Hokkaido Places
Okoppe (興部町), March 2026

Town Okhotsk Subprefecture

Okoppe 興部町

おこっぺちょう

Okoppe is a small dairy and fishing town on the Sea of Okhotsk. Its farms keep about 11,600 dairy cows, more than three for each of its roughly 3,400 residents.12 The town also runs a biogas plant fed by cow manure.3 Its old railway station is now a roadside station, where a converted diesel railcar serves as a free rest stop and bunkhouse in summer.4

Population (2020 Census)
3,628
Area
362.55 km²
District
Monbetsu District (紋別郡)
Official website
www.town.okoppe.lg.jp

Known for

  • Dairy farming. In 2025 the town's 57 farm households kept 11,612 dairy cattle. They produced 61,763 tonnes of raw milk worth about ¥7.3 billion1. Snow Brand Megmilk (雪印メグミルク) runs a plant at Okoppe 85312.
  • Organic milk and farm cheese. North Plain Farm (ノースプレインファーム) was founded in 198813. It sells organic JAS-certified milk, yogurt, cheese and fermented butter under the "Okoppe" name14. Tomita Farm (冨田ファーム) makes 12 kinds of cheese from its own milk8.
  • Scallops and Okhotsk seafood. In 2024, fishers landed 18,613 tonnes of scallops worth about ¥3.0 billion, along with salmon, octopus and hairy crab1. The scallops grow on the seabed for four years. Fishing rotates through four sections of the grounds, one section a year8.
  • Biogas. Since November 2016 the town-run Okoppe Hokkō Biogas Plant (興部北興バイオガスプラント) has digested 37.89 tonnes of manure a day. The leftover liquid is sold as the fertilizer "Okoppe Bio" (おこっぺバイオ)3. The town declared itself a Zero Carbon City on 10 November 20238.
  • Railway heritage. Michi-no-Eki Okoppe stands on the site of Okoppe Station, on the Nayoro Main Line that closed in 1989158. Its converted railcar, the Rugosa Express, is a free rest stop and bunkhouse from May to October16.
  • Summer and autumn events. The Okoppe Milk Village Marathon (おこっぺ牛乳の里マラソン大会) is held on the first Sunday of October178. Saruru Beach (沙留海水浴場) offers swimming and free camping from mid-July to late August18.

Sights & activities

  • Nature & scenery
    • The hill around Moo-moo Castle (the agricultural research center) looks out over the Okhotsk Sea and wide green pastures278.
    • In summer, beach roses bloom along Route 238 at Saruru27, near the red port lighthouse8 and Saruru Cape11. Okoppe Park (興部公園), next to the Michi-no-Eki, is listed among the town's sights1143.
  • Onsen
    • No onsen was found in the town. A public bathhouse is near Joy Park16. Places to stay include the Yachiyokan (八千代館), Ajiraikan (味来館, an inn with a restaurant), Farm Inn Tomita (ファームイン冨田), Pension Suzukiya (ペンション鈴木屋) and Cottage Shiosai (コテージしおさい) in Saruru44.
  • Museums & heritage
    • The railway history corner at Michi-no-Eki Okoppe covers the Nayoro Main Line4. The Local History Museum opens only on set days, or for groups by appointment42.
    • The Okoppe Toyono Pit Dwelling Site can be viewed freely. It is a 5-minute walk from the Toyono stop on the Hokumon Bus23.
  • Outdoor & seasonal activities
    • Saruru Beach is open from 18 July to 23 August 2026, with swimming from 10:00 to 16:00. It has a free campsite, cooking area, toilets and warm showers (¥300). Two cottages can be rented from 1 June to 30 September, for ¥10,000 per cottage plus ¥100 lodging tax per person18.
    • Rental bicycles at the Michi-no-Eki are free for up to four hours8.
  • Food experiences
    • North Plain Farm's Milk Hall (Hokkō 116-2) serves hamburger lunches made with the farm's cheese and butter, plus parfaits and soft-serve. It is open 10:00–17:00, with lunch from 11:00 to 14:00, and is closed on Tuesdays36.
    • Kōkei Gourmet dishes are served at participating cafés and restaurants41. Kaihin Shokudō Shiraho (海浜食堂 白帆), at Saruru, opens only in July and August38.

