Ponto
Ponto is a quarter in Akkeshi Chō, Akkeshi district, Hokkaido. Ponto is situated nearby to the neighborhood 奔渡五丁目, as well as near 奔渡四丁目.Places of Interest
Highlights include Shōgyō-ji and Akkeshi Town Historical Museum.
Shōgyō-ji
Buddhist temple
Shōgyō-ji is a Jōdo Shinshū temple in Akkeshi, Hokkaidō, Japan. Founded in 1879, the Hondō of 1799, relocated from Itoigawa in Niigata Prefecture in 1910, has been designated an Important Cultural Property.
Akkeshi Town Historical Museum
Museum
Akkeshi Town Historical Museum opened in Akkeshi, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1967. Situated in the immediate vicinity of Kokutai-ji and Akkeshi Jinja, the collections document the history of the area and include Jōmon and Zoku-Jōmon ceramics; Ainu materials…
Akkeshi Maritime Affairs Memorial Museum
Museum
Photo: Yauchi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Akkeshi Maritime Affairs Memorial Museum 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Akkeshi.
Akkeshi
Town
Photo: Opqr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Akkeshi is a town located in Kushiro Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan. 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.
Ponto
- Type: Quarter
- Category: locality
- Location: Akkeshi Chō, Akkeshi district, Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
43.03492° or 43° 2′ 6″ northLongitude
144.8584° or 144° 51′ 30″ eastElevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
8RM62VM5+X9OpenStreetMap ID
node 7929645291OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
11473501
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In Other Languages
“Ponto” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “Ponto”
- Japanese: “ぽんと”
- Japanese: “ポント”
- Japanese: “奔渡”
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Localities in the Area
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