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K U S H I R O EBINA Hiroya Mayor, City of Kushiro

Located against the Pacific coastline on the eastern side of , Kushiro City is blessed with valuable and beautiful nature, including the two national parks of Akan-Mashu and Kushiro-Shitsugen, where Japanese cranes and marimo (algae balls) of , both Special Natural Monuments of , can also be found. The maximum summer temperature is around 20℃, making the city suitable for long-term stays to avoid the summer heat elsewhere. Kushiro City has developed as a production area centered on the primary industries of fisheries (boasting one of the largest catches in Japan); forestry based on abundant forest resources; and dairy, livestock, and other farming in the hinterland. In addition, there are the secondary industries of large-scale food and pharmaceutical plants, paper mills, and Japan’s only active underground coal mine. We wish to pass the strengths we have cultivated as a production city to the next generation. These include our rich natural environment and diverse cultures, as well as the charm and value of Kushiro, which has developed as the base of eastern Hokkaido. With this intention, we stride forward with the slogan, “Connection Between the City, People and the Future – The Hub City of Eastern Hokkaido, City Emblem

The star shape refers to the North Star and the circle in the center represents a bracelet. The (Chinese character) for “Ku” means bracelet. The emblem shows that Kushiro is surrounded by the North Star, which is the symbol of Hokkaido. It was designed with the desire to help Kushiro prosper.

Location

Teshikaga Town

Kushiro City

Akan Area Shibecha Town Hamanaka Town Villege Akkeshi Town Location of Kushiro City Kushiro Area Shiranuka Town Long. 144° 22' 24" Kushiro Town Lat. 42° 587' 10" Ombetsu Area Area of Kushiro City 1,362.90 ㎢

168,730 (Mar. 2019) Population (Unit: people)

250,000

200,000

115,451 115,881 111,522 112,055 150,000 108,667 105,127 100,140 95,695 92,557 100,000

50,000 107,658 111,783 110,216 104,368 101,013 96,439 90,338 85,474 82,185

0 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

Male Femal Climate

Monthly average, highest, and lowest temperatures (2018) (Unit: ℃)

40 30.1 30.1 30 23.2 22.6 23.9 22.4 17.4 20 15.5 16.5 16.4 16.6 13.4 12.6 11.8 9.5 9 9.8 9 6.7 10 5.7 4.5 4.9 4.2 5.5 1.1 1.4 1.1 -2.4 -1.7 0 -3.2 -4.8 -8.2 -10.8 -10 -14.6 -16.9 -16.3

-20 Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Average Temperature Highest Temperature Lowest Temperature

Red-crowned cranes, which are Spring designated as a Special Natural Summer Canoeing on the Monument of Japan

Fall Autamn leaves around Lake Akan Winter Pancake ice on the Kushiro River

(Established at the Ceremony for the First Anniversary of the Official Flowers of Kushiro Merger of Kushiro City)

◆Nasturtium ◆Lily of the valley ◆Gentian Tropaeolaceae Liliaceae Gentianaceae Tropaeolum Convallaria Gentiana

(Established at the Ceremony for the First Anniversary of the Official Trees of Kushiro Merger of Kushiro City)

◆Japanese tree ◆Sargent cherry ◆Japanese rowan Oleaceae Rosaceae Rosaceae Syringa Cerasus Sorbus Overseas Affiliations City of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Seward Port City of [Port town friendship city] [Sister port] [Sister city] 8/25/1998 7/21/1982 8/27/1975

Hunter Estuary Wetlands City of Port of New Orleans [Sister wetland] [Sister city] [Sister port] 11/7/1994 9/9/1965 10/31/1984

Domestic Affiliations

City of Yuzawa () [Sister city] 10/4/1963

City of () [Sister city] Kushiro City 10/4/1963

City of Yachiyo ( Prefecture) City of () [Friendship city] [Tourism exchange city] 1982 10/9/1979

City of Tsuru () [Friendship city] 9/1/1992 Town of Naka () [Friendship city] City of Izumi () 9/2/2006 [Friendship city] 8/22/1989 Changes in gross municipal output (Unit: thousand yen, %) Increase / decrease Amount of money Ratio from the previous Item year 2012 2013 2014 2012 2013 2014 2013 2014

