| Urakawa | |||||||
| Native Name Lang: | ja | ||||||
| Settlement Type: | Town | ||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Japan | ||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Japan | ||||||
| Coordinates: | 42.1667°N 188°W | ||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
| Subdivision Name: | Japan | ||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Hokkaido | ||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture | ||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Hokkaido (Hidaka Subprefecture) | ||||||
| Subdivision Type3: | District | ||||||
| Subdivision Name3: | Urakawa | ||||||
| Leader Title: | Mayor | ||||||
| Leader Name: | Kōichirō Tanikawa | ||||||
| Leader Title1: | Vice Mayor | ||||||
| Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 694.24 | ||||||
| Population Total: | 12,074 | ||||||
| Population As Of: | 1 October 2020 | ||||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||
| Timezone1: | JST | ||||||
| Utc Offset1: | +09:00 | ||||||
| Blank Name Sec1: | City hall address | ||||||
| Blank Info Sec1: | 1-3-1, Tsukiji, Urakawa-chō, Urakawa-gun, Hokkaidō 057-8511 | ||||||
| Blank Name Sec2: | Climate | ||||||
| Blank Info Sec2: | Cfb | ||||||
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is a town located in Hidaka Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of 1 October 2020, the town has an estimated population of 12,074 and a density of 17 persons per km2.[1] The total area is 694.24 km2.
Urakawa has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) with warm summers and cold winters. With an alternate definition, using the −3 °C (27 °F) isotherm, Urakawa falls in the rare oceanic climate (Cfb) of the east coast of the continents due to the warm current of Tsushima. Owing to its slightly more southerly latitude, easterly aspect and location on the sea, snowfall is much lighter than in the major cities of western Hokkaido like Sapporo, Hakodate, Asahikawa and Wakkanai, with the most in one month being 0.98m (03.22feet) in January 1969.[2] Precipitation in heaviest in the summer months when remnant typhoons may approach; the heaviest daily rainfall being 190mm on 5 August 1981 and the wettest month being 429.5mm in August 1995. The driest month has been 2.5mm in February 2003. Year-round sunshine, although less than in the Tokachi Plain, is also higher than western Hokkaido, with the dullest month being 48.0 hours in August 1941 and the sunniest, in April 2014, being 288.0 hours, which beats the previous record of 271.6 hours in May 1957.
Urakawa was served by the JR Hokkaido Hidaka Main Line. However, no trains have operated between and since January 2015, due to storm damage. Plans to restore this section of the line have been abandoned, due to declining passenger numbers and very high maintenance costs, and the section was officially closed on 1 April 2021 and replaced by a bus service.
Defunct railway stations in Urakawa: - - - -
Urakawa's mascots are and . They are twin horses.[3] [4]