- Chitose is the best city to live in because of its perfect balance of city and nature.
Chitose is located in the midwest of Hokkaido and it is a key junction of Air/Land transportation, what's more, it also has beautiful nature with forests and rich water such as "Shikotsu-ko" the northenmost ice-free lake of Japan.
Enriched public facilities and transportation help residents to live comfortably.
Regarding the climate of Chitose, it doesn't have Bai-u (the rainy season), and is affected little by typhoons and has the least snowfall in Hokkaido.
The quality of drinking water is very good because it's taken from the spring of the famous clean river, "Naibetsu."
- The derivation of the name "Chitose"
Many cranes once inhabited around here.
So this city was named "Chitose", which means Millenary for the old saying that, the Crane lives to a thousand and the Tortoise lives to ten thousand years.
The Crane is one of the symbols of prosperity.
area 594.95sq km (approx.229.83sq ml) population approx. 92.100 annual rainfall approx. 1,000mm climate average temperature 6 - 8 degrees C.
(approx.20 degrees C in summertime and approx.minus 7degrees C in wintertime)annual maximum snow accumulation approx. 50cm
