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is a town in the Monbetsu district of Okhotsk subprefecture in Hokkaido, Japan. The name comes from the Ainu place name ''inkar-us-i'' (lit. "overlook-always doing-place"), meaning a lookout point.〔("瞰望岩（がんぼういわ）" ) Engaru Town Hall〕〔 On October 1, 2005, the towns of Ikutahara and Maruseppu, and the village of Shirataki, all from Monbetsu District merged into the expanded town of Engaru.〔("遠軽町の沿革" ) Engaru Town Hall〕 As of July 2013, the town has an estimated population of 21,827.〔("人口・世帯・動態（平成２５年度）" ) Engaru Town Hall〕 The total area is ,〔("位置・面積" ) Engaru Town Hall〕 making it the fifth largest municipality in Hokkaido.〔("全国都道府県市区町村別面積調" ) Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, 2011〕 Engaru is known as the place where Aikido originated, in the Shirataki area.〔("合気道開祖・植芝盛平翁（Aikido Founder・Morihei Ueshiba）" ) Tanabe City Hall〕 It is also where the largest cosmos flower park in Japan is located. An Upper Paleolithic site at Shirataki Site Group is the source of some Yubetsu technique stone blades dating from approximately 13,000 years ago. ==History== *1869: Current town area was part of the Wakayama Domain (or Kishū Domain) jurisdiction.〔("旧遠軽町の沿革" ) Engaru Town Hall〕 There were expanses of plains. *1896: The Church of Christ in Japan established the Hokkaido Comrades Education Association, and planned a Christian university at Engaru.〔"遠軽町百年史" Engaru Town Hall, August 1998〕〔("日本キリスト教会北海道中会遠軽教会" ) The Church of Christ in Japan〕 *1897: On 7 May, the first immigrant party〔〔 of the Hokkaido Comrades Education Association arrived in Engaru, the first party to immigrate at Engaru. But the final construction of the university's plan did not materialize.〔〔〔 *1919: The village of Engaru is split off from Kamiyūbetsu (now the town of Yūbetsu).〔 *1925: The village of Ikutahara split off, becoming its own town in 1934.〔 *1934: Engaru becomes a town.〔 *1946: The villages of Maruseppu (later becoming a town) and Shirataki are split off.〔 *2005: The towns of Engaru, Ikutahara, Maruseppu, and the village of Shirataki merge to form the new town of Engaru.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Engaru, Hokkaido」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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