Tokoro (常呂町 -chō) was a town located in Tokoro District, Abashiri, Hokkaidō, Japan.
As of 2004[update], the town had an estimated population of 4,885 and a density of 17.55 persons per km². The total area was 278.29 km².
Well-known people from Tokoro include Olympic curlers Ayumi Onodera, Yumie Hayashi and Mari Motohashi. [1]
On March 5, 2006 Tokoro, along with the towns of Rubeshibe and Tanno, all from Tokoro District, was merged into the expanded city of Kitami.
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