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01571 ／とようらちょう

Hokkaido 虻田郡

Toyoura Town

A station in about 80 m between tunnels.

Koboro Station, between tunnels

Photo by Rory trains (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Koboro Cave

A cave with a 2,000-year-old shell mound,where Enku is said to have placed a statue.

The sea cave on the Koboro coast is the Koboro Cave Site, a geosite of the Toya Caldera and Usu Volcano UNESCO Global Geopark. Hokkaido University excavations found a shell mound about 2,000 years old. The town says a statue, Iwaya Kannon, said to be carved by Enku, is enshrined here and can be reached on foot from Koboro Station.

Geosite of the Toya Caldera and Usu Volcano Geopark
Shell mound about 2,000 years old
Iwaya Kannon, said to be by Enku

02 ／ Kamui Chashi

A moat 16 m long, 5 m wide and 3 m deepwas dug on the hill of the "fort of the gods."

Kamui Chashi Historic Site Park stands on a hill whose Ainu name means "fort of the gods." Up 135 steps, the park has a moat dug 16 m long, 5 m wide and 3 m deep. It is one of the component places of the nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty Pirikanoka.

135 steps
Moat 16 m long, 5 m wide, 3 m deep
Component of a national Place of Scenic Beauty

03 ／ Mount Konbu

A peak with a knob on topis called "small knob mountain" in Ainu.

Mount Konbu rises on the border of Toyoura Town and Niseko Town at 1,045.1 m, its summit bulging like a knob. The town says it is called Tokonpo Nupuri (small knob mountain) in Ainu, and an earlier set of characters for the name was replaced by the present ones.

1,045.1 m
Ainu name Tokonpo Nupuri
About 3 hours from trailhead to summit

Toyoura 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 August 2007)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 2 hours by car from Sapporo, 1 from Muroran.

about 4,000 people
Rural district town

The town's access map gives about 110 km and 2 hours from Sapporo via National Route 230 over Nakayama Pass, and about 52 km and 1 hour from Muroran via Route 37. By public transport, take a limited express from Sapporo to Toya, then the JR Muroran Main Line to Toyoura (checked October 2026).

People living here: 3,821people
Area: 233.57km²
Households: 1,774households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 4 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —2 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.

Toyoura Town in Japan42.583°N 140.712°E

Territory of Toyoura 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

17.0km

Niseko Town, Toyako Town, Rankoshi Town, Makkari Village, Kuromatsunai Town, Oshamambe Town

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

Toyoura Town isthis kind of town.

01Koboro Station on the JR Muroran Main Line in Toyoura Town sits in a space of about 80 m between two tunnels, with no adjoining road and no residents nearby, the town says
02The Koboro Cave Site on the Koboro coast is a geosite of the Toya Caldera and Usu Volcano Geopark where a shell mound about 2,000 years old was found; Kamui Chashi is one component of a national Place of Scenic Beauty
03Mount Konbu, 1,045.1 m, rises on the border of Toyoura Town and Niseko Town; Sapporo is about 110 km away, roughly 2 hours by car on National Route 230

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Toyoura Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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