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Minamifurano Town
Hokkaido · Town
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Minamifurano Town lies south of the Furano Basin, surrounded by mountains on all sides, and about 90% of its area is forest. In its center is Lake Kanayama, the reservoir of Kanayama Dam, and the former Ikutora Station was a setting of the film "Poppoya" (Railroad Man). The town made the first ordinance in Japan to protect the Sakhalin taimen (itou), a large fish, and its autumn carrots rank 5th in Japan.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
Live information
Current weather (observed)
Places to visit
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
Mountains in this town
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
National parks in this town
Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
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- Otaru City
- Asahikawa City
- Muroran City
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- Iwamizawa City
- Abashiri City
- Rumoi City
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- Monbetsu City
- Shibetsu City, Hokkaido
- Nayoro City
- Mikasa City
- Nemuro City
- Chitose City
- Takikawa City
- Sunagawa City
- Utashinai City
- Fukagawa City
- Furano City
- Noboribetsu City
- Eniwa City
- Date City, Hokkaido
- Kitahiroshima City, Hokkaido
- Ishikari City
- Hokuto City, Hokkaido
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- Shimamaki Village
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- Rankoshi Town
- Niseko Town
- Makkari Village
- Rusutsu Village
- Kimobetsu Town
- Kyogoku Town
- Kutchan Town
- Kyowa Town
- Iwanai Town
- Tomari Village (Shiribeshi), Hokkaido
- Kamoenai Village
- Shakotan Town
- Furubira Town
- Niki Town
- Yoichi Town
- Akaigawa Village
- Nanporo Town
- Naie Town
- Kamisunagawa Town
- Yuni Town
- Naganuma Town
- Kuriyama Town
- Tsukigata Town
- Urausu Town
- Shintotsukawa Town
- Moseushi Town
- Chippubetsu Town
- Uryu Town
- Hokuryu Town
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- Takasu Town
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- Pippu Town
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- Kamikawa Town, Hokkaido
- Higashikawa Town
- Biei Town
- Kamifurano Town
- Nakafurano Town
- Shimukappu Village
- Wassamu Town
- Kenbuchi Town
- Shimokawa Town
- Bifuka Town
- Otoineppu Village
- Nakagawa Town, Hokkaido
- Horokanai Town
- Mashike Town
- Obira Town
- Tomamae Town
- Haboro Town
- Shosanbetsu Village
- Embetsu Town
- Teshio Town
- Sarufutsu Village
- Hamatonbetsu Town
- Nakatonbetsu Town
- Esashi Town (Soya), Hokkaido
- Toyotomi Town
- Rebun Town
- Rishiri Town
- Rishirifuji Town
- Horonobe Town
- Bihoro Town
- Tsubetsu Town
- Shari Town
- Kiyosato Town
- Koshimizu Town
- Kunneppu Town
- Oketo Town
- Saroma Town
- Engaru Town
- Yubetsu Town
- Takinoue Town
- Okoppe Town
- Nishiokoppe Village
- Omu Town
- Ozora Town
- Toyoura Town
- Sobetsu Town
- Shiraoi Town
- Atsuma Town
- Toyako Town
- Abira Town
- Mukawa Town
- Hidaka Town, Hokkaido
- Biratori Town
- Niikappu Town
- Urakawa Town
- Samani Town
- Erimo Town
- Shinhidaka Town
- Otofuke Town
- Shihoro Town
- Kamishihoro Town
- Shikaoi Town
- Shintoku Town
- Shimizu Town, Hokkaido
- Memuro Town
- Nakasatsunai Village
- Sarabetsu Village
- Taiki Town, Hokkaido
- Hiroo Town
- Makubetsu Town
- Ikeda Town, Hokkaido
- Toyokoro Town
- Hombetsu Town
- Ashoro Town
- Rikubetsu Town
- Urahoro Town
- Kushiro Town, Hokkaido
- Akkeshi Town
- Hamanaka Town
- Shibecha Town
- Teshikaga Town
- Tsurui Village
- Shiranuka Town
- Betsukai Town
- Nakashibetsu Town
- Shibetsu Town, Hokkaido
- Rausu Town
- Shikotan Village
- Tomari Village (Kunashiri), Hokkaido
- Ruyobetsu Village
- Rubetsu Village
- Shana Village
- Shibetoro Village
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