Tomakomai

Tomakomai-shi 苫 小 牧 市
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Hokkaidō
Prefecture :	Hokkaidō
Coordinates :	42 ° 38 '  N , 141 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 37 '53 "  N , 141 ° 36' 34"  E
Basic data
Surface:	561.43 km²
Residents :	171,286 (September 30, 2019)
Population density :	305 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	01213-1
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Rowanberry
Flower :	Japanese iris
town hall
Address :	Tomakomai City Hall 4 - 5 - 6 , Asahi-chō Tomakomai -shi Hokkaidō  053-8722
Website URL:	http://www.city.tomakomai.hokkaido.jp/
Location Tomakomais in Hokkaidō Prefecture

Tomakomai Town Hall

Tomakomai ( Japanese 苫 小 牧 市 , - shi ) is the largest port city in the Iburi sub-prefecture on the island of Hokkaidō ( Japan ).

history

In the early 19th century Tomakomai was an important traffic and economic center for the region. There has been a paper and chemical industry since 1910. He was appointed Shi on April 1, 1948. The large port facilities, which were completed in 1963, were the basis for heavy industry, and in 1976 they were expanded again. The Tomatō-Atsuma power plant on the city limits has been in operation since 1980 .

On March 11, 2011, after the Tōhoku earthquake, a 2.1 m high tsunami was reported in the western port of Tomakomai and a 2.5 m high tsunami in the eastern port .

geography

Tomakomai is located south of Sapporo on the Pacific Ocean .

traffic

The Tomakomai Station is an important railway junction at the Muroran Main Line of Iwamizawa on Muroran after Oshamambe . Here the Hidaka main line branches off to Samani , in the neighboring Numanohata station the Chitose line to Sapporo station .

Tomakomai can be reached via the Doo and Hidaka highways, as well as national roads 36, 234, 235, 276 and 453.

Town twinning

• Napier (New Zealand), since 1980

Neighboring cities and communities

• Chitose
• Shiraoi
• Abira
• Atsuma

sons and daughters of the town

• Yūjirō Kasahara (* 1984), ice hockey player
• Yoshikazu Kashino (born 1983), ice hockey player
• Makoto Kawahira (born 1971), ice hockey player
• Takayuki Kobori (* 1969), ice hockey player
• Hiroshi Matsuura (* 1968), ice hockey player
• Takuya Nakamura (* 1984), ice hockey player
• Chiaki Ogasawara (* 1963), jazz singer
• Akifumi Okuyama (* 1982), ice hockey player
• Toshiyuki Sakai (born 1964), ice hockey player
• Naoki Sano (born 1965), wrestler
• Hisayoshi Satō (* 1987), swimmer
• Masahito Suzuki (born 1983), ice hockey player
• Kōsuke Takahashi (* 1986), ice hockey player
• Takeshi Yamanaka (born 1971), ice hockey player

References

1. ↑ http://www.bridica.com/EBchecked/topic/598820/Tomakomai
2. ↑ 押 し 寄 せ る 津 波 、 道 内 ２ 万人 避難 東 日本 大 震災 . Tsunami strikes, all people evacuated along the street, East Japan great earthquake. In: Asahi Shimbun . March 12, 2011, archived from the original on July 11, 2012 ; Retrieved August 14, 2016 (Japanese). 

Web links

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