Hokkaido
Akkeshi district
Akkeshi Chō

Akkeshi

Akkeshi is a town located in , Hokkaidō, . As of 31 October 2025, the town had an estimated population of 8059 in 4251 households, and a population density of 10.9 people per km2. The total area of the town is 739.12 km2.
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  • Type: Town with 9,780 residents
  • Description: town in Akkeshi district, Hokkaidō, Japan
  • Also known as: “Akkeshi, Hokkaido”, “Atsukeshi”, and “Atukesi”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Akkeshi Maritime Affairs Memorial Museum and Akkeshi Station.

Museum
Photo: Yauchi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a registered museum that opened in Akkeshi, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1988. The displays document the relationship between the town and the sea, with a particular focus on the fishing industry, and there is also a planetarium.

Railway station
Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station located in the town of Akkeshi, Hokkaidō, . It is operated by JR Hokkaido.

Bridge
Photo: Highten31, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Akkeshi

Latitude
43.05182° or 43° 3′ 7″ north
Longitude
144.84769° or 144° 50′ 52″ east
Population
9,780
Elevation
57 metres (187 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP AKE
Open location code
8RM63R2X+P3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 381664441
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2130677
Wiki­data ID
Q419720
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Akkeshi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أكشي”
  • Asturian: “Akkeshi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Akkeşi”
  • Burmese: “အက်ခဲရှိမြို့၊ ဟော့ကိုင်းဒိုး”
  • Cebuano: “Akkeshi-chō”
  • Chinese: “厚岸町”
  • Czech: “Akkeši”
  • Dutch: “Akkeshi”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اكشى”
  • French: “Akkeshi”
  • German: “Akkeshi”
  • Hungarian: “Akkesi”
  • Indonesian: “Akkeshi, Hokkaido”
  • Indonesian: “Akkeshi”
  • Irish: “Akkeshi”
  • Italian: “Akkeshi”
  • Japanese: “Akkeshi-chō”
  • Japanese: “あっけしちょう”
  • Japanese: “厚岸”
  • Japanese: “厚岸町”
  • Korean: “앗케시정”
  • Korean: “앗케시초”
  • Lithuanian: “Akešis”
  • Malay: “Akkeshi, Hokkaidō”
  • Malay: “Akkeshi”
  • Persian: “اکشی، هوکایدو”
  • Polish: “Akkeshi-chō”
  • Polish: “Akkeshi”
  • Portuguese: “Akkeshi”
  • Russian: “Аккеси (посёлок)”
  • Russian: “Аккеси”
  • Russian: “Аккэси (посёлок)”
  • Spanish: “Akkeshi”
  • Swedish: “Akkeshi”
  • Thai: “อักเกชิ”
  • Turkish: “Akkeshi”
  • Ukrainian: “Аккесі (Хоккайдо)”
  • Ukrainian: “Аккесі, Хоккайдо”
  • Ukrainian: “Аккеші, Хоккайдо”
  • Ukrainian: “Аккеші”
  • Vietnamese: “Akkeshi, Hokkaidō”
  • Vietnamese: “Akkeshi”

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