Kushiro (釧路市, Kushiro-shi) is a city in Hokkaido Prefecture, in the Hokkaidō region of Japan. The city's English Wikipedia article reports an estimated population of 151,833 living in 90771 households as of 31 October 2025. As a shi, it is one of the three kinds of municipality used in Japan, alongside towns and villages, and it runs its local administration through a mayor and a city council within Hokkaido Prefecture. The population and area figures are those quoted in the article at the time of writing and may differ from later census results.
Facts
Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Japan: Administrative Division
citypopulation.deHokkaido Prefecture section of the table, 2020-10-01 census columnQuote, Hokkaido Prefecture section of the table, 2020-10-01 census column
Kushiro City (-shi) 釧路市 209,680 201,566 190,478 181,169 174,742 165,077 151,326
2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 42.9849,144.3817
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results, elevationQuote, results, elevation
"elevation": 8.0
3. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 42.75, 144.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 42.75, 144.25
42.75 144.25 Dfb
Kushiro (Wikipedia)
Part Of: Japan, Lead, first sentence
is a city in Kushiro Subprefecture on the island of Hokkaido, Japan
On Continent: Asia, Lead, first sentence
is a city in Kushiro Subprefecture on the island of Hokkaido, Japan
In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Lead, first sentence
is a city in Kushiro Subprefecture on the island of Hokkaido, Japan
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