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01645 ／とよころちょう

Hokkaido 中川郡

Toyokoro Town

Wave-worn river ice shines like a jewel.

Jewelry Ice, Tokachi River mouth

Photo by MaedaAkihiko (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Station

A character in the name looks like a dollar sign,so Tofutsu is also the 10-dollar station.

The town says a character in the name Tofutsu resembles the dollar sign, so this JR Nemuro Main Line station is also known as the 10-dollar station. The town's history page records the station as established in 1911 (Meiji 44), and its tourism guide notes that the station building has a charm of its own.

Also called the 10-dollar station
Station established, 1911
JR Nemuro Main Line

02 ／ Giant tree

Two elms grown into onestretch their branches wide.

The town describes a large elm with branches stretching wide to left and right as a rare form made by two trees joined into one, and gives its estimated age as about 150 years. The town's tourism site lists it as a symbol of the town and shows its look in each of the four seasons.

Estimated age, about 150 years
Two trees joined as one
Symbol of the town

03 ／ Monument

Tokachi's settlement spread inland from this coast,a monument for the town's centennial says.

A guard post was in place here around 1798 (Kansei 10), and a relay post followed the next year. The town's history describes this coast as the gateway to inland Tokachi and a hub of sea and road traffic. The monument to the starting point of Tokachi stands nearby.

Guard post, around 1798
Relay post, 1799
Monument for the founding centennial

Toyokoro 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 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））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

Two JR stations: Toyokoro and Tofutsu.

about 3,000 people
Rural district town

The town describes itself as one whose main industries are farming and fishing. Its two JR stations, Toyokoro and Tofutsu, are on the Nemuro Main Line, and the town's transport guide lists Toyokoro Station as its JR station.

People living here: 3,022people
Area: 536.71km²
Households: 1,355households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 4 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —0 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.

Toyokoro Town in Japan42.801°N 143.506°E

Territory of Toyokoro 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

35.6km

Urahoro Town, Makubetsu Town, Taiki Town, Ikeda Town

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

Toyokoro Town isthis kind of town.

01Jewelry Ice is river ice that flowed out into the Pacific and was washed up on the coast at the mouth of the Tokachi River; tumbled by waves, its edges wear off and it turns clear, and the town explains that, unlike drift ice, clearness is its mark
02Tofutsu Station on the Nemuro Main Line is also called the 10-dollar station because a character in the name resembles the dollar sign, and the town lists the elm formed of two joined trees as its symbol
03A guard post and a relay post stood on this coast in the late 1700s; the town points to a monument built for its founding centennial, and its resident charter also calls the town the starting point of Tokachi

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Toyokoro Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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