is a

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located in

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Population

As of September 2016, the town has an estimated

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of 6,285 and a

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of 5.9 persons per km². The total area is 1,063.79 km². Surrounding towns include Minamifurano, Shimizu, and Shikaoi.

Sports

While Japan Bandy Federation was founded in 2011, there has not been any full-sized

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in the country. So domestically only the variety

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has been played. However, in the summer of 2017 an association for bandy was founded in Shintoku and it was announced that a full-sized field will open in the 2017-2018 winter season. It became a reality in December 2017 and the first Japanese championship took place there in January 2018, with the home teams capturing the titles.

Climate

Mascots

Shintoku's mascots are the . They are based on toku heroes such as

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and

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. The team consists of three members. * is the leader of the team who is from Shintoku. His motif is a soba. His job is to make sure all of the food (especially soba) had the best quality and cooked safe to prevent foodborne illnesses. His birthday is August 17. * is the second in command of the team who is from Mount Tomuraushi in the Shintoku Mountains. His motif is mountains such as Mount Tomuraushi and

Mount Sahoro is located in the Hidaka Mountains, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the site of the Sahoro Ski Resort. There are two routes up the mountain: * Karikachi Pass route * Sahoro Ski Resort route References * Shyun Umezawa, Yasuhiko Sugawara, and Jun Nakagaw ...

. His job is to protect nature and the environment from pollution. His birthday is on October 12. *. She is the only female of the team who is from Shintoku but raised in the

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. Her motif is the onsen. His job is to heal people from diseases or injury while maintaining beauty and health. Her birthday is February 19. In 2014, four more members were added as a result of a design competition. * who is a soba (like SobaRed but in colours of a rainbow) * who is a brown chicken. * who is a princess of chocolate. * who is cat-like shadow figure that represents the night sky.

References

External links

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Official Website
Towns in Hokkaido Shintoku, Hokkaido {{Hokkaido-geo-stub