Utashinai

Utashinai is a metropolis positioned in Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is Japan's smallest metropolis with the aid of population. As of April 30, 2017, the city has an estimated populace of 3,494, with 2,0.5 families,and a density of sixty two folks in step with km2. The general location is 55.99 km2. It became formerly a prosperous coal mining metropolis, but has declined substantially for the reason that final of the coal mines. The population hit a most of 46,000 in 1948. aEfforts to convert Utashinai from a gritty coal mining metropolis to an alpine traveller vacation spot have met with blended achievement.

The city has followed a Swiss subject matter as part of its vacationer oriented approach, and plenty of new buildings are Swiss chalet fashion. A medium-sized ski hill, Kamoidake, draws a respectable crowd of locals and hosts common ski meets, even as a warm spring resort referred to as Tyrol, after the Austrian area, is understood at some point of Hokkaido for the best of its water. However, in spite of those new tasks, Utashinai keeps to enjoy populace decline and financial stagnation. The high school closed in 2007, with college students now visiting to Sunagawa, Akabira or Takikawa for his or her secondary schooling.