1. Industry 491,800,056 498,864,431 491,456,679 85.5 85.6 85.0 1.4 △ 1.5

(1) Agriculture 3,402,203 3,461,312 3,920,599 0.6 0.6 0.7 1.7 13.3

(2) Forestry 113,496 171,304 167,520 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.9 △ 2.2

(3) Fisheries 5,155,426 5,238,294 6,928,757 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.6 32.3

(4) Mining 3,363,487 3,512,161 3,553,874 0.6 0.6 0.6 4.4 1.2

(5) Manufacturing 73,919,878 70,178,678 65,553,375 12.9 12.0 11.3 △ 5.1 △ 6.6

(6) Construction 25,382,729 36,500,588 31,113,317 4.4 6.3 5.4 43.8 △ 14.8

(7) Electricity, gas and waterworks 11,826,972 13,373,053 17,442,904 2.1 2.3 3.0 13.1 30.4

(8) Wholesale and retailing 83,716,676 78,974,612 75,810,816 14.6 13.5 13.1 △ 5.7 △ 4.0

(9) Finance and insurance 25,210,389 24,695,921 24,919,580 4.4 4.2 4.3 △ 2.0 0.9

(10) Real estate 74,819,085 73,597,332 73,590,505 13.0 12.6 12.7 △ 1.6 △ 0.0

(11) Transport 39,732,177 42,103,837 42,617,293 6.9 7.2 7.4 6.0 1.2 (12) Information and 11,760,882 10,968,023 10,361,074 telecommunications 2.0 1.9 1.8 △ 6.7 △ 5.5 (13) Service 133,396,656 136,089,316 135,477,065 23.2 23.3 23.4 2.0 △ 0.4

2. Government service provider 67,943,589 68,121,568 71,380,012 11.8 11.7 12.4 0.3 4.8

(1) Electricity, gas and waterworks 2,487,073 2,744,489 3,513,704 0.4 0.5 0.6 10.4 28.0

(2) Service 17,896,729 17,522,086 17,635,806 3.1 3.0 3.1 △ 2.1 0.6

(3) Public affairs 47,559,787 47,854,993 50,230,502 8.3 8.2 8.7 0.6 5.0 3. Private non-profit service providers 13,928,369 14,135,979 14,932,988 for households 2.4 2.4 2.6 1.5 5.6 4. Sub-total (1+2+3) 573,672,014 581,121,978 577,769,679 99.7 99.7 100.0 1.3 △ 0.6

5. Taxes and custom duties on imports 4,467,998 4,856,679 4,395,254 0.8 0.8 0.8 8.7 △ 9.5 6. Consumption tax on gross △ 2,898,938 △ 3,081,805 △ 4,219,749 capital formation △ 0.5 △ 0.5 △ 0.7 6.3 36.9 Total (4+5+6) 575,241,074 582,896,852 577,945,184 100.0 100.0 100.0 1.3 △ 0.8 Fish catch by species (Unit: t, thousand yen, %) Amount / ratio Monetary value / ratio Fish catch by species 2016 2017 2016 2017 Total 114,207 100.0 139,678 100.0 10,099,229 100.0 10,203,667 100.0 Alaska Pollack 39,487 34.6 41,087 29.4 2,296,624 22.7 2,165,141 21.2 Pacific cod 6,378 5.6 7,404 5.3 1,563,395 15.5 1,918,351 18.8 Saury 5,659 5.0 2,740 2.0 1,004,696 9.9 826,415 8.1 Squid 1,468 1.3 45 0.0 728,045 7.2 13,887 0.1 Flatfish 526 0.5 665 0.5 230,714 2.3 225,402 2.2 Trout 138 0.1 79 0.1 81,800 0.8 51,109 0.5 Red-skinned fish 117 0.1 131 0.1 193,017 1.9 256,582 2.5 Atka mackerel 1 0.0 0 0.0 984 0.0 129 0.0 Mackerel 6,661 5.8 7,653 5.5 761,320 7.5 659,566 6.5 Sardine 49,471 43.3 76,793 55.0 2,096,873 20.8 3,170,909 31.1 Smelt 170 0.1 100 0.1 290,996 2.9 204,717 2.0 Others 4,131 3.6 2,981 2.1 850,765 8.4 711,459 7.0

Coal output (Unit: t)

700,000 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Output 529,410 539,700 470,171 529,000 612,100 Shipment 532,872 528,727 446,115 476,837 588,649

