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01225 ／たきかわし

Takikawa City

A sea cow lived where Takikawa was sea.

Takikawa sea cow fossil

01 ／ Former Imperial Forestry Bureau building

A building that was a forestry bureau officewas moved to serve as an inn's guest room.

The city says this building, City Cultural Property No. 3, was the Takikawa office of the Imperial Forestry Bureau; the second-generation owner of the Miura-ya inn received it in 1914 (Taisho 3) and moved it to Nanohana-dori. He added a rear parlor the next year, and its “Turtle Room” has a chandelier relief.

Moved in 1914 (Taisho 3)
City Cultural Property No. 3
Japanese-Western “Turtle Room”

02 ／ Rapeseed fields

The rapeseed fieldsbloom in a different field every year.

The city says rapeseed fields are planted in a different field each year to avoid problems from continuous cropping. Takikawa's rapeseed is grown mainly as a crop for oil, not for viewing, and the city says its planted area is among the largest in Japan. They bloom from mid to late May.

Different field planted each year
Planted area among Japan's largest (city)
Blooms mid to late May

03 ／ Former Ebeotsu Town

Former Ebeotsu Town has farmland to the westand hills stretching to the east.

Until it merged with Takikawa in 1971, Ebeotsu was its own town in Sorachi District, forming one living area. The city describes the west as farmland on the fertile soil of the Ishikari River and the east as hills typified by a highland where a lookout gives a view of a sea of clouds.

Merged with Takikawa in 1971
Ishikari River farmland to the west
Highland hills to the east

Takikawa City 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

About 50 minutes from Sapporo by train.

about 40,000 people

The city's "About Takikawa" page (updated 27 November 2023) gives about 50 minutes from Sapporo and about 85 minutes from New Chitose Airport by train. The gateway, Takikawa Station, is on the JR Hakodate Main Line and Nemuro Main Line.

People living here: 39,490people
Area: 115.9km²
Households: 18,688households
Rent (average for rentals): 39,386yen
Healthcare: 5 hospitals ／ 23 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —5 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 6 municipalities.

Takikawa City in Japan43.558°N 141.910°E

Territory of Takikawa City

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

15.6km

Akabira City, Fukagawa City, Sunagawa City, Uryu Town, Shintotsukawa Town, Moseushi Town

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

Takikawa City isthis kind of town.

01The city describes the Takikawa sea cow as an animal that lived about 5 million years ago, when Takikawa was under the sea. The fossil was found in 1980 in the bed of the Sorachi River and designated a Hokkaido Natural Monument in 1984. The city estimates it was about 8 m long. The Museum of Art and Natural History also has an art section
02A city-designated cultural property is a building moved from the former Imperial Forestry Bureau Takikawa office, and its rapeseed fields are planted in a different field every year. The city introduces Takikawa as an inland city between the Ishikari and Sorachi rivers
03The city says the name Takikawa is a free translation of the Ainu "Sorapuchi," meaning "where the falls come down," and also explains it by a waterfall-like step in the middle of the Sorachi River. It gives the snowfall as about 7 m

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Takikawa City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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