Mori

Mori is a metropolis located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. The total area of the metropolis is 368.27 rectangular kilometres 142.19 sq.mi. As of September 2016, the town had a population of 16,299, and a populace density of 44 people in step with km². Mount Komagatake, an active volcano, is located to the east of Mori, and plenty of the town is part of Onuma Quasi-National Park. Mori is the house of ikameshi, a squid and rice dish invented within the mid-twentieth century.

Mori become settled early in Japanese history as evidenced by the Jomon-duration archaeological websites now targeted as the Washinoki Site. The city changed into settled by the Japanese in the fifteenth century. The settlement, like many different coastal areas of Hokkaido, became established as a Pacific herring fishing base. Fishermen running out of Hakodate cited the richness of herring within the Mori area, and shortly installed a base in Mori. The base have become the village of Washinoki, and become administered as a part of Hakodate.