Outline of events in Niseko Town
Meiji
| Year | Month | Event | |
| 1895 | Meiji 28 | Honjo's first immigrants, Mr. Kiyonaga, Mr. Iwakami Seven and others will enter Nishitomi. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Meiji 29 | 12 | Matsuoka Yoshigoro, led by 142 immigrants. (Matsuoka Farm) |
| 1897 | Meiji 30 | 5 | As a first educational facility in Honcho it can be a simple educational institution on the Kondo farm. |
| 7 | It is divided from Abuta Village and enters the area of Makkari village (present Rusutsu village). | ||
| 1899 | Meiji 32 | 7 | Takeshi Arijima receives a loan of 900,000 tsubo in the name of Naomi Yamamoto. (Arishima Farm) |
| 1900 | Meiji 33 | 4 | Yoshikawa Ginnojyo, from Ishikari Horoda to enter Arima farm with four peasants. Around this time, the Matsuoka farm mostly cleared up and became a near-field farm. |
| 9 | From Motomachi to Kutchan (13.7 km) Road construction started. | ||
| 1901 | Meiji 34 | Kombu, Kutchan start national road construction work. | |
| 11 | Divide independence from Makkari village, take Makkari village character Makkuta Kota Kota and place the town manager office in Motomachi, named Kanta village. (Original village chief Murakami Motoharu) | ||
| 12 | Katata post office opening. (Director, Kentaro Fukai) You can step down to Motomachi and Nishitomi. | ||
| 1902 | Meiji 35 | 1 | Yoshiyuki Samura and Yoshikawa Ginnozo were elected to the general village people. |
| 4 | You can play theaters in Motomachi. | ||
| 10 | The village doctor, Kiichiro Yamasaki was taken. Kota Daiichi Elementary School (now Kondo Elementary School) opened. 60 students. You can go to the Shiribetsu River (Kawakita - city). People 2 sen. Horse 5 sen. | ||
| 1903 | Meiji 36 | 4 | Rubeshbe (Miyata) is about 4 rice paddy rice paddy field trial. |
| 5 | Opened Nisekoan Simplified Education Facility attached to Kutchan Fourth Junior Elementary School. (Former Soga Elementary School) | ||
| 7 | Establishment of Kanta police branch office, Eitaro Omura. | ||
| 1904 | Meiji 37 | Matsuoka Kozo, 700 company tsubo dedicated to the shrine dedicated. (Beginning of Kota shrine) | |
| 5 | Katora Second Elementary School opened. (Now Miyata Elementary School) | ||
| 10 | Opening of Hakodate Railway. (Current Hakodate main line, between Hakodate and Otaru) | ||
| 1905 | Meiji 38 | 3 | Kanta village inspection office can be located. |
| 4 | Move the doors to the new city. Opened Fujiyama Special Education Office attached to Kutchan Fourth Junior Elementary School. (Fujiyama elementary school predecessor) | ||
| 5 | Hakuta Third Rule Elementary School opened. (Fukui elementary school) | ||
| 12 | Opened at Karita Elementary School New Town. (Current farmers' cooperation location, now Niseko elementary school) | ||
| 1906 | Meiji 39 | 4 | Second grade municipal system is implemented. First village mayor, Mr. Nishimura (15 villages) |
| 11 | Rubeshbe (Miyata) youth meeting can be done. (President, Kaji Takashiro, the beginning of the youth society) | ||
| 1907 | Meiji 40 | 5 | Start Tomizuka Kyuhei, Manufacturing Facility. |
| 8 | Emperor Hemp Co., Ltd. Katora plant started operation. (The factory was closed in Taisho era.) | ||
| 11 | Soga Youth Association can do. From the kelp to Nishitomi, the road opening to Valesabe Village through Keihodai. | ||
| 1908 | Meiji 41 | 7 | Mt. Yotei, burn for 5 days. |
| 10 | Mr. Hashimoto, start a water mill at Nagasakawa. | ||
| 1909 | Meiji 42 | 5 | You can fire-fighting group. |
| 1910 | Meiji 43 | 3 | Nisekoan (Niseko, Soga) is annexed from Kutchan village to Kanta village. |
| 5 | Motomachi Post Office is made. | ||
| 1911 | Meiji 44 | It is possible to branch Shushushi Bank. (Later bank branch after) | |
Taisho
| Year | Month | Event | |
