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Asahikawa (旭川市, Asahikawa-shi) is a city in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital of the subprefecture, and the second-largest city in Hokkaido, after Sapporo. [1] [2] It has been a core city since April 1, 2000. The city is currently well known for the Asahiyama Zoo, the Asahikawa ramen and a Ski resort city.
The division transferred its operational area to Asahikawa between 1900 and 1902. The Asahikawa Kaikōsha, the building for the army officer's clubhouse (which later serves as the museum) was completed in 1902. It was constructed by the Okuragumi, a construction company which currently is the Taisei Corporation. [1]
Hokuchin Memorial Museum (北鎮記念館) is a history museum located in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan.The museum is a JGSDF Public Relations facility displaying as many as 2,500 items concerning the history of the Tondenhei Army, which developed Hokkaido, the 7th Division of the old Imperial Japanese Army, and the activities of the 2nd Division of today's JGSDF. [1]
Asahikawa Station (旭川駅, Asahikawa-eki) is a railway station in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). Asahikawa Station is the central train station for the city of Asahikawa, which is the second largest city in Hokkaido by population after Sapporo .
The Asahiyama Zoo (旭山動物園, Asahiyama dōbutsuen) is a municipal zoo that opened in July 1967 in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan, and is the northernmost zoo in the country. [2] In August 2004, over 320,000 people had visited the zoo, the second highest number of visitors among all the zoos in Japan. [ 3 ]
Asahikawa Shrine (旭川神社, Asahikawa jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. Established in 1893, it is dedicated to the kami Amaterasu (天照皇大御神) and Konohanasakuyahime no mikoto (木花開耶姫命). Its annual festival is on August 15.
The Kawamura Kaneto Ainu Museum (川村カ子トアイヌ記念館, Kawamura Kaneto Ainu Kinenkan) is a private museum of materials relating to the Ainu in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan. The museum first opened as the Ainu museum ( アイヌ博物館 ) in 1916. [ 1 ]
Kamikawa Shrine (上川神社, Kamikawa jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. [1] Established in 1883, it is dedicated to the kami Amaterasu (天照皇大御神), Ōkuninushi (大己貴大神), Sukunabikona no Ōkami (少彦名大神), Toyoukebime (豊受姫神), Ōmononushi (大物主神), Ame-no-Kaguyama-no-Mikoto [] (天乃香久山神), Takeminakata (建御名方神 ...