Kiyosato, Hokkaido

Kiyosato Flag Emblem
Location of Kiyosato in Hokkaido (Okhotsk Subprefecture)
43°50′N 144°36′E / 43.833°N 144.600°E / 43.833; 144.600
Country	Japan
Region	Hokkaido
Prefecture	Hokkaido (Okhotsk Subprefecture)
District	Shari
Area
• Total	402.73 km2 (155.49 sq mi)
Population  (September 30, 2016)
• Total	4,222
• Density	10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
Website	www.town.kiyosato.hokkaido.jp

Kiyosato (清里町, Kiyosato-chō) is a town in Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

As of September 2016, the town has an estimated population of 4,222 and a population density of 10 persons per km². The total area is 402.73 km² (155.49 sq mi).

Industry

Kiyosato is near Mount Shari and uses the spring water to make a distinct variety of shōchū using potatoes grown only in Hokkaido.^[1]

Mascot

Kiyosato's mascot is Kiyopi (きよっぴ). She is a fairy who is a good dancer. She wears a hat with a potato flower on it, a masu salon hair clipping on her bangs and a pair of wooden snowshoes that resembled Kaminoko Pond. Her body is made of trees from the pond. She dyed her bangs to look the Sakura Falls. She is unveiled on 15 February 2014.^[2]

Notable people from Kiyosato

• Tomomi Okazaki, speed skater

References

External links

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