IT-related Industry

Industrial Support Services Industry

IT-related Industries Concentrated in “Sapporo Valley” Becoming
Major Industry in Hokkaido

A Growing Industrial Support Services Industry

IT Becoming a Major Industry

Ideal Conditions Such as Lower Oﬃce Rent and Easier Recruitment than Major Japanese Cities

10,0002,000

Department of Engineering
670 people
Graduate School of Information Science 219 people
395 people
Department of Engineering
260 people(Private) Hokkai Gakuen University Department of Engineering
Graduate School of Engineering 16 people
Graduate School
392 people(Private) Hokkaido University of Science Department of Engineering
Graduate School of Engineering 27 people
Graduate School
150 people(Private) Hokkaido University of Science Junior College

1,000

220 people(Private) Hokkaido Information University Department of Information Media
Department of Management Information 120 people
Department of Medical Information
80 people
Graduate School
Graduate School of Management Information 15 people(National) Kitami Institute of Technology Department of Engineering 410 people
Graduate school Graduate School of Engineering 120 people

Asahikawa
Kitami02002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 (FY)
（H25）
（H26）
（H27）
（H28）
（H29）
（H14）
（H15）
（H16）
（H17）
（H18）
（H19）
（H20）
（H21）
（H22）
（H23）
（H24）

0

(Private) Tokyo University of Science Graduate
School of Engineering
360 people
SapporoChitoseComparison of number of employees in Hokkaido's information industry and number of
employees in Hokkaido's manufacturing industries
0

8,000

16,00075,000100,000(persons)

Food manufacturing industry

76,851(Reference) Information industry

21,156（12.6％）

Metal product manufacturing industry

10,744

EbetsuOshamambe(National) Muroran Institute of Technology
Department of Engineering
600 people
Graduate School
Graduate School of Engineering
239 people

Muroran(National) National Institute of Technology, Kushiro College 160 people
Kushiro(Private) Chitose Institute of Science and Technology Faculty of Science and Technology 240 people
Graduate School
Graduate School of Light Science 23 people
Tomakomai(National) National Institute of Technology, Tomakomai College 200 people

Hakodate

6,862*The number of people shown is the enrollment capacity*The ﬁgure for the Oshamambe Campus of the Tokyo University of Science is for the ﬁrst year only.

Printing and related industries

6,861(Source: Private Schools Division, Legal Affairs and Corporations Bureau, Department of General Affairs, Hokkaido Government)

Electronic parts, device and electronic
circuit manufacturing industry

6,349

Iron and steel industry

6,210

Pulp, paper and paper productmanufacturing industry
Ceramic, stone and clay products
manufacturing industry
Production machinery equipment
manufacturing industry
Plastic product manufacturing industry(excluding those listed elsewhere)
Beverage, tobacco and livestock feed
manufacturing industries

6,094

3,587

Chemical industry

3,424

16,47910,0005,000(Source: Sanko Estate)

Map of underground network

3,253

Manufacturing industry total
167,770

Source: 2017 Report on Confirmed Industrial Statistics (Hokkaido Report) (Hokkaido Government)

An Account of Business and Life in Hokkaido from a Company that Relocated for
HR and Risk Diversiﬁcation Reasons

22 BUSINESS LOCATION GUIDEBOOK HOKKAIDO

Subway Station
Susukino Station

70

70

60

60

50

40
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
（H22）
（H23）
（H24）
（H25）
（H26）
（H27）
（H28）
（H29）
（H30）
Number of full-time employees
Number of companies●Full-time employee refers to an employee receiving employment
insurance, health insurance and pension (short-term part-time
employees are excluded from the number of employees).
(Source: Sapporo City Government)0

Subway Station
Bus Center Mae
Station

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Hokkaido
Okinawa
Fukuoka
MiyazakiMiyagi
Aomori
Niigata
Kumamoto
Nagasaki
Saga

99
98
74
51
44
38
17
16
15
15

*Excludes Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Saitama and Aichi(RIC TELECOM: Call Centers White Paper 2018)

Number of Subway
Services(per day on weekdays)

Other public
transport

Sapporo994 services

Trains (JR), buses,
streetcars

Sendai

634 services

Trains (JR), buses

Fukuoka

825 services

Trains (JR), buses■Winter Room Temperatures
20.73
No.1 nationwide

Hokkaido
18.44

Miyagi

19.27

Aichi

18.92

Osaka

19
19.33

Fukuoka

20.64

Okinawa
17.0

Underground walkway

80

76

Tokyo

INTAGE Inc. (Sapporo Branch)

The INTAGE group is Japan's leading market research company. It has the world's 10th
greatest sales in the market research ﬁeld, and has oﬃces in the USA, China, Hong Kong,
South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Singapore and Indonesia.
INTAGE, the backbone of the group, opened an Internet-based market research oﬃce in
Sapporo, Hokkaido in July 2015 for the following reasons:
1. The pool of information-industry personnel in Sapporo
2. To diversify risk in case of natural disasters
The oﬃce was relocated in July 2018 to expand INTAGE's business in Sapporo.
The ﬂoor space has been increased and more workers are being hired.
Local staﬀ are accompanied by transfers from Tokyo and people who are making a "U-turn"(return to their hometown from major cities), "I-turn" (move to Hokkaido from elsewhere in
Japan) or "J-turn" (return to Hokkaido from elsewhere), providing new perspectives andsynergistic eﬀects.
Despite the cold winters, workers have experienced no discomfort, reporting that the oﬃces
are warmer than those they left behind in Tokyo thanks to excellent heating and insulation,and that road heating has made many of Sapporo's sidewalks easy to walk on.