| 1913 | Taisho 2 | Great crops | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | Taisho 3 | 4 | Takeshi Arishima, purchases Samura farm and becomes the second Arijima farm. |
| 7 | Grass horse racing held in the old city. | ||
| 1915 | Taisho 4 | 4 | Established Kanta Chamber of Commerce. |
| 6 | Construction and unveiling ceremony of Tadashima monument. | ||
| 1917 | Taisho 6 | In the vicinity of the Moriya shop you can do theater Asahi. (Burned down in January 1964) Move to iron ore mining at the Kondo farm. (Operated for 2 years) | |
| 1918 | Taisho 7 | Kota, a Riding carriage between Rusutsu. | |
| 3 | Open the phone to the city area. | ||
| 1920 | Taisho 9 | 3 | Kota village youth organization can do. (16 branches) |
| 1921 | Taisho 10 | 7 | Oji Paper Industry Co., Ltd. Shimobetsu Daiichi Power Plant completed. |
| 1922 | Taisho 11 | 6 | Take 2 Avenue donated by Arishima as a ground. (Niseko elementary school ground now) |
| 7 | Arishima Takeo, collecting peasants at meeting places, and "Declaration of Farm Liberation Declaration" of 450 town walking. | ||
| 9 | Formed a virgin Miyata Rubeshibe. (Beginning of activity of female youth group) | ||
| 1923 | Taisho 12 | Dairy farming began in Toyosato, Motomachi, Arijima from this year. | |
| 1924 | Taisho 13 | 8 | Arishima Farm Liberation Monument Established. |
| 1925 | Taisho 14 | 4 | From Kanbetsu village (present Toyoura Town), Konbu Middle, Yanagiwazawa, Katsura no Kaze is divided and merged into Kanta village. Kanta, Rusutsu 5 - seater passenger car. The predecessor of the Kita Fuji car company. (Absorbed by Donan Bus in Showa 18) |
| 1926 | Taisho 15 | 11 | The second prince power plant was completed. |
Showa
| Year | Month | Event | |
| 1927 | Showa 2 | 2 | Private Prince Second Elementary School opened. (Became a public prince elementary school in 1964) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Showa 3 | 3 | He came to Niseko Highness Prince Chichibu. |
| 11 | Kadota Credit Purchasing Sales Used Association was founded. (Dissolution by the life of January 1, 1945) | ||
| 1929 | Showa 4 | 11 | Established Hokkaido made dairy sales association Kanta factory. (Snow Brand Milk Products Co., Ltd.'s predecessor to the Kanta factory) |
| 1931 | Showa 6 | Great crops | |
| 12 | Karita Village Hospital opened. | ||
| 1933 | Showa 8 | 8 | Village's crest sign announcement. |
| 9 | Established Kanta Commercial Association. (Dissolved on January 27, 1954) | ||
| 1934 | Showa 9 | 1 | Complete the whole Kakuta High School General Elementary School. |
| 1936 | Showa 11 | 9 | His Highness Princess Chichibu. |
| 1937 | Showa 12 | 4 | Character number revision. Kanta, Makku colonial orbit operation started. (Canceled operation in August 1958, abolished in 28 years) |
| 1939 | Showa 14 | 12 | You can use Kotobuki production hatachi hatchery place. (Abolished in June 1965) |
| 1940 | Showa 15 | Mining mining of the Imai mine iron ore in Niseko. (Closing with the end of the war) | |
| 11 | Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Ltd. | ||
| 1941 | Showa 16 | 9 | Shioshi Starch Manufacturing Co., Ltd. established. |
| 1943 | Showa 18 | Kota, Rusuto-komichi south bus operated. | |
| 11 | We will set up rural lighting facilities for the first time at Nishiyama Buraku. | ||
| 1944 | Showa 19 | 5 | You can make Kanta saw mill. |
| 10 | Kota Earthquake Manufactory Founded. | ||
| 1946 | Showa 21 | 5 | Promote from special guidance village to ordinary village. |
| 12 | Agricultural land reform begins. | ||
| 1947 | Showa 22 | 4 | Katsura elementary school waste school. |
| 5 | Junior, Kondo, Fukui and Katsura middle schools opened by school reform. | ||
| 1948 | Showa 23 | 3 | Kota agricultural cooperative association establishment establishment. Established Kota agricultural mutual aid association. |
