Kamisunagawa (上砂川町, Kamisunagawa-chō) is a town located in Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

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Kamisunagawa 上砂川町
Town
Kamisunagawa Town Hall
Flag Emblem
Location of Kamisunagawa in Hokkaido (Sorachi Subprefecture)
Kamisunagawa Location in Japan
Coordinates: 43°29′N 141°59′E
Country	Japan
Region	Hokkaido
Prefecture	Hokkaido (Sorachi Subprefecture)
District	Sorachi
Area
• Total	39.91 km2 (15.41 sq mi)
Population  (September 30, 2016)
• Total	3,278
• Density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
Website	town.kamisunagawa.hokkaido.jp

As of September 2016, the town has an estimated population of 3,278. The total area is 39.91 km². There is a microgravity test facility located in Kamisunagawa used for astronomic purposes.

Since 1980, Kamisunagawa has been the sister city of Sparwood in British Columbia, Canada.[1]

History

• 1949 – Kamisunagawa Town split off from the towns of Sunagawa and Utashinai (partial).
• 2009 – Kamisunagawa Town, more specifically its microgravity test facility, becomes the namesake of a crater on 25143 Itokawa, an asteroid visited by Japanese unmanned spacecraft Hayabusa.

Culture

Mascot

Kamisunagawa's mascot is Shi-tan (し～たん). He is a shiitake mushroom. His name is unknown but his name come the either "shiitake town", "see town" or "town of shiitake and coal".[2]

Notable people from Kamisunagawa

• Junichi Watanabe, writer
• Ryoko Yamagishi, manga artist
• Ikuro Takahashi, drummer

References

External links

• Media related to Kamisunagawa, Hokkaidō at Wikimedia Commons
• Official Website (in Japanese)

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