Roadside stations (Michi-no-Eki)

Michi-no-Eki Okoppe (道の駅おこっぺ)

  • Location: 1322-21 Okoppe, Okoppe-chō, Monbetsu District (紋別郡興部町興部1322-21), on National Route 23915. It stands on the site of the old Okoppe Station, next to the Okoppe River and Okoppe Park43. The full name of the complex is Michi-no-Eki Okoppe Anyu Joy Park (道の駅おこっぺ アニュウ・ジョイパーク)4.
  • Hours: The station is open 9:00–18:00 from May to October and 9:00–17:00 from November to April. It is closed from 31 December to 5 January. Specialty sales run 9:00–17:00 from early April to late October and 9:30–16:30 from early November to early April15. The seasonal Okoppe Bussankan (おこっぺ物産館) shop is open 9:00–17:00 and closed on Mondays (or on Tuesday when Monday is a holiday). In 2025 it opened from 4 April to 3 November, and in winter sales move into the main building4. These hours are as of September 2026 — check before visiting.
  • Shops & products: Local specialties, with cashless payment and nationwide shipping4. Okoppe Bio liquid fertilizer is also sold3. The station's online shop, OKOKO (おここ), is suspended with no date set for reopening445. The official station site does not yet list specific souvenirs15.
  • Food: From April to November, the event hall (イベント館) sells soft-serve from five local shops, with a different shop's soft-serve each month4. No restaurant is listed on site.
  • Facilities: Parking for 73 cars and 20 large vehicles15, including 2 accessible spaces43. Toilets have warm-water seats, and there are accessible and ostomate toilets15. The toilets are open 24 hours43. There is Wi-Fi, and credit cards are accepted15. The Anyu building holds the bus waiting room, the railway history corner, an event hall and a community hall4.
    • Joy Park covers 11,524 m² and has fountains, a water-play channel, a lawn, a stage and a sculpture made from the driving wheels of a D51 steam locomotive48.
    • The Rugosa Express (ルゴーサ・エクスプレス) is two coupled KiHa 22 railcars (Nos. 202 and 251). One is a rest area and the other a riders' bunkhouse (ライダーハウス)25. It is free and open from May to October; the 2025 season ran from 1 May to 31 October. It is popular with motorcyclists and cyclists, and on busy days more than 20 people use it168.
    • Free rental bicycles (up to four hours)8. No EV charging was confirmed.
  • Notes: Registered on 16 April 1996 as Hokkaido's 29th roadside station. The stamp is available during opening hours15. The complex opened in June 1992, three years after the railway closed825. Joy Park is the main venue for the summer festival8.

Getting there & around

  • Rail. Okoppe has had no railway since 19898. The nearest JR station is Nayoro on the Sōya Main Line, about 70 km or 1 hour 30 minutes away by bus. From Nayoro it is about 220 km, or about 2 hours 30 minutes, to Sapporo by JR8.
  • Buses.
    • Meishi Bus (名士バス) runs the Okoppe Line from Nayoro via Shimokawa and Nishiokoppe. It replaced the Nayoro Main Line46.
    • Hokumon Bus (北紋バス) runs from Monbetsu to Okoppe and from Monbetsu through Okoppe to Omu47. The Omu route replaced the Kōhin-Nan Line48.
    • Monbetsu is about 30 km, or 40 minutes, away by bus8. The bus terminal is inside the Michi-no-Eki4.
  • Air. Okhotsk Monbetsu Airport is about 30 km, or 40 minutes, away by car. It has flights to Tokyo Haneda8.
  • Roads. National Routes 238 and 239 share the coast road from Abashiri through Monbetsu to Okoppe, where they split498. Route 238 continues north along the coast toward Omu. Route 239 turns inland and crosses Tenpoku Pass (天北峠) toward Nayoro49. Approximate driving distances and times8:
    • Sapporo: about 290 km, 5 hours 30 minutes
    • Asahikawa: about 150 km, 2 hours 30 minutes
    • Wakkanai: about 200 km, 3 hours 30 minutes
    • Abashiri: about 130 km, 2 hours 30 minutes

