Asahikawa

Summary

Asahikawa is a core city of Japan^[1]. Asahikawa draws 263 Wikipedia views per month (core_city_of_japan category, ranking #16 of 47).^[2]

Key Facts

• Asahikawa was a member of Creative Cities Network^[3].
• Asahikawa is located in Kamikawa Subprefecture^[4].
• Asahikawa is in the country of Japan^[5].
• Asahikawa's head of government is recorded as Hirosuke Imazu^[6].
• Asahikawa's image is recorded as Asahikawa Montage.jpg^[7].
• Asahikawa's instance of is recorded as core city of Japan^[8].
• Asahikawa's instance of is recorded as big city^[9].
• Asahikawa's instance of is recorded as city of Japan^[10].
• Asahikawa's flag image is recorded as Flag of Asahikawa, Hokkaido.svg^[11].
• Asahikawa's shares border with is recorded as Takasu^[12].
• Asahikawa's shares border with is recorded as Higashikagura^[13].
• Asahikawa's shares border with is recorded as Tōma-chō^[14].
• Asahikawa's shares border with is recorded as Pippu^[15].
• Asahikawa's shares border with is recorded as Kamikawa^[16].
• Asahikawa's shares border with is recorded as Higashikawa^[17].
• Asahikawa's shares border with is recorded as Biei^[18].
• Asahikawa's shares border with is recorded as Wassamu^[19].
• Asahikawa's shares border with is recorded as Horokanai^[20].
• Asahikawa's shares border with is recorded as Ashibetsu^[21].
• Asahikawa's shares border with is recorded as Fukagawa^[22].
• Asahikawa's coat of arms image is recorded as Emblem of Asahikawa, Hokkaido.svg^[23].
• Sun is named after Asahikawa^[24].
• river is named after Asahikawa^[25].
• Asahikawa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Normal^[26].
• Asahikawa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bloomington^[27].

Body

Geography

Asahikawa is in the country of Japan^[5]. Asahikawa is located in Kamikawa Subprefecture^[4].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+352105'}^[28], {'amount': '+331392'}^[29], {'amount': '+339605'}^[30], and {'amount': '+347095'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include core city of Japan^[8], big city^[9], and city of Japan^[10].

History and Context

Things named after include Sun^[24], a G-type main-sequence star^[32] and river^[25], an ecosystem type^[33].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Asahikawa include Asahikawa Airport^[34], an airport^[35], in Japan^[36] and Asahikawa Station^[37], a railway station^[38], in Japan^[39], founded in 1898^[40].

Why It Matters

Asahikawa draws 263 Wikipedia views per month (core_city_of_japan category, ranking #16 of 47).^[2] Asahikawa has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] Asahikawa is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for Asahikawa include Asahikawa Airport^[34], an airport^[35], in Japan^[36] and Asahikawa Station^[37], a railway station^[38], in Japan^[39], founded in 1898^[40].