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01452 ／たかすちょう

Hokkaido 上川郡

Takasu Town

Horseshoes on the national register.

Takasu farrier tools, museum

Photo by 落合亮 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Melody Bridge

A bridge that plays "Yuyake Koyake" when its rebar is struck:the town calls it Japan's first.

Kitano Bridge was built in 1981 and is described as the town's last permanent bridge. A staff member devised a bridge that plays a tune when you strike its rebar while walking, and the nursery song "Yuyake Koyake" was chosen. It is nicknamed the "Melody Bridge."

Built in 1981
The town calls it Japan's first

02 ／ Osarappe River

The river through the town center runs north to southand flows into the Ishikari River.

Osarappe River in Takasu Town — Photo by Norihikonorihiko (Public domain)

According to the town's official site, the Osarappe River runs through the center of the town from north to south and flows into the Ishikari River. Sakura Zutsumi Park lies on its riverbank. An exhibit of a wooden-pipe model at the local museum records the plan to draw water from the Ishikari River and the work on this river.

Runs north to south into the Ishikari River
Sakura Zutsumi Park on the riverbank

03 ／ Origin of the name

The town says "Takasu" is a free translationof the Ainu word "Chikapuni."

The town's official site says that in the days before settlement, kites, sparrowhawks and goshawks are said to have circled in the sky. From that sight, people came to call the place "Chikapuni," an Ainu word meaning where large birds nest, and it was freely translated as "Takasu."

Explained by the town as "is said" and "they say"
Takasu Village was founded in 1892

Takasu 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 June 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 railway station in town; the Town Office is the gateway.

about 7,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in the town, and the Town Office is the gateway. The town's official site says JR Asahikawa Station is about 25 minutes by car from the town center, and points visitors using public transport to Dohoku Bus route buses. The town belongs to Kamikawa District and borders Asahikawa City and Wassamu Town.

People living here: 6,567people
Area: 139.42km²
Households: 2,658households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 2 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 2 municipalities.

Takasu Town in Japan43.843°N 142.354°E

Territory of Takasu 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

19.6km

Asahikawa City, Wassamu Town

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

Takasu Town isthis kind of town.

01The Takasu farrier tools and related materials, 399 items including ordinary horseshoes and horseshoes for ice and peat, were registered as a national Registered Tangible Folk Cultural Property on March 21, 2024, and are held by the local museum
02Kitano Bridge, built in 1981, plays "Yuyake Koyake" when its rebar is struck while walking, and the town calls it Japan's first melody-playing bridge. The Osarappe River runs through the town center from north to south into the Ishikari River
03The town's official site explains the name as a free translation of the Ainu word "Chikapuni," meaning where large birds nest. There is no railway station, and the Town Office is the gateway, about 25 minutes by car from JR Asahikawa Station

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Takasu Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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