Located on the Pacific coast in Eastern Hokkaido, Kushiro City is blessed with magnificent nature that includes two national parks, that is, Kushiro Shitsugen National Park and Akan National Park.  It has continued to achieve unbroken development while taking charge of leading social, economic and cultural functions as the hub of Eastern Hokkaido.

With abundant agricultural production centering on dairy farming, forestry with profuse resources, fisheries that boast one of the largest catches in Japan and so forth, Kushiro can be referred to as a food base in Japan.  While we are striving to establish a safe, secure, high-quality food supply system, we are also promoting comprehensive undertakings to conserve the natural environment and create a recycling-oriented society with the ultimate goal of realizing an environment-friendly city.

In addition, marimo, algae balls, and red-crowned cranes, both of which are special national treasures, inhabit our city.  We will capitalize on these attractive local resources and spread the name of Kushiro around the world as a city of international tourism that is in harmony with the environment.

To ensure that our city will continue to make further leaps into the future, we are committed to aiming at having “Kushiro as the hub of Eastern Hokkaido brimming with vitality where abundant natural blessings merge with industry.”

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Mayor of Kushiro