Tomari, Hokkaido
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This article is about the village in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. There is another village with this name in Tottori Prefecture, see Tomari, Tottori.
Tomari (泊村 Tomari-mura?) is a village located in Furuu District, Shiribeshi, Hokkaido, Japan.
As of 2004, the village has an estimated population of 2,037 and a density of 24.74 persons per km². The total area is 82.35 km².
Tomari is situated on the western coast of the Shakotan Hanto (積丹半島) Peninsula along the Sea of Japan. The village is well known for fishing and seafood, including sea urchin (uni), sea cucumber (namako) and squid (ika).
In addition, Tomari has always been linked with energy and power generation. Historically, the Kayanuma area of the village was a coal mining town. Recently, the village is famous for being the site of Hokkaido prefecture's only nuclear power plant.
[edit] External links
- Tomari official website in Japanese
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