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Tsurui Village
Hokkaido · Village
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Tsurui Village spreads out north of the Kushiro Wetland, and it is home to the red-crowned crane (tancho), a Special Natural Monument. The village name also comes from the crane, and in winter many cranes gather at feeding grounds. With its landscape of dairy farmland, it has joined "The Most Beautiful Villages in Japan" association, and the number of people moving there is growing.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
Live information
Current weather (observed)
National parks in this village
Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Hokkaido
- Sapporo City
- Hakodate City
- Otaru City
- Asahikawa City
- Muroran City
- Kushiro City, Hokkaido
- Obihiro City
- Kitami City
- Yubari City
- Iwamizawa City
- Abashiri City
- Rumoi City
- Tomakomai City
- Wakkanai City
- Bibai City
- Ashibetsu City
- Ebetsu City
- Akabira City
- Monbetsu City
- Shibetsu City, Hokkaido
- Nayoro City
- Mikasa City
- Nemuro City
- Chitose City
- Takikawa City
- Sunagawa City
- Utashinai City
- Fukagawa City
- Furano City
- Noboribetsu City
- Eniwa City
- Date City, Hokkaido
- Kitahiroshima City, Hokkaido
- Ishikari City
- Hokuto City, Hokkaido
- Tobetsu Town
- Shinshinotsu Village
- Matsumae Town
- Fukushima Town, Hokkaido
- Shiriuchi Town
- Kikonai Town
- Nanae Town
- Shikabe Town
- Mori Town, Hokkaido
- Yakumo Town
- Oshamambe Town
- Esashi Town (Hiyama), Hokkaido
- Kaminokuni Town
- Assabu Town
- Otobe Town
- Okushiri Town
- Imakane Town
- Setana Town
- Shimamaki Village
- Suttsu Town
- Kuromatsunai Town
- Rankoshi Town
- Niseko Town
- Makkari Village
- Rusutsu Village
- Kimobetsu Town
- Kyogoku Town
- Kutchan Town
- Kyowa Town
- Iwanai Town
- Tomari Village (Shiribeshi), Hokkaido
- Kamoenai Village
- Shakotan Town
- Furubira Town
- Niki Town
- Yoichi Town
- Akaigawa Village
- Nanporo Town
- Naie Town
- Kamisunagawa Town
- Yuni Town
- Naganuma Town
- Kuriyama Town
- Tsukigata Town
- Urausu Town
- Shintotsukawa Town
- Moseushi Town
- Chippubetsu Town
- Uryu Town
- Hokuryu Town
- Numata Town, Hokkaido
- Takasu Town
- Higashikagura Town
- Toma Town
- Pippu Town
- Aibetsu Town
- Kamikawa Town, Hokkaido
- Higashikawa Town
- Biei Town
- Kamifurano Town
- Nakafurano Town
- Minamifurano Town
- Shimukappu Village
- Wassamu Town
- Kenbuchi Town
- Shimokawa Town
- Bifuka Town
- Otoineppu Village
- Nakagawa Town, Hokkaido
- Horokanai Town
- Mashike Town
- Obira Town
- Tomamae Town
- Haboro Town
- Shosanbetsu Village
- Embetsu Town
- Teshio Town
- Sarufutsu Village
- Hamatonbetsu Town
- Nakatonbetsu Town
- Esashi Town (Soya), Hokkaido
- Toyotomi Town
- Rebun Town
- Rishiri Town
- Rishirifuji Town
- Horonobe Town
- Bihoro Town
- Tsubetsu Town
- Shari Town
- Kiyosato Town
- Koshimizu Town
- Kunneppu Town
- Oketo Town
- Saroma Town
- Engaru Town
- Yubetsu Town
- Takinoue Town
- Okoppe Town
- Nishiokoppe Village
- Omu Town
- Ozora Town
- Toyoura Town
- Sobetsu Town
- Shiraoi Town
- Atsuma Town
- Toyako Town
- Abira Town
- Mukawa Town
- Hidaka Town, Hokkaido
- Biratori Town
- Niikappu Town
- Urakawa Town
- Samani Town
- Erimo Town
- Shinhidaka Town
- Otofuke Town
- Shihoro Town
- Kamishihoro Town
- Shikaoi Town
- Shintoku Town
- Shimizu Town, Hokkaido
- Memuro Town
- Nakasatsunai Village
- Sarabetsu Village
- Taiki Town, Hokkaido
- Hiroo Town
- Makubetsu Town
- Ikeda Town, Hokkaido
- Toyokoro Town
- Hombetsu Town
- Ashoro Town
- Rikubetsu Town
- Urahoro Town
- Kushiro Town, Hokkaido
- Akkeshi Town
- Hamanaka Town
- Shibecha Town
- Teshikaga Town
- Shiranuka Town
- Betsukai Town
- Nakashibetsu Town
- Shibetsu Town, Hokkaido
- Rausu Town
- Shikotan Village
- Tomari Village (Kunashiri), Hokkaido
- Ruyobetsu Village
- Rubetsu Village
- Shana Village
- Shibetoro Village
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