shira (white) of Shiranuka, and the five corners stand for the growth of its former five main industries. Where the outer circle closes stands for nu and ka of Shiranuka, and also means the north of Hokkaido, the town says.

Adopted for town status in 1950
Star designs the shira of Shiranuka
Corners stand for five industries

Shiranuka 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 2015)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

A town of the golden marigold and the rowan.

about 7,000 people
Rural district town

The town says its flower, the golden marigold (kinsenka), and its tree, the rowan (nanakamado), were chosen by residents and adopted on September 28, 1974 (Showa 49) to mark the 90th anniversary of the town's founding. By JR, one gets off at Shiranuka Station on the Nemuro Main Line. The town's access page (updated in 2017) gives the distance from Kushiro Station as 28 km.

People living here: 7,289people
Area: 773.13km²
Households: 3,457households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 5 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 4 municipalities.

Shiranuka Town in Japan42.956°N 144.072°E

Territory of Shiranuka 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

50.5km

Kushiro City, Ashoro Town, Honbetsu Town, Urahoro Town

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

Shiranuka Town isthis kind of town.

01The station site in the lead belonged to the former JNR Shiranuka Line; the town says its platform and rails remain as they were on the grounds of a youth travel village. The line ran 25.2 km from Shiranuka to a district of a town that prospered on coal, then 7.9 km further, and closed in 1983, when town bus service began
02Lake Pashikuru, a brackish lake on the border with Onbetsu in Kushiro City, is dammed by rough waves at its river mouth and flows to the Pacific when full. Shiranuka Komaodori is said to be a creation based on the Nanbu Komaodori
03Shiranuka is a town in Shiranuka District, Kushiro Subprefecture. Its emblem was adopted in 1950 to mark town status, and the gateway to the town is Shiranuka Station on the JR Nemuro Main Line

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Shiranuka Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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