01 ／ Mount Yubari
The alpine plant communities and serpentinite melange belt of Mount Yubari form a national natural monument spanning Yubari City and Minamifurano Town. Endemic species include Yubari-kozakura, Ezo-no-kumomagusa and Shisoba-kisumire; the commentary calls Gamaiwa a typical knocker landform, with blocks jutting from the ground.
02 ／ Tenryu mine
The Tenryu mine supply inclined shaft entrance of the former Hokutan Yubari mine is a registered tangible cultural property, registered in 2006. It has a semicircular arch five bricks thick with a 4 m span, and a plaque carved with the mine's name. With the personnel shaft entrance, it is a representative relic of the Second Mining Area.
03 ／ Yubari Shrine
The city tourism site says Yubari Shrine holds three city-designated tangible cultural properties. The zelkova cup is 62.5 cm in diameter and holds 21.6 liters, a Wajima lacquerware piece painted with pine, bamboo, plum, cranes and tortoises. Lacquer makers of Wajima, Ishikawa, took five years to make it, and it was later dedicated to the shrine.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot June–July 2023)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））
Living here
The city guides visitors by limited express between Sapporo and Shin-Yubari, then by Yutetsu bus from Shin-Yubari. Shin-Yubari Station on the Sekisho Line is the only active JR station in the city, and it lies away from City Hall (Honcho 4-chome).
−17.1% since 2015
17,116 → 7,334
114.66km² of it habitable
2024
1.9 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
6.8 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
Shape
North to south
40.6km
Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.
If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.
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