Ebetsu

Ebetsu is a metropolis in Ishikari Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Ebetsu was settled at the beginning with the aid of Japanese humans in 1871, who came from the Miyagi Prefecture on Honshu. In 1878, armed forces commenced moving into the region. When the Meiji Government, in 1878, specified Hokkaido as a part of Japan, settlers commenced to flood the location. Ebetsu earned township popularity in 1916 and metropolis popularity in 1954. During the Sixties and Nineteen Seventies, a burgeoning population in Sapporo brought about the populace in Ebetsu to concurrently boom.

In 1991, the metropolis reached 100,000 people. The name Ebetsu is derived from the Ainu call of the Chitose River which flows into the Ishikari River in the metropolis. According to John Batchelor in his "An Ainu-English Dictionary" chapter 1, section V: Place Names Considered the Ainu name was E-puppy or "humour river" primarily based on its murky color. The majority of industrial Ebetsu is on or without delay surrounding Route 12 runs north-south through metropolis. The northern limits of town are delineated via the Ishikari River, the southern sub-city of Oasa through Ebetsu's boundary with Sapporo.