Higashikawa, Hokkaido

Higashikawa 東川町
Town
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Location of Higashikawa in Hokkaido (Kamikawa Subprefecture)
Higashikawa Location in Japan
Coordinates: 43°42′N 142°31′E / 43.700°N 142.517°E / 43.700; 142.517Coordinates: 43°42′N 142°31′E / 43.700°N 142.517°E / 43.700; 142.517
Country	Japan
Region	Hokkaido
Prefecture	Hokkaido (Kamikawa Subprefecture)
District	Kamikawa (Ishikari)
Area
• Total	247.06 km2 (95.39 sq mi)
Population  (September 30, 2016)
• Total	8,092
• Density	33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address	071-1492
Website	www.town.higashikawa.hokkaido.jp

Higashikawa (東川町, Higashikawa-chō) is a town located in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

As of September 2016, the town has an estimated population of 8,092, and a density of 33 persons per km². The total area is 247.06 km². The highest temperature ever registered in Higashikawa was 37.0 °C (98.6 °F), on August 6, 2021.^[1]

Higashikawa declared itself a photo town (写真の町, shashin no machi) in the 1980s and has done much to sponsor photography since, notably the annually awarded Higashikawa Prizes.

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External links[]

• Media related to Higashikawa, Hokkaidō at Wikimedia Commons
• Official Website (in Japanese)
• Tourism Info (in Japanese)

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