Tomari [village] - Tomari

Japanese: 泊[村] - とまり

A village in the Furuu district, located in the southwest of the Shakotan Peninsula in the Shiribeshi region of Hokkaido. Facing the Sea of Japan to the west, National Route 229 runs along the coast around the Shakotan Peninsula. The area is mountainous, and fishing is the main industry, with fishing ports scattered around the area. Sea urchins are a specialty of the village from summer to winter. A coal mine opened in Kayanuma in the south of the village in 1856 closed in 1964, but Hokkaido Electric Power's Tomari Nuclear Power Plant is located in Hori Kabu. 82.28 ^km2 . 1,883 people (2010).

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Japanese:

北海道後志地方，積丹半島の南西に位置する古宇郡の村。西は日本海に面し，海沿いに積丹半島をめぐる国道229号が通じる。山地が多く，点在する漁港を核に行われる漁業が基幹産業で，夏〜冬にかけてウニを特産する。村南部の茅沼で1856年に開かれた炭鉱は1964年には閉山したが，堀株には新たに北海道電力の泊原発が立地する。82.28km²。1883人（2010）。

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