Biratori

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Biratori-chō
平 取 町
Biratori
Geographical location in Japan
Biratori (Japan)
Red pog.svg
Region : Hokkaidō
Prefecture : Hokkaidō
Coordinates : 42 ° 35 '  N , 142 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 35 '6 "  N , 142 ° 7' 43"  E
Basic data
Surface: 743.16 km²
Residents : 4997
(September 30, 2019)
Population density : 7 inhabitants per km²
Community key : 01602-1
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Flag / coat of arms of Biratori
Tree : Japanese cake tree
Flower : lily of the valley
town hall
Address : Biratori Town Hall
28 , Honchō
Biratori -chō, Saru-gun
Hokkaidō  055-0192
Website URL: http://www.town.biratori.hokkaido.jp/
Location Biratoris in Hokkaido Prefecture
Location of Biratoris in the prefecture

Biratori ( Japanese 平 取 町 , - chō , Ainu : pira utur ) is a city in the sub-prefecture of Hidaka on the island of Hokkaidō in Japan . It belongs to the Saru County .

geography

The Saru River , which gives the district its name, flows through the municipality from north to south towards the coast. It was dammed at the Nibutani Dam in Nibutani (二 風 谷). The municipality follows the geographic shape of the Saru valley. earlier there was also a freight railway running through the valley. Today the connection to the outside world is the national road 237 .

There was fierce opposition to the construction of the dam because the land is ancestral, holy land of the Ainu . In Nibutani there is also the municipal Ainu-Kultur-Museum Nibutani ( Nibutani Ainu bunka hakubutsukan 二 風 谷 ア イ ヌ 文化 博物館 , English Nibutani Ainu Cultural Musueum ) and an "Ainu Cultural Center". The Cultural Landscape along the Saru River resulting from Ainu Tradition and Modern Settlement (English for Ainu no dentō to kindai kaitaku ni yoru Sarugawa ryūiki no bunkateki keikan ) in Biratori was included in the list of cultural landscapes of Japan ( 文化 的 景 観 , bunkateki keikan ) .

The municipal administration is located on the Saru, about 4 km south of the Nibutani Dam. Directly on the dam there is a branch of the MLIT Development Office Hokkaidō to monitor the dam ( 二 風 谷 ダ ム 管理所 , Nibutani damu kanrisho ).

Surrounding communities

Mukawa
Iburi 		Shimukappu
Kamikawa 		Hidaka
Hidaka-ku
Tokachi
Mukawa
Iburi 		Neighboring communities Niikappu
Hidaka Hidaka
Monbetsu-ku 		Hidaka

economy

Biratori is a rural and agricultural community where a variety of fruits and vegetables are grown. Tomatoes make up a large part of the production. There is also a timber industry.

education

The place has five municipal primary schools ( shōgakkō , English elementary schools ), including the primary school Nibutani directly on the bank of the reservoir, and two middle schools ( chūgakkō , English mostly junior high schools ). There are also two prefectural schools in the city: the Biratori Special School ( 北海道 平 取 養護 学校 , Hokkaido Biratori yōgo gakkō ) and the Biratori High School ( 北海道 平 取 高等学校 , Hokkaidō Biratori kōtōgakkō , English Hokkaido Biratori High School ).

Attractions

  • Biratori Onsen Yukara
  • Family land
  • The Suzuran field in Memu , where lilies of the valley bloom from May to June. The field covers 15 ha, making it the largest in Japan. It was opened to the public in 1963 but had to be closed for ten years in 1975 due to damage.
  • in the 1970s and 1980s there was a UFO park (observation platform)

Personalities

  • Ryo Fukui (1948-2016), jazz pianist
  • Kayano Shigeru (1926–2006), the most important advocate of the Ainu, its language and culture in the 20th century.

Web links

Commons : Biratori, Hokkaidō  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Iwasaki-Goodman, M. Traditional food systems of Indigenous Peoples: the Ainu in the Saru River Region, Japan
  2. ↑ City Biratori: Pages of the museum
  3. ^ Database of Registered National Cultural Properties. Bunka-chō April 29, 2011.
  4. ↑ Bunka isan online ( 文化遺産 オ ン ラ イ ン , “Kulturerbe online”, website of the Bunka-chō ): Entry ア イ ヌ の 伝 統 と 近代 開拓 に よ る 沙 流川 流域 の 文化 的 景 観
  5. ↑ Kokudo-kōtsū-shō , Hokkaidō kaihatsu-kyoku ("Hokkaidō Development Office"), Muroran kaihatsu-kensetsu-bu ( 室 蘭 開 発 建設部 , "Muroran Development [and] Construction Department"): 二 風 谷 ダ ム 管理所
  6. ↑ City Biratori: 学校施設
  7. ^ "Administration of Hokkaidō" or "Hokkai Prefecture Administration" , Education Committee , Hidaka kyōiku-kyoku ("Education Office [for the school district] Hidaka"): List of schools (Japanese)