| 8 | Karita Village Pioneering Agricultural Cooperative Association established. (Dissolved in December 1954) | ||
| 10 | Katata High School opened. (As Kutchan agricultural high school Kota branch) | ||
| 1949 | Showa 24 | 3 | Takamatsuomiya and Mikasa Palace visited Niseko. |
| 1950 | Showa 25 | 4 | Shinki Shinkin Bank Kota branch. |
| 5 | Mt. Yotei is designated as a national park. (Shikotsu Toya National Park) | ||
| 8 | "Niseko" is designated as Takashi Park. | ||
| 9 | Town regulation will be enforced. (First Mayor, Tohru Suzuki) Together with the commemoration ceremony of 50th anniversary of Omura. | ||
| 1951 | Showa 26 | 7 | Kanta, Kutchan interchange south bus service. |
| 9 | Excavate the Stone Circle of the University of Tokyo, Dr. Kazuo Komai a line, Takidai, Hokuei. | ||
| 1954 | Showa 29 | 7 | Takugin Kota branch will be renamed the Doshu Branch. (Closed in November 1964) |
| 8 | Emperor, Empress Empress Goryo Town. (2 night's stay at sightseeing hotel, school yard at Kobatachi Karita elementary school) | ||
| 1955 | Showa 30 | 2 | Kata start wired broadcasting. |
| 1956 | Showa 31 | 5 | Snow Brand Milk Co., Ltd. Kanta factory is completed. (Closed in March 1977) |
| 1957 | Showa 32 | 5 | Arishima farm management office burn down. |
| 7 | Kota-cho physical education association can do. | ||
| 1958 | Showa 33 | 11 | Niseko Kelp Onsen, Niseko Gokura Onsenbo Nationwide Recreation Hot Spring Area. |
| 1959 | Showa 34 | 7 | Kanta-machi official recognition ground completed. (300m per lap) |
| 1960 | Showa 35 | 10 | He built a newly built National Health Insurance Hospital. (Abolished March of 1964) |
| 11 | Promotion of simple water supply facilities in downtown area. Kanta Town History published. | ||
| 1961 | Showa 36 | 3 | Oji elementary school, absorbed into Kanta elementary school. |
| 1963 | Showa 38 | 7 | Niseko mountain range, Niseko Shakotan Otaru Coast National Park is designated. |
| 1964 | Showa 39 | 8 | Completion of public hall. |
| 10 | "Karimachi" is renamed to "Niseko Town". | ||
| 1966 | Showa 41 | 7 | The townspeople gymnasium completed. |
| 12 | Opened the Pacific Club Niseko Moiwa International Ski Area. | ||
| Cable broadcasting telephone facility opened, call started. | |||
| 1967 | Showa 42 | 4 | Middle school integration in town. (Kondo, Fukui, Niseko middle school each) |
| 6 | Government building New Government building completed. | ||
| 7 | Celebration ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of opening. | ||
| 1968 | Showa 43 | 3 | Soga elementary school and Niseko elementary school. |
| 4 | Rename the station name, "Kota station" to "Niseko station". | ||
| 5 | Town established. | ||
| 1969 | Showa 44 | 8 | Integrated Niseko Junior High School building completed. (Three-year Plan) |
| 1971 | Showa 46 | 3 | It is designated as a depopulating area municipality. |
| 1972 | Showa 47 | 2 | Niseko Town promotion public corporation is established. (July 1973 Niseko Town Land Development Corporation.) |
| 8 | National Reservation Center Fuyo-so completed. | ||
| 9 | Town-owned Makino was completed. | ||
| 10 | Town nurseries completed. | ||
| 11 | Opened Niseko Annupuri International Ski Resort. | ||
| 1973 | Showa 48 | 11 | Established "People's Charter" and "Niseko Town Song". |
| 1974 | Showa 49 | 9 | Niseko Town people Center completed. |
| 1976 | Showa 51 | 3 | Niseko, Rinkoshi cho school union dissolution. (Katsura Junior High School Discontinued School) |
| 9 | Completed the new firefighting building. | ||
| 1978 | Showa 53 | 2 | New Arisama Memorial Museum completed. |
| 8 | Niseko Town establishes Makino town sister city partnership. | ||
| 10 | Rural information liaison facility broadcast broadcasting radio station. | ||
| 1979 | Showa 54 | 4 | Town tree "Shirakaba" is determined. |
