Ikeda, Hokkaido
Ikeda
池田町 | |
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Town | |
View of Ikeda | |
Location of Ikeda in Hokkaido (Tokachi Subprefecture) | |
| Coordinates: 42°56′N 143°27′E / 42.933°N 143.450°E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Hokkaido |
| Prefecture | Hokkaido (Tokachi Subprefecture) |
| District | Nakagawa (Tokachi) |
| Area | |
• Total | 371.91 km2 (143.60 sq mi) |
| Population (April 30, 2017) | |
• Total | 6,933 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (48/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
| Website | www |
Ikeda (池田町, Ikeda-chō) is a town located in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
Tokachi has almost year-round blue skies, which results in warm summers and cold winters. In the summer, temperatures reach 30 degrees Celsius and in winter up to minus 30 degrees Celsius. The clear skies in winter make perfect ice skating conditions, and Ikeda is known for producing world class speed skaters. In the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, a speed skater from Ikeda won a silver medal for Japan. The main industry in Ikeda is producing Tokachi wine but there are also livestock and vegetable farming industries.