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About Kushiro

Kushiro is a city in Kushiro Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital town of Kushiro Subprefecture, as well as the maximum populous city in eastern Hokkaido. An Imperial decree in July 1899 established Kushiro as an open port for trading with the United States and the UK. Kushiro has been an essential port due to the fact it is more reliably ice-free at some point of iciness than alternative Russian Far East heat-water ports consisting of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky or other ports in Hokkaido which includes Hakodate, which on occasion do freeze for short periods due to the decrease salinity of the Sea of Japan.

For this motive, Kushiro became taken into consideration a treasured goal for the Tsars at some stage in the Russo-Japanese Wars, but it simplest have become a absolutely important port throughout the Twenties with the growth of commercial fishing, for which its reliable freedom from ice decreased charges. Ice hockey is one of the maximum famous iciness sports in Kushiro. In addition to several leagues devoted top beginner play of all ages, Kushiro is domestic to the Asia League Ice Hockey Nippon Paper Cranes, three time Asia League Champions.

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