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About Asahikawa

Asahikawa is a city in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital of the subprefecture, and the second one-largest city in Hokkaido, after Sapporo. It has been a center city since April 1, 2000. The metropolis is currently widely recognized for the Asahiyama Zoo and Asahikawa ramen. On July 31, 2011, the metropolis had an anticipated population of 352,105, with 173,961 families, and a population density of 470.96 folks in line with km² 1,219.8 individuals consistent with sq. Mi.

The general location is 747.6 km2. Asahikawa turned into populated through mainland Japanese inside the Meiji duration 1868 – July 1912 as a tondenhei, or nation-sponsored farmer-defense force settlement. Kamikawa District installation underneath Ishikari Province with the villages of Asahikawa, Nagayama and Kamui in 1890.1900 Asahikawa Village becomes Asahikawa metropolis. Asahikawa advanced as an industrial center in Hokkaido after World War II.

The town is mentioned for its lumber and brewing industries, as well as the manufacturing of furnishings and paper pulp. Asahikawa is served through Asahikawa Airport which stretches over the outskirts of Asahikawa City and Higashikagura, Hokkaido. The airport turned into first proposed by the Asahikawa City Council in 1955, opened in 1961, and every day flights to Tokyo started out in 1970. The present terminal of Asahikawa Airport opened in 2000.

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