Furano

Also known as Hurano

city in Hokkaido, Japan

Key facts

Country: Japan
Region: Hokkaido
Prefecture: Hokkaido
Mayor: Yoshiaki Noto
Total: 600.97 km (232.04 sq mi)
Density: 37.797/km (97.894/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+09:00 ( JST )
City hall address: 1-1, Yayoicho, Furano-shi, Hokkaido, 076-8555
Website: www .city .furano .hokkaido .jp
Bird: Black woodpecker
Flower: Ezo-murasaki-tsutsuji ( Rhododendron dauricum)
Mammal: Red Squirrel ( Sciurus vulgaris)
Mascot: Hesomaru (へそ丸)
Tree: Japanese yew and Japanese bigleaf magnolia

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Official website

富良野市

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city of Japan
Named after: odor
Country: Japan
Located in: Kamikawa Subprefecture
Population: 24259
Area: 600.71
Time zone: Japan Standard Time
Shares border with: Ashibetsu
Official website: www.city.furano.hokkaido.jp
Image: Furano Town - panoramio.jpg

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Commons category: Furano, Hokkaido
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topic's main category: Category:Furano, Hokkaido
native label: 富良野市
name in kana: ふらのし
twinned administrative body: Nishiwaki
inception: 1966-05-01
associated electoral district: Hokkaido 6th district

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Encyclopedic overview

Furano (富良野市, Furano-shi) is a city in the prefecture of Hokkaido, Japan, located in the southern reaches of Kamikawa Subprefecture, under whose jurisdiction it resides. Well known throughout Japan as a tourist destination, it is famous for its lavender fields, the television drama Kita no Kuni kara, and the Furano Ski Resort, which hosted the Snowboarding World Cup in recent years. As of September 2016, the city has an estimated population of 22,715 and a density of 38 persons per km (98 persons per sq. mi.). The total area is 600.97 km (232.04 sq mi).

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Furano” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.