| 1980 | Showa 55 | 2 | Completed Niseko Town Gymnasium. |
| 11 | Weatherproof tennis court (2 faces) completed. | ||
| 1981 | Showa 56 | 2 | Fujiyama elementary school, Niseko elementary school absorption integrated. |
| 10 | 80th anniversary celebration opening ceremony, total gymnasium inauguration ceremony. | ||
| 11 | "Niseko Ikoi no Mura" opened. | ||
| 1982 | Showa 57 | 3 | Published Niseko Town History. Niseko Town New Comprehensive Plan formulated. |
| 12 | Higashiyama ski area, Higashiyama Prince Hotel Open. Niseko elementary school new school building completed. | ||
| 1983 | Showa 58 | 6 | Planning for soil for 10 years started. |
| 1984 | Showa 59 | 2 | Declaration of Independence of the Republic of the Potato. |
| 11 | Town Niseko kindergarten completed. | ||
| 1985 | Showa 60 | 3 | We have a sister city alliance with Shinshin New Town. |
| 7 | Makino, Niseko station sister station tie - up tie - up. | ||
| 11 | Commemorative ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of Niseko elementary school opening. | ||
| 12 | A special nursing home for the elderly "Niseko Heights" was completed. | ||
| 1987 | Showa 62 | 11 | Arisima Memorial Park · Suffolk Ranch completed. |
| 1988 | Showa 63 | 2 | Spring springs out by the Annupuri geothermal development project. |
| 12 | The ski train "Niseko Express" started operation. | ||
Heisei
| Year | Month | Event | |
| 1989 | Heisei Yu | 6 | Niseko Town intensive pasture (Kurokawa) opened. Arishima Culture Center opened. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 25th anniversary of the revision of the town name, ceremony to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the enforcement of the town regime. | ||
| 1990 | Heisei 2 | 1 | Heisei Fuji beauty prize winner prize. |
| 3 | Fukui elementary school closed. | ||
| 5 | SLC62 Niseko issue, Otaru Niseko navigation service. (Canceled operation in Heisei 7) | ||
| 8 | Niseko Town Sports Park baseball stadium opened. "Niseko Akasaka fellow" is designated as a town intangible ethnic cultural asset. | ||
| 11 | Miyata Elementary School New School Building completed. | ||
| 1991 | Heisei 3 | 10 | Celebration of the 90th anniversary of Niseko Town. Lavender to the flower of the town, Akagera for the bird is enacted. |
| 12 | Niseko high school new school building completed. Niseko heliport completed. | ||
| 1992 | Heisei 4 | 12 | Operation of office communication started. Kondo Elementary School New School Building completed. |
| 1994 | Heisei 6 | 9 | Niseko Town Sports Park completed. |
| 11 | The Niseko Ohashi completed. | ||
| 12 | The sheep housing complex (72 buildings in 8 houses) was completed. | ||
| 1995 | Heisei 7 | 3 | Arisima Art Gallery completed. |
| 4 | My Way Awarod business starts construction | ||
| 8 | Urban district Sewerage construction started. | ||
| 10 | Central hot spring geothermal development project re-examination spurt out hot springs. | ||
| 12 | Soga Forest Park completed. | ||
| 1996 | Heisei 8 | 1 | Sogo area simple water supply completion completed. |
| 4 | Niseko Kirara Road town development project start business. | ||
| 12 | Nozomi Complex (20 buildings in 2 buildings) completed. | ||
| 1997 | Heisei 9 | 3 | Dispatch center home care support center completed. |
| 3 | New construction work completed at Niseko clinic. | ||
| 5 | The road station "Niseko View Plaza" opened. | ||
| 8 | Construction of urban district sewage treatment facility construction. | ||
| 11 | Awarded by the self-governing ministry commemorating the 50th anniversary of the enactment of local autonomy law | ||
| 1998 | Heisei 10 | 2 | Kira Complex (20 buildings in 2 buildings) completed. |
| 2 | Received the Mainichi Shimbun Local Autonomous Award Encouragement Prize. | ||
