Kamisunagawa, Hokkaido
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located in
Sorachi Subprefecture is a Subprefectures of Hokkaido, subprefecture of Hokkaido, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. As of 2004, its estimated population is 373,736 and its area is 6,558.26 km2. Geography Cities 10 cities are located in Sorachi Subprefecture: Town ...
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. As of 1 October 2020, the town has an estimated
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of 3,278. The total area is 39.91 km2. There is a microgravity test facility located in Kamisunagawa used for astronomic purposes. Since 1980, Kamisunagawa has been the
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of
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History

*1949 – Kamisunagawa Town split off from the towns of Sunagawa and
Utashinai is a city located in Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is Japan's smallest city by population. History Utashinai was formerly a prosperous coal mining city, but its fortunes has declined greatly since the closing of the coal mines. Th ...
(partial). *2009 – Kamisunagawa Town, more specifically its microgravity test facility, becomes the namesake of a crater on
25143 Itokawa 25143 Itokawa (provisional designation ) is a sub-kilometer near-Earth object of the Apollo group and also a potentially hazardous asteroid. It was discovered by the LINEAR program in 1998 and later named after Japanese rocket engineer Hideo ...
, an asteroid visited by Japanese uncrewed spacecraft
Hayabusa was a robotic spacecraft developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to return a sample of material from a small near-Earth asteroid named 25143 Itokawa to Earth for further analysis. ''Hayabusa'', formerly known as MUSES-C ...
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Culture


Mascot

Kamisunagawa's mascot is . He is a
shiitake The shiitake (; ''Chinese/black mushroom'' or ''Lentinula edodes'') is a macrofungus native to East Asia, which is cultivated and consumed around the globe. Taxonomy The fungus was first described scientifically as '' Agaricus edodes'' by ...
mushroom. His name is unknown but his name come the either "shiitake town", "see town" or "town of shiitake and coal".


Notable people from Kamisunagawa

* Ikuro Takahashi, drummer *
Junichi Watanabe was a Japanese writer. Biography Jun'ichi Watanabe was born in Kamisunagawa, Hokkaido, Japan. His starting point as a literate was the death of a classmate who was his first love in high school. He published his first works while still studyin ...
, writer *
Ryoko Yamagishi is a Japanese manga artist. She is one of the Year 24 Group, a collection of female artists who innovated (girls') manga throughout the 1970s. Her major works include and '' Terpsichora''. Life and career Ryoko Yamagishi was born on Septe ...
, manga artist


References


External links

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Official Website
Towns in Hokkaido Sorachi Subprefecture {{Hokkaido-geo-stub