Practical tips

  • When to go. August is the peak month, with 17,600 visitors in FY202534. Summer brings the beach, the festivals and beach roses along Route 23827. In early October you can run the marathon and visit the museum on its open days1742.
  • Tourist information. Okoppe Tourism Association (興部町観光協会), tel. 0158-82-234516. Staff at the Michi-no-Eki can also help.
  • Seasonal closures. The Rugosa Express opens only from May to October16, and the Michi-no-Eki closes over the New Year holiday15.
  • Winter. The lowest temperature each year from 2006 to 2025 ranged from −17.4°C to −24.6°C26. Expect icy roads and blowing snow on Routes 238 and 239.
  • Wildlife. As elsewhere in rural Hokkaido, watch for deer on the roads, especially at dusk. Brown bears live in the forested hills, so take care when hiking or camping (general advice).
  • Accommodation. The town has only a handful of inns and cottages, so book ahead in summer44.

Photos

  • Okoppe (興部町), March 2026 Mar 2026
  • Okoppe (興部町), March 2026 Mar 2026

More about Okoppe

At a glance
Field Details
Type Town (町). Okoppe became a town in 19515
Subprefecture Okhotsk (オホーツク総合振興局)6
District Monbetsu District (紋別郡)5
Population 3,628 at the 2020 Census (1,768 men, 1,860 women, 1,711 households)7. The resident register showed 3,392 people (1,676 men, 1,716 women) in 1,849 households on 31 August 20262. The census count fell from 4,589 in 2005 to 3,628 in 20207. The mayor writes that the population once peaked at more than 9,0008
Area 362.55 km² (GSI, 1 April 2026)9. The town gives the same figure and measures 34.2 km east to west and 24.4 km north to south8. English Wikipedia gives 362.41 km²10
Density About 9.4 people/km² on the August 2026 register, or 10.0/km² at the 2020 Census (calculated from the figures above)
Municipal history In 1909 Okoppe (taken from Omu) and Saruru and Rurochi (taken from Monbetsu) were placed under a joint headman's office (戸長役場)58. In 1915 the villages of Rurochi (瑠橡), Saruru (沙留) and Okoppe merged to form Okoppe Village under Hokkaido's second-class municipal system115. Nishiokoppe Village split off in 1925, and Okoppe became a town in 19515
Neighboring municipalities Monbetsu (east), Nishiokoppe and Takinoue (west), Omu (northwest)8
Symbols Tree: Japanese rowan (ナナカマド). Flower: beach rose (ハマナス). Both were designated on 1 October 198885. No town bird was found. The emblem is the character 興 in crimson, and the flag turns the letters "O" and "P" of OKOPPE into a design5
Mascot None found
Official website https://www.town.okoppe.lg.jp/

Name origin
  • Ainu o-u-kot-pe (オウコッペ). The town says its name comes from the Ainu オウコッペ, meaning "the place where the river mouths join"5. The Okoppe River (興部川) and the Mo-Okoppe River (藻興部川) run side by side through the west of the town. Their mouths are now about 4 km apart. In the past, the two rivers joined behind the dunes before flowing into the sea. The Hokkaido Government's Ainu place-name list gives Nagata Hōsei's (永田方正) reading, "the place where the river mouths join", and Yamada Hidezō's (山田秀三) word-by-word gloss, "river mouths / each other / joined / thing (river)". It notes that the town history agrees and rates the derivation B for confidence19.
  • Mo-Okoppe. Mo means "small". The Mo-Okoppe is the smaller of the paired rivers. This derivation is rated A20.
  • Saruru (沙留). This comes from sar-or, "in the reed marsh". Nagata noted that the river mouth had deep sand and was dangerous to cross. Rated A21.
  • Rurochi (瑠橡). This comes from rur-ot-i or rur-oci, "river full of seawater". The mouth slopes so gently that seawater runs in at high tide, and the water was too salty to drink. Rated B22.
  • Nishiokoppe. The neighboring village's name means "West Okoppe". It was part of Okoppe Village until 19255.

