Hamatonbetsu, Hokkaido

Hamatonbetsu
浜頓別町
Town

Hamatonbetsu town hall

Chapter seal

Location of Hamatonbetsu in Hokkaido (Sōya Subprefecture)
Hamatonbetsu

Location in Japan

Coordinates: 45°7′N 142°22′E / 45.117°N 142.367°E / 45.117; 142.367Coordinates: 45°7′N 142°22′E / 45.117°N 142.367°E / 45.117; 142.367
Country Japan
Region Hokkaido
Prefecture Hokkaido (Sōya Subprefecture)
District Esashi
Area
  Total 401.56 km2 (155.04 sq mi)
Population (2013)
  Total 4,066
  Density 10/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Website www.town.hamatonbetsu.hokkaido.jp

Hamatonbetsu (浜頓別町 Hamatonbetsu-chō) is a town located in Esashi District, Sōya Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of 2013, the town has an estimated population of 4,066 and a density of 10 persons per km². Hamatonbetsu is in a long period of sustained population loss.[1] The total area is 401.56 square kilometres (155.04 sq mi).[2] 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.

Education

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.

Economy

Hamatonbetsu's local economy depends mainly on dairy farming and a sea harvest of salmon, scallops, and crab.

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.

Transportation

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.

References

  1. 人口推移 [Population Change] (in Japanese). Hamatonbetsu, Hokkaido: Town of Hamatonbetsu. 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-10.
  2. "浜頓別(町)" [Hamatonbetsu]. Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2013. OCLC 153301537. Retrieved 2013-09-06.

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