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Revision as of 03:40, 21 September 2018
Kamisunagawa (上砂川町, Kamisunagawa-chō) is a town located in Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
As of September 2016, the town has an estimated population of 3,278. The total area is 39.91 km². There is a microgravity test facility located in Kamisunagawa used for astronomic purposes.
Since 1980, Kamisunagawa has been the sister city of Sparwood in British Columbia, Canada.[1]
History
- 1949 – Kamisunagawa Town split off from the towns of Sunagawa and Utashinai (partial).
- 2009 – Kamisunagawa Town, more specifically its microgravity test facility, becomes the namesake of a crater on 25143 Itokawa, an asteroid visited by Japanese unmanned spacecraft Hayabusa.
Notable people from Kamisunagawa
Junichi Watanabe, writer
Ryoko Yamagishi, manga artist
Ikuro Takahashi, drummer
References
- ^ https://sparwood.ca. "Sister City | District of Sparwood". District of Sparwood. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
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External links
Media related to Kamisunagawa, Hokkaidō at Wikimedia Commons- Official Website Template:Ja icon
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