is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an o ...
located in
Kushiro Subprefecture
is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Kushiro is home to a population of red-crowned cranes, estimated in 2022 to number about 1,900.
Geography
Municipalities
Mergers
History
*November, 1897: Kushiro Subprefecture estab ...
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Hokkaido
is Japan, Japan's Japanese archipelago, second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost Prefectures of Japan, prefecture, making up its own List of regions of Japan, region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; th ...
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...
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As of September 30, 2016, it has an estimated population of 6,120 and an area of 427.68 km
2.
History
*1906: Hamanaka Village is formed.
*1963: Hamanaka Village becomes Hamanaka Town.
Climate
Notable people
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Monkey Punch
, known by the pen name , was a Japanese manga artist, best known for his series ''Lupin III''.
Life and career
Katō was born in Hamanaka, Hokkaido; he began drawing at a very young age, but did not draw manga until junior high school, when h ...
(Japanese manga artist Kazuhiko Katō (加藤一彦 Katō Kazuhiko).
References
External links
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Official Website
Towns in Hokkaido
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