Number of inbound tourists (Unit: people) Kushiro area Akan area Ombetsu area From From Total From inside From outside From inside From outside inside outside Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido 2013 3,526,298 1,699,137 752,516 593,774 473,684 6,770 417 2014 3,917,837 1,913,772 863,668 641,132 490,488 8,223 554 2015 4,256,216 2,114,650 923,086 672,993 536,326 8,655 506 2016 4,599,669 2,356,448 1,056,037 660,025 518,585 7,858 716 2017 5,239,429 2,496,637 1,099,667 1,085,401 549,337 7,710 677 Amount of port freight handled (Unit: t)

5,520,034 203,653 2017 2,639,702 7,449,699

5,495,983 206,885 2016 2,581,399 7,427,742

5,442,223 192,109 2015 2,261,099 7,073,208

5,439,815 197,860 2014 2,824,429 7,003,000

5,296,350 166,951 2013 2,881,938 7,179,604

6,000,000 3,000,000 0 0 3,000,000 6,000,000 9,000,000 12,000,000

Export Shipping-out Import Shipping-in

Airport use conditions

12,000 100.0 500,000 98.5 388,524 11,000 97.3 98.0 400,000 357,360 372,855 96.5 96.9 340,112 339,347 96.3 386,495 358,377 369,424 10,000 9,475 96.0 300,000 340,495 346,164 9,220 9,319 9,088 8,930 9,000 94.0 200,000

8,000 92.0 100,000

7,000 90.0 0 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Actual number of flights Departures (number of people) Flight operation rate (%) Arrivals (number of people)

Water-supply coverage ratio (Unit: people, %, m) Population covered Population within Total length of water by the water-supply Coverage ratio the water-supply area distribution pipes system 2013 194,628 194,492 99.9 1,137,736 2014 192,773 192,636 99.9 1,139,830 2015 190,806 190,708 99.9 1,144,631 2016 188,940 188,831 99.9 1,146,698 2017 186,495 186,389 99.9 1,156,523 Sewerage coverage ratio (Unit: ha, thousand people, km, 1,000㎡)

Population currently Population covered by Sewerage system Sewerage treatment covered by the Total length of Daily average the constructed construction area area sewerage treatment sewerage pipes treatment amount sewerage system system

2013 4,538 175.7 4,537.7 175.7 1,471.3 69.3 2014 4,539 174.1 4,538.8 174.1 1,475.2 68.7 2015 4,539 172.4 4,539.0 172.4 1,476.2 67.7 2016 4,540 170.6 4,540.0 170.6 1,476.8 67.2 2017 4,542 168.3 4,541.5 168.3 1,477.6 67.0

Overview of educational facilities inside the city

Number of schools Number of classes Number of teachers Number of students Kindergardens etc… 29 124 268 2,373 Elementary schools 27 372 614 7,729 Junior high schools 17 169 357 4,120 High schools 8 124 363 4,418

Number of department Number of teachers Number of students Kushiro National College of Technology 8 76 839 Kushiro Junior College 2 17 190 of Education, Kushiro Campus 9(3) 60 791(32) Kushiro Public University of Economics 2 39 1,365 Tsuruno Support School 14 44 72 Schools for disabled children 44 105 183

Overview of child daycare centers

Number of Number of Enrollment Number of children (Age) facilities teachers limit 0 1 2 3 4 5 Total 20 267 1,385 1,229 64 186 224 255 253 247

Public 7 85 465 325 11 46 58 71 71 68 facilities Company -run 13 182 920 904 53 140 166 184 182 179 facilities Access

●Car ・ City 4 hrs. 10 min. ・ City 5 hrs. 20 min. ・ City 2 hrs. 30min. ・ City 3 hrs. ・ City 2 hrs. 45 min. ・Nemuro City 2 hrs. 15 min.

●Airplane ・Haneda 1 hr. 40 min. ・ 45 min. ・ 45 min. ・Kansai International Airport 2 hrs. ・ 2 hrs. ・Central Japan International Airport 2hrs.

●JR ・ 4 hrs. ・Obihiro Station 1 hrs. 30 min. ・ 3 hrs. 30 min. ・Nemuro Station 2 hrs. 30 min.

●Intercity Bus ・Sapporo City 5 hrs. ・Asahikawa City 7 hrs. ・Kitami City 3 hrs. ・Nemuro City 3 hrs.