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01584 ／とうやこちょう

Hokkaido 虻田郡

Toyako Town

Bones of one long cared for, found here.

Irie Site

Photo by Indiana jo (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Takasago Burial Site

Pit graves sprinkled with red Bengalaform a burial area with stone arrangements.

The burial area of the Takasago Burial Site consists of pit graves and stone arrangements. The pit graves hold burial goods such as pots and stone tools, and a red pigment, Bengala, was sprinkled in them. The World Heritage website also records graves with traces of tooth extraction and a woman buried with an unborn baby.

Pit graves and stone arrangements
Red Bengala pigment sprinkled in the pit graves
National Historic Site, added 2002

02 ／ Irie Horse-Headed Kannon Monument

Erected as the Usu-Abuta ranch opened,the oldest north of Matsumae domain, it is said.

The Irie Horse-Headed Kannon Monument was erected on July 5, 1805 (Bunka 2), to coincide with the opening day of the Usu-Abuta ranch. It names as sponsors two people who helped found the ranch. The town calls it valuable for the history of the government ranch and horse breeding.

Erected July 5, 1805
Sponsors: two people who helped found the ranch
Hokkaido Tangible Cultural Property, 1992

03 ／ Sculpture park around Lake Toya

58 sculptures are set along36.5 km of lakeshore.

Toyako Town and Sobetsu Town have placed 58 sculptures in all along the shore of Lake Toya as an open-air sculpture park. The town describes the works along the 36.5 km lakeshore as a group on the theme of a hymn to life, where artists and nature face each other.

58 works in all
36.5 km around the lake
Placed by Toyako Town and Sobetsu Town

Toyako 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–July 2015)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

In 2006, Abuta Town and Toya Village merged.

about 8,000 people
Rural district town

Formed on March 27, 2006 by the merger of Abuta Town and Toya Village, the town lies within Shikotsu-Toya National Park, surrounded by lake, mountain and sea. The town says fishing thrives mainly in the Abuta area and farming mainly in the Toya area.

People living here: 8,442people
Area: 180.87km²
Households: 4,030households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 8 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —4 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 5 municipalities.

Toyako Town in Japan42.551°N 140.764°E

Territory of Toyako 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

19.9km

Rusutsu Village, Toyoura Town, Sobetsu Town, Date City, Makkari Village

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

Toyako Town isthis kind of town.

01The Irie Site is a Jomon settlement on a terrace overlooking Uchiura Bay, and the World Heritage website says the bones of a person who was cared for over a long period were found in its burial area
02The burial area of the Takasago Burial Site consists of pit graves and stone arrangements, and red Bengala pigment was sprinkled in the pit graves
03The Irie Horse-Headed Kannon Monument, a Hokkaido-designated monument, was erected in 1805 on the day the Usu-Abuta ranch opened, and 58 sculptures stand along the lakeshore

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Toyako Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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