01560 ／ たきのうえちょう
Hokkaido 紋別郡The town set a catch-and-release zone.
Shokotsu River, catch & release01 ／ Kitami-Takinoue Station Memorial Hall
Kitami-Takinoue Station Memorial Hall opened in May 1990. It holds about 300 items, including materials on the Japanese National Railways' Shokotsu Line and other railway materials, and a timeline of the line's 62 years. The line opened in 1923 and closed in 1985.
02 ／ Kinsenkyo Gorge
The gorge of the Shokotsu River, which runs east to west through the center of the town, is called Kinsenkyo and has waterfalls large and small. Walking paths of just over 2 km line both banks. The town's name comes from the urban area lying above these many falls.
03 ／ Rainbow Bridge
Rainbow Bridge served from 1923 as a bridge of the Japanese National Railways' Shokotsu Line and ended that role when the line closed in 1985. In 1990 it took its present form as part of the Furusato Sosei hometown-creation project. The 16 km stretch the town set in 1997 runs from this bridge to a weir.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot 2004)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））
Living here
The town's "Access Map and Timetable" page (no update date shown; checked October 2026) says it takes 2 hours 20 minutes by intercity bus from Asahikawa City to Takinoue Town, and 3 hours 30 minutes from Sapporo City. There is no JR station in the town, and the Shokotsu Line closed in 1985. The gateway is the town office.
−11% since 2015
4,084 → 2,421
99.14km² of it habitable
2024
2.0 people per household
2020
12.4 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
Shape
North to south
42.0km
Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.
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