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Higashi-Asahikawa東旭川

The second farmer-soldier settlement, and the home of Asahiyama Zoo.^⁠[1][42]

Joined Asahikawa in 1963^⁠[4][1]
2 sights
1 story

Let’s walk around Higashi-Asahikawa!歩いてみよう！

History

A little history 地区のなりたち

In August 1892, 400 farmer-soldier households settled in what was then Asahikawa Village and is now this district. The Asahikawa Heison Memorial Museum, in the grounds of Asahikawa Shrine, tells their story.^{⁠[63][1][4][73]}

Higashi-Asahikawa Town joined the city in 1963. Four years later, in 1967, Asahiyama Zoo opened at Kuranuma.^{⁠[4][1][2][42]}

Sights

Sights in Higashi-Asahikawa 東旭川の見どころ

Nature
Asahiyama Zoo
旭山動物園
Japan’s northernmost zoo, where animals swim, climb and hunt the way they would in the wild.^⁠[2][6]
Culture
Asahikawa Heison Memorial Museum
旭川兵村記念館
The story of the farmer-soldiers who settled Higashi-Asahikawa, in the grounds of Asahikawa Shrine.^{⁠[4][73][63]}

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Stories

Stories from Higashi-Asahikawa 東旭川の特集

Higashi-Asahikawa
The zoo that let animals be animals
Japan’s northernmost zoo turned “behavioral exhibits” into a national hit.

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Central Nagayama Higashi-Asahikawa Kagura Kamui & Etanbetsu Higashi-Takasu Asahiyama Zoo Heison Museum© OpenStreetMap contributors

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A little history 地区のなりたち

Sights in Higashi-Asahikawa 東旭川の見どころ

Asahiyama Zoo

Asahikawa Heison Memorial Museum

Stories from Higashi-Asahikawa 東旭川の特集

The zoo that let animals be animals

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