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About Furano

Furano is a town in the prefecture of Hokkaido, Japan, located inside the southern reaches of Kamikawa Subprefecture, underneath whose jurisdiction it resides. Well recognised at some point of Japan as a tourism vacation spot, it's far well-known for its lavender fields, the television drama Kita no Kuni kara and the Furano Ski Resort, which held the Snowboarding World Cup in recent years.

As of September 2016, the metropolis has an envisioned populace of 22,715 and a density of 38 individuals in step with km². The general location is 600.97 km2. The metropolis takes its name from the Ainu word "Fura-nui," this means that "Stinky Flame" or "Foul-Smelling Place," inside the language of the indigenous people of Hokkaido. This is maximum probable because the valley turned into associated with sulfuric fumaroles near Tokachi Peak.

In 1897 the primary homesteaders arrived from Mie Prefecture and settled in what is now the Ogiyama place of the city. The Village of Furano was installed as a satellite TV for pc agreement of the then-preeminent Utashinai Village. In 1899 the settlement turned into transferred from beneath the jurisdiction of Sorachi County to Kamikawa County, an reputable city corridor was raised, and Furano Village, Sorachi County was officially established.

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