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01213 ／とまこまいし

Tomakomai City

Lava rose inside a crater, then like a bun.

Tarumae Lava Dome

Photo by Susan Spann (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Shrine

A shrine that reveres the whole mountainalso keeps an inner shrine near its summit.

Tarumaezan Shrine reveres Mount Tarumae itself as its sacred body, and its main buildings stand in Takaoka, Tomakomai. On the summit ridge, a wooden shrine was built in 1928 and replaced with a concrete hall in 1952. A mountain-opening rite is held each June and a closing rite each October.

Wooden shrine on the summit ridge, 1928
Concrete hall, 1952
Moved to Takaoka, 1992

02 ／ Survey

The base point of Hokkaido's first triangulationlies in a mound inside a park.

In 1873 the Development Commission began a triangulation survey by American engineers to map Hokkaido, setting base points at Yufutsu and Mukawa. The Yufutsu base is a mound in a park, 0.9 m high and 17 m on a side, with a granite pillar (30.3 cm square) buried at its centre.

Survey begun, 1873
Mound 0.9 m high, 17 m a side
Hokkaido Designated Historic Site, 1967

03 ／ Site

A Jomon ring ditch, 2 to 3 m wide,runs 139 m around the settlement.

This nationally designated historic site lies in eastern Tomakomai. The city museum's leaflet describes a ditch 2 to 3 m wide and 1 m deep on average, running 139 m, with two entrances and two building foundations inside, and says it is thought to have been a place for rites.

Ring ditch 139 m long
Two entrances
National Historic Site, 1987

Tomakomai 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–August 2018)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

The Pacific lies to the south, Mount Tarumae to the northwest.

about 170,000 people

The city lies in south-central Hokkaido, south of the Ishikari lowlands, with 1,041 m Mount Tarumae to its northwest. The city says winters bring little snow and many clear days. From Tomakomai Station, the city gives a walk of about 15 minutes to City Hall.

People living here: 170,113people
Area: 561.66km²
Households: 80,130households
Rent (average for rentals): 41,467yen
Healthcare: 13 hospitals ／ 93 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —24 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.

Tomakomai City in Japan42.634°N 141.606°E

Territory of Tomakomai 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

23.6km

Chitose City, Shiraoi Town, Abira Town, Atsuma Town

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

Tomakomai City isthis kind of town.

01The lava dome of Mount Tarumae formed inside the summit crater in the 1909 eruption and is a Hokkaido natural monument
02Tarumaezan Shrine reveres the mountain itself; at its inner shrine on the summit ridge a mountain-opening rite is held each June and a closing rite each October
03In the east, the Shizukawa site is a national historic site with a Jomon ring ditch, and Yufutsu has the base point of Hokkaido's first triangulation

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Tomakomai City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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