Asahikawa

Summary

Asahikawa is a core city of Japan^[1]. Asahikawa has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[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 instance of is recorded as core city of Japan^[7].
• Asahikawa's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Asahikawa's instance of is recorded as city of Japan^[9].
• Asahikawa's shares border with is recorded as Takasu^[10].
• Asahikawa's shares border with is recorded as Higashikagura^[11].
• Asahikawa's shares border with is recorded as Tōma-chō^[12].
• Asahikawa's shares border with is recorded as Pippu^[13].
• Asahikawa's shares border with is recorded as Kamikawa^[14].
• Asahikawa's shares border with is recorded as Higashikawa^[15].
• Asahikawa's shares border with is recorded as Biei^[16].
• Asahikawa's shares border with is recorded as Wassamu^[17].
• Asahikawa's shares border with is recorded as Horokanai^[18].
• Asahikawa's shares border with is recorded as Ashibetsu^[19].
• Asahikawa's shares border with is recorded as Fukagawa^[20].
• Sun is named after Asahikawa^[21].
• river is named after Asahikawa^[22].
• Asahikawa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Normal^[23].
• Asahikawa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bloomington^[24].
• Asahikawa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Suwon^[25].
• Asahikawa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Gyeonggi Province^[26].
• Asahikawa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk^[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^[7], big city^[8], and city of Japan^[9].

History and Context

Things named after include Sun^[21], a G-type main-sequence star^[32] and river^[22], 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 has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Asahikawa is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]

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].