History
  • Ainu era and earlier. The Okoppe Toyono Pit Dwelling Site (興部豊野竪穴住居跡) lies on a terrace of the Rurochi River, about 5 km southeast of the town center. It has two groups of pit dwellings: 13 in area A, facing the Okhotsk Sea, and 27 in area B, 0.6 km inland. Most date from the Satsumon period, and a few from the Jōmon period23. Hokkaido designated it a historic site on 18 December 196824. The sources consulted say little else about the Ainu period here. The Ainu names of the rivers and districts survive (see Name origin).
  • Edo period. Okoppe first appears in records in the Hōei era (1704–1711), as a fishing ground controlled by the Matsumae domain85.
  • 1889: the founding year. Kanazawa Ishimatsu (金沢石松), who managed the Saruru fishery, and his head boatman Kakishita Iwamatsu (垣下岩松) spent the winter on Saruru beach. The town counts them as its first Japanese (Wajin) settlers and uses 1889 as its founding year8. The settlers later turned to dairy farming because cold summers kept ruining their crops3.
  • 1902–1921: schools, a village, a railway. Primary schools opened at Saruru and Okoppe in 1902, and Okoppe Village was formed in 19158. Okoppe and Saruru stations opened in 1921, completing the Nayoro Line85.
  • 1925–1951. Nishiokoppe split off in 19255. On 7 June 1927, a fire destroyed 236 houses in central Okoppe8. The Kōhin-Nan Line (興浜南線) north to Omu opened in 193525. Okoppe became a town in 19515.
  • 1985–1992: the railways close. The Kōhin-Nan Line closed in 1985. The JR Nayoro Main Line closed on 1 May 1989, and replacement buses took over825. The town celebrated its centennial in 1988 and formed a sister-city link with Stettler, Alberta, Canada, in 1990. In 1992 the Anyu Joy Park (アニュウ・ジョイパーク) transport memorial complex opened on the old station site. The same year saw the completion of the Okhotsk Agricultural Science Research Center (オホーツク農業科学研究センター), nicknamed "Moo-moo Castle" (モーモー城)8.
  • 1998. A typhoon in September caused floods that washed out a water main and cut the town's water supply8.
  • 2001–2016: renewable energy. In 2001 the town built the Okhotsk region's first wind power station, since decommissioned. In 2011 JA Okoppe and JA Omu merged to form JA Kita-Okhotsk (北オホーツク農業協同組合). Okoppe was named a Biomass Industrial City in 20148, and its biogas plant opened in 20163.
  • 2018–2023. In 2018, the 130th anniversary year, the Okoppe and Saruru junior high schools merged. The town declared itself a Zero Carbon City in 20238.

Geography & climate
  • Location. Okoppe is on the Okhotsk coast in the northwest of Okhotsk Subprefecture, between Monbetsu and Omu. It spans about 44°13′–44°29′N and 142°51′–143°17′E268.
  • Land. Forest makes up 68.7% of the town's land and fields 16.3% (1 January 2025)26. Of 25,602 ha of forest, 10,278 ha is Hokkaido prefectural forest. In 2025 farms worked 4,686 ha of pasture and 584 ha of feed corn1.
  • Rivers and hills. The main rivers are the Okoppe, Mo-Okoppe, Rurochi (瑠橡川) and Saruru (沙留川). Inland hills rise to Poronupuri-dake (ポロヌプリ岳, 835 m), Utsu-dake (鬱岳, 818 m) and Tōutsu-dake (トーウツ岳, 742 m)11.
  • Coast. National Route 238 runs along the coast through Saruru, where beach roses line the road, nicknamed the Hamanasu Kaidō ("beach rose road")27. Landmarks include the red lighthouse at Saruru fishing port8 and Saruru Cape (沙留岬)11. The sources consulted list no national or quasi-national park in the town.
  • Climate. JMA's Okoppe station stands 8 m above sea level28. Its 1991–2020 normals are an annual mean of 5.8°C, a January mean of −6.6°C and an August mean of 18.8°C. Annual precipitation is 902.1 mm and sunshine 1,606.1 hours29. The record high is 34.3°C, reached on 9 August 1999 and again on 7 July 2025. The record low is −29.8°C, on 17 February 197830. The town's own records average 7.9°C for 2025, the warmest year in its 2006–2025 table26.
  • Drift ice. Drift ice still reaches the coast in winter. The mayor notes that it is now only about half as extensive as at its peak8.

