Shimokawa, Hokkaido Pref.

Shimokawa-town is in Northern Hokkaido Pref.  Hokkaido Pref. is northern part of Japan, the largest Pref. in Japan and very popular for tourists because of rich nature and delicious food.

In 2017, Hokkaido Pref. has 349 clubs and  6,713 registered judo members; pre-school kids 102 、elementary school kids 1,897, junior high school kids 1,160, high school kids 1,003, university students 553, Adult 490, instructors 1,508.

Coordinator

Daido Takashi sensei

Host

Shimokawa Judo Club 下川柔道スポーツ少年団

Judo Environment

Shimokawa town is small city, there is one judo club “Shimokawa Judo Club”,  but if you visit here, you can play judo in Northern Hokkaido, Sapporo-city (capital of Hokkaido Pref. ), Asahikawa-city and Wakkanai-city (the northernmost city in Japan).  Each city has a lot of judo club, so the coordinator recommends that you stay at each city several days and practice various people in Hokkaido Pref.

Aasahikawa-city:

Asahikawa Ryukoku High School Judo Club (Blog)　旭川龍谷高校 柔道部

Sapporo-city

Hokkaido University Judo Club (facebook)　北海道大学柔道部

Judo Game

Accommodation

Hotel near Shimokawa town

• Yuinomori/ 結いの森 下川町宿泊研究交流施設
• Nissin 名寄ゲストハウス日進
• Hotel Mystays ホテルマイステイズ名寄

Related Information

Tourism

• Hokkaido Official Tourism website (English) 北海道観光振興機構
• Shimokawa Time ; Shimokawa Tourism Association (Japanese) しもかわ観光協会

Judo Federation

• Hokkaido Pref. Judo Federation 北海道柔道連盟
• Asahikawa city Judo Association 旭川柔道連盟
• Sapporo city Judo association 札幌柔道連盟
• Wakkanai District Judo Association 稚内地方柔道連盟(Blog ,Facebook)