Uryunuma Wetland, Uryu Town
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01436 ／ うりゅうちょう

Hokkaido 雨竜郡

Uryu Town

At snowmelt, ponds join into a big pond.

Uryunuma Wetland

Photo by Koda6029 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Waterfall

A basalt that cut through sandstoneforms White Dragon Falls.

Waterfall in Uryu Town
Photo by Koda6029 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Of White Dragon Falls on the Penketapen River, the Hokkaido Geological Top 100 writes that basalt which intruded through the sandstone layers forms the fall. It is a basaltic dike that cut into the series of strata underlying the wetland.

  • Falls on the Penketapen River
  • Basalt cutting sandstone
  • Basaltic dike

02 ／ Pine avenue

Red pines said to be planted on the farm office pathare now the park's symbol.

Uryu Town Historic Site Park is a park of about 3 hectares laid out on the site of the Hachisuka Farm office, a base of the area's development. Its symbol, the red pine avenue, is said to have been planted in 1893 by Hachisuka Mochiaki from seedlings of the red pines at the marquis family's family temple, and was designated a Hokkaido Development Memorial Protected Tree in June 1975.

  • Said to be planted in 1893
  • Protected tree, June 1975
  • About 3 hectares

03 ／ Boardwalk

The wetland boardwalk leaves 5 cm gaps between planksto lighten the load on the peat.

Boardwalk in Uryu Town
Photo by 松岡明芳 (Public domain)

Uryunuma Wetland has a loop boardwalk of about 4 km. According to the Ministry of the Environment leaflet, it is built in the Uryunuma style: planks spaced 5 cm apart to improve airflow, sunlight and evaporation beneath, aiming to lighten the load on the peat layer.

  • Plank gap: 5 cm
  • Loop boardwalk: about 4 km
  • Uryunuma style

Uryu Town from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot June 2024)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））

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Living here

No railway station; about 30 minutes by bus from Takikawa.

  • about 2,000 people
  • Rural district town

There is no railway station in the town. The town says to take the Sorachi Chuo Bus (Takifuka Line via Uryu) or the Hokkaido Chuo Bus (Takikawa-Hokuryu Line) from JR Takikawa Station to Uryu, about 30 minutes. It also gives about 2 hours from Sapporo Station by the Highway Rumoi express bus. The town is ringed by the Ishikari, Uryu, Oshirarika and Etaibetsu rivers, with 3,000 hectares of farmland.

People living here
2,389people
19952020

−13.1% since 2015

3,825 → 2,389

Area
191.15km²

70.7km² of it habitable

2024

Households
926households

2.6 people per household

2020

Rent (average for rentals)
—
Healthcare
1 hospital ／ 1 clinic

8.4 per 10,000 people

2023

Area191.15km²Habitable land70.7km² ／ 37%
Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103
Children waiting for childcare
—1 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.

Uryu Town in Japan43.644°N 141.889°E
TokyoOsakaUryu Town
Territory of Uryu 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

15.5km

Shintotsukawa Town, Hokuryu Town, Takikawa City, Moseushi Town, Mashike Town

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

Uryu Town isthis kind of town.

  1. 01Uryunuma Wetland is a Hokkaido-designated natural monument; the Cultural Heritage Online site says its name comes from ponds joining into a large pond at snowmelt, and the Ministry of the Environment calls the yellow-flowered Uryu kohone an endemic species
  2. 02White Dragon Falls is formed by a basalt dike through sandstone; the red pine avenue at the Historic Site Park is said to have been planted on the farm office path; the wetland boardwalk has 5 cm gaps between planks
  3. 03The town's name is said to come from the Ainu word Uriropet (river with many cormorants); there is no railway station, and Takikawa Station is about 30 minutes by bus

See the town as it is now.

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

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