The location of Esashi in Sōya Subprefecture.

Esashi (枝幸町, Esashi-chō^?) is a town in Esashi District, Sōya Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan. is a district located in Sōya Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan. The was most recently used as an administrative unit in Japan between 1878 and 1921 and is roughly equivalent to the County of the United States, ranking at the level below is a subprefecture of Hokkaidō, Japan. Its population is estimated to be 77500 as of July 31, 2004 and its area is 4050 Hokkaidō Prefecture has 14 branch offices called 支庁 (shichō in Japanese, which is often translated in English as subprefectures. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan 's For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. As of 2007, its estimated population is 9,641 and its area is 1115. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 67 km². The name comes from the Ainu word Esaushi, meaning "cape" (in the geographic sense)

History

• 1878 Esashi District set up with four villages, Esashi, Tonbetsu, Utanobori and Rebun Village (礼文村, apparently unrelated to the town of Rebun on Rebun Island)
• September, 1891 Town hall for 3 villages set up
• April, 1909 Esashi Village becomes a second-class municipality
• April, 1916 Tonbetsu Village (now Hamatonbetsu Town) split off
• April, 1923 Esashi becomes a first-class municipality
• September, 1939 Utanobori Village (now town) split off
• October, 1947 Esashi becomes a town
• On March 20, 2006, the neighbouring town of Utanobori merged into the town of Esashi. The Ainu language (Ainu ain アイヌ イタク aynu itak; Japanese: ja アイヌ語 ainu-go) is spoken by the Ainu Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common was a town located in Esashi District, Sōya, Hokkaidō, Japan. is a town located in Rebun District, Sōya, Hokkaidō, Japan. Rebun Island (礼文島 Rebun-tō) lies in the Sea of Japan off the northwestern tip of Hokkaidō, Japan. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year is a town located in Esashi District, Sōya, Hokkaidō, Japan. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. was a town located in Esashi District, Sōya, Hokkaidō, Japan. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. was a town located in Esashi District, Sōya, Hokkaidō, Japan.

External links

• Official website in Japanese
• Takipedia Article, "Living in Esashi-cho"