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Eniwa 恵庭市
City
City of Eniwa, Eniwa-shi
Top Left: Bunkyo University Top Right: Ekorin Village Middle right: - Sapporo Brewery Hokkaido Factory Bottom: - Winter vista from helicopter
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Location of Eniwa in Hokkaidō (Ishikari Subprefecture)
Location of Ishikari in Hokkaidō Location of Ishikari in Hokkaidō
Eniwa Location in Japan
Coordinates: 42°53′N 141°35′E
Country	Japan
Region	Hokkaido
Prefecture	Hokkaidō (Ishikari Subprefecture)
Government
• Mayor	Yutaka Harada (since November 2009)
Area
• Total	294.87 km2 (113.85 sq mi)
Population  (September 2011)
• Total	69,126
• Density	234.42/km2 (607.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address	1, Kyōmachi, Eniwa-shi, Hokkaido 061-1498
Website	Eniwa City
Symbols
Bird	Kingfisher
Flower	Lily of the Valley
Tree	Japanese Yew

Eniwa (恵庭市, Eniwa-shi) (Japanese pronunciation: [eniw͍a], ANY-wa) is a city located in the Ishikari subprefecture of Hokkaido, Japan. It is located on the Ishikari plain, 8 km north of Chitose and 26 km south of the prefectural capital Sapporo, and is reached through route 36 and the Chitose Railway Line. The town is separated into three major areas: Eniwa in the south, Megumino in the center, and Shimamatsu in the north.

Many farms are located around Eniwa, and the town features many manufacturing businesses, including the Sapporo Brewery Hokkaido factory. Three Japan Ground Self-Defense Force camps are located in the city.

Eniwa's 2012 population of 69,126 makes it the fourth largest city in the Ishikari Subprefecture, and the 13th largest in Hokkaido.

Arts and culture

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Annual cultural events

Yearly events that occur in the municipality (fairs, art shows, festivals, etc.)

Museums and other points of interest

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Sports

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Parks and recreation

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Eniwa has five public parks, Eniwa Park, Nakajima Park, Furusato Park, Megumino Central Park and Technopark Central Park. The parks are mostly centred around central and southern Eniwa. The largest, Eniwa Park, is 411,000m² in size. In addition, the land around the banks of the Izari River is considered urban open space. Parks in Eniwa mostly consist of open spaces and woodland, though several feature sporting facilities, such as Nakajima Park's jogging track.

Within the urban borders of Eniwa are several park golf grounds, a sport created in Hokkaido. Outside of the city, the Eniwa Country Club features three nine-hole golf courses.

In the Shikotsu-Tōya National Park to the West, many of the mountains such as Mount Izari and Mount Soranuma feature walking trails to their summits. In the national park, there is a man-made lake, Lake Eniwa (えにわ湖, Eniwa-ko), that exists behind the Izari Dam.

Government

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Education

Hokkaido High-Techhnology College, one of the major tertiary education centers in Eniwa

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Eniwa currently has two public high schools, five junior high schools, and eight elementary schools. In 2012, the city had 3,935 students enrolled at elementary schools, and 2,079 at junior high schools. In 2008, 300 students were enrolled at Eniwa North High School, and 200 at Eniwa South High School.

Eniwa's first elementary school was opened in 1887. Three more elementary schools were opened in the Meiji period, and by the early 1940s, Eniwa had eight elementary schools. In 1947, four new junior high schools were created, later amalgamating into two by 1964. The two high schools were opened in 1951. In the 1960s and 1970s, five elementary schools and one junior high school were closed or merged. Later with the building of Megumino in the late 1970s and increasing growth, three new junior high schools and six new elementary schools were built between 1970 and 1991.

Eniwa has one university, as well as three vocational schools. Hokkaido Bunkyo University's main campus is located in Eniwa. The university has two departments, foreign languages and health sciences. The three vocational schools are all located in Megumino. The largest, the Hokkaido High-Technology College, is a multi-discipline school, with four faculties: technology, medicine, education and recovery/sports science. The Hokkaido Eco Communication College is a veterinary school, and the Nihon Fukushi Rehabilitation Gakuin is a physical medicine and rehabilitation school. In addition to these, Kinki University has its Hokkaido seminar house for natural resource research located in Eniwa.

Media

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Infrastructure

Transportation

Eniwa is connected to the Hokkaido Railway network on the Chitose Line. There are four train stations (from north to south): Shimamatsu Station, Megumino Station and Eniwa Station, as well as the electronically manned Sapporo Beer Teien Station. The Eniwa Station is a designated stop for Rapid Airport trains that run on the line, though not a stop for limited express trains such as the Super Ōzora or the Super Tokachi.

Japan National Route 36 and Japan National Route 453 run through Eniwa. There are two toll express roads through Eniwa, the Hokkaidō Expressway, as well as the Dōtō Expressway which begins at the Chitose-Eniwa junction. There are two bus services in Eniwa. The Hokkaido Chuo Bus transports passengers around Hokkaido, and passes through Eniwa. The Eniwa Community Bus was established in 2004, and circuits around Eniwa.

Eniwa is serviced by the New Chitose Airport for air travel, located 15 km away. The airport is an international airport, with destinations mainly in Asia such as Seoul, Shanghai and Taipei, however the bulk of its traffic is Japanese domestic travelers.

Utilities

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Health care

Include information on hospitals and clinics in the municipality. Some general information about the overall health of the population might be useful as well.

Community work

In the spring and summertime, community organisations plant flowers around the city's public gardens, leading to the moniker Gardening Town (ガーデニングのまち, gādeningu no machi).

Notable people

Provide information, preferably in prose form, of any famous or notable individuals that were born, or lived for a significant amount of time, in the municipality. A bulleted list noting the connection the person has with the city as indicated in Wikipedia:Manual of Style (embedded lists)#"Children" may be used if appropriate. Simple lists of names add little of value and may be subject to abuse. More developed articles, especially those which have gone through WP:GA and WP:FA, tend to have this section written out as prose. The talkpage may be used in the early stages of an article's development to simply list people who are connected with a municipality. If the section grows then it may be split out per WP:Summary style into a stand alone article or list (such as List of people from Foo) which can be linked to via the {{main}} template placed at the top of the section.

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Sister cities

As shown below, Eniwa has two sister cities:

• Waki, Yamaguchi (established 1979)
• Timaru, New Zealand (established 2008)

External links

Media related to Eniwa, Hokkaidō at Wikimedia Commons

• (in Japanese) Official homepage
• (in English) Official homepage

References

Category:Cities in Hokkaido Category:1906 establishments in Japan Category:Populated places established in 1870