Efforts to transform Utashinai from a gritty coal mining town to an alpine tourist destination have met with mixed success.
A medium sized ski hill, Kamoidake, attracts a decent crowd of locals and hosts frequent ski meets, while a hot spring resort called Tyrol, after the Austrian region, is known throughout Hokkaido for the quality of its water.
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Utashinai, Hokkaido -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
It was formerly a prosperous (additional info and facts about coal mining) coal mining city, but has declined greatly since the closing of the coal mines.
As of 2004, the city has an estimated ((statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn) population of 5,587 and a (The amount per unit size) density of 99.79 persons per (additional info and facts about km²;) km²;.
1940 Utashinai becomes a (An urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city) town.
If the rescue rosters are correct they show 100 North China Marines in the three camps at time of rescue (about 15 Sep 45).Some men remember certain individuals being in one of the camps with them but rescue rosters show that individual in the other camp.
At least one is in a photo at Akabira but on the rescue roster for Utashinai.
Men who spent their time in Akabira may have been at Utashinai when the rescue rosters were made up.
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General information-- Introduction of my hometown ”UTASHINAI”(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Utashinai is located about 40 miles north of
With the area of about 56 ㎡, its population reached 5,500 making Utashinai smallest city in Japan.
Utashinai’s history began as a coal mine city in 1958.
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After the successful demonstration of the gasification technology for MSW at the pilot plant in Yoshii, Japan during 1999-2000, the Japanese government certified the technology for construction of a commercial size plant.
A consortium called Eco Valley Utashinai, was formed by Hitachi.
Ltd., Hitachi Metals Ltd., Hokaido Prefecture, and the UtashinaiCity.
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Council Chairman James Arakaki of Hilo said it was his idea for Aaron Chung, of Hilo, and Gary Safarik, of Puna, make the trek to Tokyo and Sapporo, mainly to tour a plasma - arc company in Sapporo.
Chung said some Maui County employees may join them on the tour of Hitachi Metals in Utashinai, Japan.
Arakaki, through a Honolulu contact, arranged the councilmen's tour of the plant reportedly owned by Hitachi and Westinghouse.
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In those days Akabira had a population of over 50,000 people, but with the closing of three coal mines, the population dwindled.
Both Utashinai and Akabira were hard and difficult to reach; the coal mining people had strong labor union ties and ideas not conducive to the gospel.
Many young people were won to the Lord and we had a good Sunday school and middle and high school classes, but these young people, because of the economic situation, moved away for higher education, etc. and never returned.
• Location and Topography/Located nearly in the middle of Hokkaido, the city's east is a hill country adjacent to Akabira, Utashinai and Kamisunagawa over Yubari Mountain Range.
Take Route 1027 for Utashinai near Kids Land.
Swans come here in from March to April to announce the coming of spring.
