Abashiri

Abashiri
網走市
Top: Panorama view of Mount Tento and Lake Abashiri, Second: Abashiri Prison Museum, View of salicornia europaea in Lake Notoro, Third: View of drift ice in Okhotsk Sea, Ainu Moyoro Midden Ruin Park, Bottom: Panorama view of downtown Abashiri (all item from left to right)
Top: Panorama view of Mount Tento and Lake Abashiri, Second: Abashiri Prison Museum, View of salicornia europaea in Lake Notoro, Third: View of drift ice in Okhotsk Sea, Ainu Moyoro Midden Ruin Park, Bottom: Panorama view of downtown Abashiri (all item from left to right)
Flag of Abashiri
Official seal of Abashiri
Location of Abashiri in Hokkaido (Okhotsk Subprefecture)
Location of Abashiri in Hokkaido (Okhotsk Subprefecture)
Abashiri is located in Japan
Abashiri
Abashiri
Location in Japan
Coordinates: 44°1′N 144°16′E / 44.017°N 144.267°E / 44.017; 144.267
CountryJapan
RegionHokkaido
PrefectureHokkaido (Okhotsk Subprefecture)
Government
 • MayorYōichi Mizutani (since December 2010)
Area
 • Total
470.94 km2 (181.83 sq mi)
Population
 (February, 2020)
 • Total
34,919
 • Density85.6/km2 (222/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall addressHigashi Yon-chōme, Minami Roku-jō, Abashiri-shi, Hokkaidō
093-8555
ClimateDfb
Websitewww.city.abashiri.hokkaido.jp
Symbols
FlowerEzo murasaki-tsutsuji (Rhododendron dauricum)
MascotNipone (ニポネ)
TreeKatsura

Abashiri (網走市, Abashiri-shi) is a city located in Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

Abashiri is known as the site of the Abashiri Prison, a Meiji-era facility used for the incarceration of political prisoners. The old prison has been turned into a museum, but the city's new maximum-security prison is still in use.

As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 40,333 and a density of 85.6 persons per km2 (222 persons per sq. mi.). The total area is 470.94 km2 (181.83 sq mi).