| 1999 | Heisei 11 | 4 | Niseko Town Information Disclosure Ordinance and Niseko Town Personal Information Protection Ordinance are enforced. |
| 2000 | Heisei 12 | 10 | Urban district Sewerage service started. |
| 2001 | Heisei 13 | 4 | Niseko Town Basic Regulations of Community Development came into effect. |
| 6 | Kirara no yu is completed. | ||
| 10 | Niseko Town 100th anniversary ceremony. | ||
| 2002 | Heisei 14 | 2 | Roadside Iwanai Toya Line widening construction completed. |
| 4 | Town bus service bus "Fureai shuttle" started operation. | ||
| 6 | Niseko Flower Festa Kirara Route Hosted. | ||
| 9 | Commemorative ceremony commemorating the 100th anniversary of Kondo elementary school opening. | ||
| 10 | Start garbage fee charging. | ||
| 12 | Completion of final waste disposal site. | ||
| 12 | Compost center completed. | ||
| 2003 | Heisei 15 | 4 | Opening learning exchange center "Asobuku" opened. |
| 9 | Kutchan-cho and Niseko Town merger councils established. | ||
| 11 | Commemorative ceremony commemorating the 100th anniversary of Miyata Elementary School opening. | ||
| 2004 | Heisei 16 | 6 | Fukui District Simplified Water Use Start. |
| 9 | Sewerage (agricultural settlement drainage facility) will be available in Nishitomi area. | ||
| 10 | Niseko Town Landscape Ordinance Enforced | ||
| 12 | Started high-speed communication service by optical fiber in character Soga · Niseko · Higashiyama area. | ||
| 2005 | Heisei 17 | 10 | Commemorative ceremony commemorating the 100th anniversary of Niseko elementary school opening. |
| 12 | Rankoshi-cho, Niseko Town, Makkari-mura, Kimobetsu-cho, Kutchan-cho merger association dissolution. | ||
| 2006 | Heisei 18 | 2 | Daisuke Yoshioka from Niseko Town participates in the Turin Olympic Ski Alpine Competition. |
| 3 | Miyata Elementary School closed. | ||
| 2007 | 2007 | 4 | Niseko Town Infant Center "Kiratto" opened. |
| 2008 | Heisei 20 | 5 | Town circulation bus "contact opening shuttle" bicycle start loading outside the car (first nationwide) |
| 7 | Hokkaido Toyako Summit was held. | ||
| 10 | Fujimi · Honsu · Chuo Tong · Motomachi · Arishima · Kondo · Satomi · Bucheon · Toyuri · Yousei start high-speed communication service by optical fiber. | ||
| 2009 | Heisei 21 | 3 | A quasi-city planning area is designated at the foot of Annupuri. |
| 8 | New school lunch center operation started. | ||
| 2010 | Heisei 22 | 5 | Completion of a new logo in Niseko Town. |
| 6 | A local consumer affairs consultation counter has been set up at the Niseko Town Office. | ||
| 2011 | Heisei 23 | 2 | Kuni Kondo · Yousei · Satomi · Miyada · Bucheon · Kurokawa · Fukui · Nishigomi · Keihodai started high-speed communication service by optical fiber. |
| 4 | The “Niseko Neighboring Industry Revitalization Basic Plan” by Kuromatsunai, Rankoshi, Niseko Town, Makkari, Rusutsu, Kibetsu, Kyogoku and Kutchan has obtained the consent of the government. | ||
| 5 | Niseko Town Groundwater Conservation Ordinance and Niseko Town Water Source Protection Ordinance are enforced. | ||
| 2012 | 2012 | 1 | Hokkaido International School · Niseko School opened. |
| 3 | FM Community radio station "Radio Niseko" opened. | ||
| 4 | Niseko Town citizens center reopened. | ||
| 10 | Niseko Town demand bus "Nikoto BUS" started operation. | ||
| 2013 | Heisei 25 | 1 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Yoshikawa and Uemura will be the support ambassadors of Niseko Town for one year. |
| 5 | Hokkaido Nihon Ham Fighters signed a three-year town development partnership agreement. Town tax, start storage of convenience stores in water supply and sewerage. | ||
| 6 | Niseko TMR Center completed. Niseko Town Goshiki Onsen Information Center opens. | ||
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