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Asahikawa

City in Hokkaido, Japan
Asahikawa is a city on northern Japan's Hokkaido island. To the east, a cable car runs up Mount Asahi, location of the Asahiyama Zoo with its polar bears, penguins and orangutans. Closer to the center, restaurants in the Asahikawa Ramen Village...
Population: 339,605 (2015)
Bird: Bohemian waxwing
City Settled: August 1, 1922
First official recorded: 1877
Mascot: Asappy (あさっぴー) and Yukkirin (ゆっきりん)
Region: Hokkaido