Asahikawa
Population 331,392 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Japan
Visas and entry What your passport needs for Japan
Daylight 8 h 57 in Dec, dark by 15:53 · 15 h 26 in Jun
- January: 9 h 16 of daylight
- February: 10 h 29 of daylight
- March: 11 h 51 of daylight
- April: 13 h 24 of daylight
- May: 14 h 42 of daylight
- June: 15 h 26 of daylight
- July: 15 h 09 of daylight
- August: 14 h 02 of daylight
- September: 12 h 34 of daylight
- October: 11 h 05 of daylight
- November: 9 h 42 of daylight
- December: 8 h 57 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Asahikawa art museum Museum · 960 m
- Gallery Puru Puru Gallery · 400 m
- 井上靖文学碑 Memorial · 260 m
- 西川徹郎・森村誠一記念石碑 Memorial · 350 m
- 梅鳳堂 Gallery · 360 m
- Hirama Gallery Gallery · 430 m
- 石川啄木宿泊の地 Memorial · 710 m
- Statue of Nagayama Takeshiro Artwork · 760 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 21 places to eatSomewhere to run
Getting around
- Asahikawa Station North Entrance Taxi Rank 800 m
- Asahikawa Station South Entrance Taxi Rank 880 m
- Asahikawa 900 m
- Asahikawa-yojo 1.0 km
- Shin-Asahikawa 2.0 km
- Kaguraoka 2.7 km
More train stations: Minami-Nagayama 3.7 km, Chikabumi 3.9 km, Midorigaoka 4.2 km, Nishigoryo 5.4 km
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