City hall address 071-1492 Population 7,740 (2007) | Area 247.1 km² Local time Saturday 2:05 PM | |
Time zone Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) Weather 0°C, Wind NW at 14 km/h, 41% Humidity District Kamikawa (Ishikari) District, Hokkaido | ||
Higashikawa (東川町, Higashikawa-chō) is a town located in Kamikawa (Ishikari) District, Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
Map of Higashikawa, Kamikawa District, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
As of 2016, the town has an estimated population of 8,092 and a density of 33 persons per km². The total area is 247.06 km².
Higashikawa declared itself a photo town (写真の町, shashin no machi) in the 1980s and has done much to sponsor photography since, notably the annually awarded Higashikawa Prizes.
References
Higashikawa, Hokkaido Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA