Hamatonbetsu, Hokkaido
Encyclopedia
is a town
located in Esashi District
, Sōya
, Hokkaidō
, Japan
.
As of 2008, the town has an estimated population
of 4,452 and a density
of 11.55 persons per km². The total area is 401.56 km².
Hamatonbetsu's local economy depends mainly on dairy farming and a sea harvest of salmon, scallops, and crab.
Hamatonbetsu's claim to fame is its freshwater Lake Kutcharo, a world famous wetlands area home to thousands of swans making their winter migration from northern Siberia to the southern climate of Japan.
Hamatonbetsu has one local Sr. High School, and a Jr. High School as well as a Kindergarten and Nursery school within the town limits. The Hamatonbetsu Board of Education also oversees four additional elementary schools and another Jr. High school. Shanai Elementary School, Toyokanbetsu Elementary School, Usotan Elementary School, Shimotombetsu Elementary School, and Shimotombetsu Junior High School are all included.
The town of Hamatonbetsu participates in the JET Programme
.
Within the town there are several local businesses including a cell phone/glasses shop, an ACOOP grocery store, two Seicomart convenience stores, two gas stations, a handful of restaurants and a number of home goods-amenities stores. There is also a park golf
course and an onsen
on the edge of Lake Kutcharo.
Hamatonbetsu does have its own bus terminal but if you want to take a train, one may take the bus 1.5 hours to Otoineppu station to the South.
Towns of Japan
A town is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture , city , and village...
located in Esashi District
Esashi District, Hokkaido
is a district located in Sōya Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan.As of 2004, the district has an estimated population of 16,986 and a density of 8.87 persons per km². The total area is 1,915.76 km².-Towns and villages:*Esashi*Hamatonbetsu*Nakatonbetsu...
, Sōya
Soya Subprefecture
is a subprefecture of Hokkaidō, Japan. Its population is estimated to be 77,500 as of July 31, 2004 and its area is 4,050.84 km². It is the northernmost subprefecture of Japan.Wakkanai Airport is located in Wakkanai...
, Hokkaidō
Hokkaido
, formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island; it is also the largest and northernmost of Japan's 47 prefectural-level subdivisions. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaido from Honshu, although the two islands are connected by the underwater railway Seikan Tunnel...
, Japan
Japan
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.
As of 2008, the town has an estimated population
Population
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of 4,452 and a density
Population density
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of 11.55 persons per km². The total area is 401.56 km².
Hamatonbetsu's local economy depends mainly on dairy farming and a sea harvest of salmon, scallops, and crab.
Hamatonbetsu's claim to fame is its freshwater Lake Kutcharo, a world famous wetlands area home to thousands of swans making their winter migration from northern Siberia to the southern climate of Japan.
Hamatonbetsu has one local Sr. High School, and a Jr. High School as well as a Kindergarten and Nursery school within the town limits. The Hamatonbetsu Board of Education also oversees four additional elementary schools and another Jr. High school. Shanai Elementary School, Toyokanbetsu Elementary School, Usotan Elementary School, Shimotombetsu Elementary School, and Shimotombetsu Junior High School are all included.
The town of Hamatonbetsu participates in the JET Programme
JET Programme
or is a Japanese government initiative that brings college graduates—mostly native speakers of English—to Japan as Assistant Language Teachers and Sports Education Advisors in Japanese kindergartens, elementary, junior high and high schools, or as Coordinators for International Relations in...
.
Within the town there are several local businesses including a cell phone/glasses shop, an ACOOP grocery store, two Seicomart convenience stores, two gas stations, a handful of restaurants and a number of home goods-amenities stores. There is also a park golf
Park golf
Park golf , a form of golf played in a park, was invented in Makubetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1983. Esthetically, it resembles a sport somewhere between golf and croquet. The competitive object of the game is to hit the ball into a hole with a club in the fewest number of strokes...
course and an onsen
Onsen
An is a term for hot springs in the Japanese language, though the term is often used to describe the bathing facilities and inns around the hot springs. As a volcanically active country, Japan has thousands of onsen scattered along its length and breadth...
on the edge of Lake Kutcharo.
Hamatonbetsu does have its own bus terminal but if you want to take a train, one may take the bus 1.5 hours to Otoineppu station to the South.
External links
- Official website in Japanese
- Takipedia:Living in Hamatonbetsu-cho