Ishikari River
The Ishikari River, at 268 kilometres long, is the third longest in Japan and the longest in Hokkaido. The river drains an area of 14,330 square kilometres, making it the second largest in Japan, with a total discharge of around 14.8 cubic kilometres per year.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Japan
- Also known as: “Isikari Kawa” and “Isikarigawa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ishikari Hachiman Shrine and Ishikari-bentensha.
Ishikari Hachiman Shrine
Shinto shrine
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Ishikari Hachiman Shrine is a Shinto shrine.
Ishikari-bentensha
Shinto shrine
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Ishikari-bentensha is a Shinto shrine, which is situated 3 km southwest of Ishikari River.
Ishikari Local Museum
Museum
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Ishikari Local Museum is situated 3 km southwest of Ishikari River.
Ishikari River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Ishikari River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر إشيكاري”
- Armenian: “Իսիկարի”
- Asturian: “Ríu Ishikari”
- Basque: “Ishikari ibaia”
- Belarusian: “Ісікары”
- Belarusian: “Рака Ісікары”
- Bulgarian: “Исикари (река)”
- Bulgarian: “Исикари”
- Cebuano: “Ishikari-gawa”
- Chinese: “石狩川”
- Chinese: “石狩川水系”
- Croatian: “Ishikari”
- Czech: “Išikari”
- Dutch: “Ishikari River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اشيكارى”
- Finnish: “Ishikarijoki”
- French: “Ishikari-gawa”
- French: “rivière Ishikari”
- Georgian: “ისიკარი”
- German: “Ishikari-gawa”
- German: “Ishikari”
- German: “Ishikarigawa”
- Greek: “Ισικάρι”
- Hebrew: “אישיקארי”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Ishikari”
- Irish: “Abhainn Ishikari”
- Italian: “Ishikari”
- Japanese: “石狩川”
- Korean: “이시카리강”
- Lithuanian: “Išikaris”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ishikari”
- Norwegian: “Ishikari”
- Persian: “رود ایشیکاری”
- Polish: “Ishikari”
- Portuguese: “Rio Ishikari”
- Russian: “Исикари”
- Santali: “ᱤᱥᱥᱤᱠᱟᱨᱤ ᱜᱟᱰᱟ”
- Santali: “ᱤᱥᱥᱤᱠᱟᱨᱤ ᱱᱟ.ᱭ”
- Slovenian: “Ishikari”
- Spanish: “Rio Ishikari”
- Spanish: “Río Ishikari”
- Swedish: “Ishikarigawa”
- Telugu: “ఇషికారి నది”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำอิชิการิ”
- Turkish: “Ishikari Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Ісікарі”
- Ukrainian: “Ішікарі”
- Uzbek: “Ishikari daryosi”
- Welsh: “Afon Ishikari”
- Wu Chinese: “石狩川”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hachimanchō and Mōrai.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ishikari Bay New Port and Futomi Station.
Hokkaido: Must-Visit Destinations
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