Economy & industry
  • Jobs. At the 2020 Census, 1,936 residents had jobs. Agriculture employed 16.0%, fishing 9.7% and manufacturing 16.0%7.
  • Dairy. In 2025 livestock output was worth ¥8.84 billion, of which ¥7.30 billion was milk1. The town supports its farms with contractor services and a TMR (mixed feed) center. Since March 2021 it has also run "Farm to-mo" (ファームトモ), a training ranch for new farmers. The Moo-moo Castle research center tests soil, grass and milk for local farms8.
  • Fishing. The 2024 catch was worth ¥4.76 billion. Scallops accounted for ¥2.99 billion, salmon ¥756 million, octopus ¥243 million and hairy crab ¥221 million1. The salmon catch fell to 842 t in 2024, down from 2,842 t in 20221. The Saruru Fisheries Cooperative (沙留漁業協同組合) and several private processors handle and sell the catch31.
  • Energy. Six dairy farms supply manure to the town's biogas plant, and the gas fuels a neighboring private power plant3. The plant also takes household food waste and sewage sludge8. With two private plants, it treated about 20% of the town's manure in 2020. Working with Osaka University since 2019, the town made methanol and formic acid from manure biogas in January 2020, which the partners call a world first. A pilot plant followed in May 202232. In April 2022 the town also began joint decarbonization research with Hokkaido University's Faculty of Engineering33.
  • Tourism. Okoppe had 59,700 visitors in FY2025, up 7.0% from the year before. Almost all were day-trippers (58,700), and about 1,000 stayed overnight. August was the busiest month, with 17,600 visitors34.
  • Aging and population loss. At the 2020 Census, 33.3% of residents were 65 or older (1,209 of 3,628)7. In 2025 the town recorded 14 births and 47 deaths, and 41 more people moved out than moved in7. The mayor says that as forestry declined, the town sent many of its people to work in the cities8.
  • Furusato nozei. From April 2025 to March 2026, the town received 53,547 furusato nozei donations totaling ¥801,959,60035.

Local specialties
Specialty Category Details & where to get it
Okoppe organic milk (おこっぺ有機牛乳) and dairy Dairy North Plain Farm's organic JAS milk is pasteurized at low temperature and not homogenized. The farm also makes organic yogurt, organic mozzarella and semi-hard cheeses, fermented butter, butter cakes and Okoppe soft caramels (おこっぺ生キャラメル)14. Buy them at the farm's Milk Hall (ミルクホール)36
Farmstead natural cheese Dairy Made by Tomita Farm (冨田ファーム) in Utsu, Adonai (アドナイ) and Pine Land Dairy (パインランドデーリィ), which also makes sweets37. Tomita Farm makes 12 kinds of cheese, and its cheeses have won many awards. It has made milk and soft-serve since 20068
Okoppe Ice (おこっぺアイス) Ice cream Made by JA Kita-Okhotsk37. Sold at its own shop in Midorigaoka38
Okoppe Ham (おこっぺハム) Meat Ham, wieners and bacon from Okhotsk Clean Meat (株式会社オホーツククリーンミート)39. A ham assortment is a popular furusato nozei gift40
Scallops Seafood Frozen raw adductors (ホタテ玉冷) and dried adductors (干貝柱), sold by the Saruru Fisheries Cooperative, Maruto Suisan (マルト水産) and Seto Suisan (背戸水産)31. Frozen scallops top the town's furusato nozei ranking, followed by squid tentacles (イカゲソ)40
Crab and salmon roe Seafood Hairy, king and snow crab, plus sujiko and ikura (salmon roe), from the Saruru co-op and Marunaka Nakamura Suisan (マルナカ中村水産)31
Local sweets Confectionery Ōmura Kashiho (大村菓子舗) makes an-doughnuts, Ponpoko-yama (ポンポコ山) and Mōmō no Sato (モウモウの里)39
Noodles and honey Packaged foods Kobayashi Shokuhin (小林食品) makes Okhotsk Ryūhyō Ramen ("drift-ice ramen") and Kiraku Soba, made with 80% buckwheat. Shinkai Apiary (新海養蜂園) sells natural honey39
Beach-rose jam and Tartary buckwheat Farm products The subprefecture lists hamanasu jam (はまなすジャム) and Tartary buckwheat (ダッタンソバ) among Okoppe's specialties6
Kōkei Gourmet (興恵グルメ) Local dishes Restaurant dishes that use at least three specialties from Okoppe and Nishiokoppe. Examples include nabeyaki udon in a milk broth, ramen with scallop broth, milk and venison, and baked curry topped with local sausage and cheese. The youth divisions of the Okoppe and Nishiokoppe societies of commerce and industry (商工会) created the scheme together6. Its committee's secretariat is the Okoppe Society of Commerce and Industry (興部町商工会)41

