Kyōgoku, Hokkaido
Kyōgoku
京極町 | |
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Town | |
Kyōgoku town office | |
Location of Kyōgoku in Hokkaido (Shiribeshi Subprefecture) | |
| Coordinates: 42°51′N 140°53′E / 42.850°N 140.883°E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Hokkaido |
| Prefecture | Hokkaido (Shiribeshi Subprefecture) |
| District | Abuta District |
| Area | |
• Total | 231.61 km2 (89.43 sq mi) |
| Population (September 2016) | |
• Total | 3,144 |
| • Density | 14/km2 (35/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
| City hall address | 527 Kyōgoku, Kyōgoku-chō, Abuta-gun, Hokkaidō 044-0101 |
| Website | www |
Kyōgoku (京極町, Kyōgoku-chō) is a town located in Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Kyōgoku sits at the eastern foot of Mount Yōtei (1,898 kilometres (1,179 mi)), an active stratovolcano volcano which dominates the skyline of the town.
The town borders the south ward (Minami-ku) of Sapporo, but car traffic from Kyōgoku must drive over an hour through the Nakayama Toge mountain pass to enter Sapporo.
Tourists visit the town to drink the spring water in Fukidashi Park, where the water from Mount Yōtei bubbles out of the ground.
The town has a sister city relationship with the city of Marugame in Kagawa Prefecture.