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01392 ／すっつちょう

Hokkaido 寿都郡

Suttsu Town

Benkei's cape and its Kotobuki Blue sea.

Cape Benkei, lighthouse, statue

Photo by DrTerraKhan (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Former Utasutsu Sato Fishing Ground

A national historic site that still tellsof a fishing ground from sea to land.

According to Cultural Heritage Online, the site has a fukuroma built in the foreshore, a residence with a private shrine, and a drying ground behind, in one line from sea to land. Its peak-era layout can be traced from Meiji-era photos and an 1901 house ledger.

National historic site (designated 1 Mar 2016)
Fukuroma, residence and shrine, drying ground
Layout traced from an 1901 house ledger

02 ／ Oiwake Monument

A line of Esashi Oiwakeis carved on a monument in Utasutsu.

The town says the Oiwake Monument, opposite the old herring mansion, bears a line of Esashi Oiwake that sings of Utasutsu and Isoya. It was written, the town says, when women were barred from going north of Cape Kamui in the early herring-fishing days.

Monument stands in Utasutsu-cho
Lyric names Utasutsu and Isoya
Ebisu Shrine stands beside it

03 ／ Temple Street

Fourteen temples and nine shrinesare scattered across Suttsu.

The town says Suttsu has 14 temples and 9 shrines, including a street lined with five temples. They are said to have been built in the herring boom, with wishes for good catches and thoughts of the distant homes of seasonal workers.

14 temples, 9 shrines
Five temples on one street
Built in the herring boom

Suttsu 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 August–September 2022)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

About 180 minutes by car from Sapporo, with no station.

about 3,000 people
Rural district town

The town's guide gives about 150 km from Sapporo City, about 180 minutes by car, and about 100 km from Otaru City, about 120 minutes. There is no railway station in the town, which faces Suttsu Bay.

People living here: 2,838people
Area: 95.25km²
Households: 1,340households
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.

Suttsu Town in Japan42.791°N 140.229°E

Territory of Suttsu 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

17.4km

Kuromatsunai Town, Rankoshi Town, Shimamaki Village

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

Suttsu Town isthis kind of town.

01Cape Benkei in Suttsu Town has a Benkei statue and a lighthouse. The town says that on a clear day Shakotan Peninsula can be seen beyond the Kotobuki Blue sea
02The Former Utasutsu Sato Fishing Ground, a national historic site, tells of a fishing ground running from the fukuroma to the drying ground, from sea to land
03The town has a monument carved with a song from the herring boom, and 14 temples and 9 shrines scattered across it

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Suttsu Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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