Nanae (七飯町, Nanae-chō) is a town located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. In April 2017, the town had an estimated population of 28,514, with 13,639 households, and a population density of 130/km2 (340/sq mi). The total area is 216.61 km2 (83.63 sq mi).
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Nanae Station is a railway station on the JR Hokkaido Hakodate Main Line. It is located in Nanae, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is operated by JR Hokkaido, and it has the station number "H71".
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Ōnakayama Station is a railway station in Nanae, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan.
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Hokuto City Hometown Museum is a museum of local history in Hokuto, Hokkaidō, Japan that came into being after the city's formation in 2006. The museum is successor to the former Ōno Town Historical Museum, which had a collection of some five thousand items with a focus on agriculture, as Ōno is where rice-farming was brought to Hokkaidō. The collection of Hokuto City Hometown Museum includes artefacts from Yafurai-date that have been designated a Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property.
In 2019, the museum held an exhibition of finds from the ninety or so Jōmon-period sites identified to date in Hokuto, including the Moheji Site: a spouted earthenware vessel with a figured design excavated at Moheji, together with fragments of a number of other vessels decorated with figures of human and non-human animals, has been designated an Important Cultural Property and is now in the collection of Tokyo National Museum.
From 2018 to 2025, the museum focused on re-examining the historical and cultural assets of Hokuto City, particularly Hekirichi Bastion Fort of Matsumae Clan, a nationally designated historic site and Japan's first Western-style star-shaped bastion fortress. The research emphasized previously overlooked aspects of the practical application of contemporary European military theory, with findings shared through special exhibitions and public lectures. Although this project has now ended due to the retirement of the researchers who dedicated themselves to it, some of its results can still be seen in the permanent exhibition.
In addition to these efforts, since 2024, a research bulletin has been launched to publish research findings, which can be accessed online via the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties' repository site, "全国文化財総覧、Comprehensive Database of Cultural Heritage in Japan."
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Ōno was a town located in Kameda District, Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
As of 2004, the town had an estimated population of 10,826 and a density of 80.26 persons per km2. The total area was 134.88 km2.
On February 1, 2006, Ōno was merged with the town of Kamiiso to form the new city of Hokuto.
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Kikyō Station is a railway station on the JR Hokkaido Hakodate Main Line. It is located in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan.