Asahikawa
city in Hokkaido, Japan
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Summary
Asahikawa is a core city of Japan[1]. Asahikawa draws 5,043 Wikipedia views per month (core city of japan category, ranking #16 of 47).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kamikawa Subprefecture[4]
- Country: Japan[5]
- Head of government: Hirosuke Imazu[6]
- Instance of: big city[7], city of Japan[8]
- Shares border with: Takasu[9], Higashikagura[10], Tōma-chō[11], Pippu[12], Kamikawa[13], Higashikawa[14], Biei[15], Wassamu[16], Horokanai[17], Ashibetsu[18], Fukagawa[19]
- Named after: Sun[20], river[21]
- Twinned administrative body: Normal[22], Bloomington[23], Suwon[24], Gyeonggi Province[25], Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk[26], Harbin[27]
- Legislative body: 旭川市議会[28]
- Postal code: 070-0031[29]
- Commons category: Asahikawa, Hokkaido[30]
- Local dialing code: 0166[31]
- Located in/on physical feature: Kamikawa Basin[32]
- Mascot: Asappy[33]
- Official website: https://www.city.asahikawa.hokkaido.jp/[34], https://www.city.asahikawa.hokkaido.jp/foreign/d059268.html[35]
- Foods traditionally associated: Asahikawa ramen[36], shio horumon[37], motsu soba[38], Jun Dog[39], gesodon[40], shinkoyaki[41], Asahimame[42]
- Topic's main category: Category:Asahikawa[43]
- Population: 352,105[44], 331,392[45], 339,605[46], 347,095[47]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Asahikawa[48]
- Replaces: Kamui[49], Etanbetsu[50], Nagayama[51], Higashiasahikawa[52], Kagura[53], Higashitakasu[54]
- Capital of: Kamikawa Subprefecture[55]
- Legal form: ordinary local public entity[56]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Asahikawa, Hokkaido[57]
- Native label: 旭川市[58]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Asahikawa include Asahikawa Station[59], a railway station[60], in Japan[61], founded in 1898[62] and Asahikawa Airport[63], an airport[64], in Japan[65].
Why It Matters
Asahikawa has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[66] Asahikawa is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[67]
Entities named for Asahikawa include Asahikawa Station[59], a railway station[60], in Japan[61], founded in 1898[62] and Asahikawa Airport[63], an airport[64], in Japan[65].