Culture & festivals
Event When Highlights
Okoppe Park Festival (興部公園祭り) May6 (late May11) A spring festival. Japanese Wikipedia gives the venue as Anyu, the Michi-no-Eki complex11
Saruru Seaside Festival (さるる海浜まつり) July. The 37th was on 19 July 2026186 A summer beach festival in Saruru
Okoppe Summer Festival (おこっぺ夏まつり) First Saturday and Sunday of August6 The town's major summer event, with games, a prize draw and fireworks set off close to the grounds6. It is held in Joy Park at the Michi-no-Eki8
Okoppe Machinaka Marché (おこっぺ街中マルシェ) September, every year8 A market in the central shopping street that uses vacant lots and empty shops. In 2023, 46 groups from inside and outside the town took part8
Okoppe Milk Village Marathon (おこっぺ牛乳の里マラソン大会) First Sunday of October. The 39th is on 4 October 2026 Courses of 3, 5 and 10 km start at Okoppe Elementary School in Midorigaoka. The race usually draws about 500 runners, and the 38th had 375 entrants. The adult entry fee is ¥4,00017
Mini-Mini Winter Festival (ミニミニ冬まつり) February68 (mid-February11) A small winter event. Japanese Wikipedia gives the venue as Anyu (the Michi-no-Eki)11. No program details were found online
Local History Museum open days Early October (3–7 October in 2026) The museum's only public opening of the year, 13:00–18:00, free42
  • Shrine. Okoppe Shrine (興部神社) was founded in 189911.
  • Museum. The Local History Museum (郷土資料館) is on the second floor of the school lunch center in Higashimachi. Its exhibits cover daily life, forestry, fishing and farming, and most items were donated by residents. It has no toilets42.
  • Heritage. Yoneda Goten (米田御殿), a historic building, was named the town's Historic Heritage No. 1 in 1989. A pioneer monument (開拓発祥の碑) stands at Saruru. The town's timeline records monuments put up there for the centennial in 1988 and again for the 130th anniversary in 20188. The Okoppe Toyono Pit Dwelling Site in Toyono is a Hokkaido-designated historic site (see History)24.

Ainu heritage

Little about Ainu history in Okoppe is documented in the sources consulted. No Ainu cultural facility or living-tradition program was found in the town. The clearest traces are place names. Okoppe, Mo-Okoppe, Saruru and Rurochi all come from Ainu descriptions of the rivers and river mouths19202122. The older pit dwellings at Toyono date mostly from the Satsumon period (see History)23.

Sister & friendship cities
  • Stettler, Alberta, Canada. Sister and friendship city (姉妹友好都市) since 19908. English Wikipedia dates the link to 26 June 199010.

Sources

Numbers in the text link to these sources. Figures as of 23 September 2026

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