76

86

There are various forms of convenient public transport to
Sapporo Station from the outlying suburbs. There is also
a 1,700m underground passage running north to southfrom the oﬃce district around Sapporo Station to
Susukino, allowing door-to-door commuting that will not
be aﬀected by weather.
The winter room temperature is the warmest in Japanand summer temperatures are cool. Your employees will
be able to work in a warm and comfortable workplaceeven in winter.

Subway Station
Sapporo Station

Subway Station
Odori Station

93

100
96 90

■Number of Call Centers (as of July 2018)

An Easy Commute and a Comfortable Oﬃce
Environment in Sapporo

JR Sapporo Station

4,592

2,780

58

29,90026,500 27,100

84

17,10015,000 13,600

5,981

Textile industry

24,90022,000 22,000

25,00020,000

4,856

Furniture and accessory
manufacturing industry

No. of companies
33,900 110

19,740(Public) Future University Hakodate Department of Systems Information Science
240 people
Graduate School
Graduate School of Systems Information Science 60 people(National) National Institute of Technology, Hakodate College 200 people

Transportation machinery equipment
manufacturing industry
Wood and wood product manufacturingindustry (excluding furniture)

8,675

18,780Fukuoka(Tenjin)(National) Hokkaido University
Graduate School(persons)
35,00030,00020,00018,00016,000 15,581 14,413
14,00012,00010,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0

Osaka
(Umeda, Dojima,
Nakanoshima)

3,000 2,886(National) National Institute of Technology, Asahikawa College 160 people■Employment in Call Centers and Backup Oﬃces

41,038(Private) Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University Department of Information Media 50 people

Wakkanai

3,243
3,014 3,172(unit: yen per 3.3m2)
42,000

Nagoya(Meieki)Number of employees
Employees
20,808 21,156(persons)
19,950 19,656 19,674 19,865 20,234 20,306 20,521
20,0004,306 4,391
16,476
4,213
4,152 4,187
4,117
4,093
3,956 3,852
3,823
4,000 16,923 17,348 17,346
3,791 3,909
19,138 19,053 19,561■Comparison of Oﬃce Rent
(as of end of January 2019)

Tokyo(Marunouchi)

Sales
Sales
(hundred million yen)
5,000

■Universities, etc. in Hokkaido with an engineeringor informatics department (FY2018)

An increasing number of companies have been establishing call centers or oﬃces for some head oﬃce functions in Hokkaido in recent years, particularly in Sapporo. Wages andoﬃce rent are lower than in major Japanese cities and there is a low risk of a disaster occurring in both Hokkaido and regions such as the Tokyo metropolitan area at the same time,making it an ideal location. Hokkaido is also ideal for companies considering a location for a call center, as the Japanese spoken in Hokkaido is similar to standard Japanese, with nostrong dialect. There are now 96 call centers and backup oﬃces in Sapporo, with 33,900 employees.

Sendai(Ekimae Honcho)■IT Becoming a Major Industry

Hokkaido has 10 universities, 1 junior college, and 4 technical high schools withengineering or informatics departments in 11 municipalities (10 cities and 1 town).
The enrollment capacity is around 5,600 people, with many highly skilled
personnel graduating from these courses each year.

Sapporo(Minamiguchi)

According to “Hokkaido IT Report 2018, ” published by the Hokkaido Information
and Communication Technology Association, Hokkaido’s IT industry’s sales for thatyear totaled 439.1 billion yen, marking 5 consecutive years of sales exceeding 400
billion yen. It is Hokkaido’ s second largest source of manufacturing employment
after the food production industry, accounting for 12.6% of all manufacturing jobs
in Hokkaido.

Engineering and Information Universities
Supporting IT-Related Industry

18.0

19.0

20.0

21.0（℃）(Source: Weather News, Inc.)

Underground walkway opened in March 2011

Hokkaido Attracting Attention as a Backup Base forAﬂac (Sapporo)
Head Oﬃce Functions
After the Great East Japan Earthquake, AFLAC reviewed their business continuity plan and decided to diversify risk bydispersing their operations, setting up a new oﬃce in Sapporo for part of their system development department (contract
management, sales support, corporate functions, contact center, etc.) They decided to set up a Sapporo System
Development Oﬃce after various location promotion eﬀorts by the Hokkaido Prefectural Government and Sapporo City
Government, who worked with agencies such as Hello Work to provide information on life in Hokkaido and the personnel
that the company could hope to employ. The Sapporo System Development Oﬃce was opened on April 1, 2016. It is staﬀed
with a combination of existing employees transferred from Tokyo and new employees hired locally, and is designed so that
AFLAC can continue to carry out the system development operations necessary for continuity of the business in the eventthat the system development department in the Tokyo area cannot function due to situations such as natural disasters.

BUSINESS LOCATION GUIDEBOOK HOKKAIDO

23

Health and Longevity-related Industries

Industrial Base

Increasing Cluster of Health and Longevity-related
Businesses as a Result of Hokkaido's Favorable Conditions

Industrial Complexes for New Business Activities

Pharmaceutical, Medical Equipment and Bio-Related Companies Expanding into Hokkaido

Draw cards include low costs and diverse industrial complexes

An increasing number of health and longevity-related companies from other prefectures have chosen Hokkaido as a business location in recent years for reasons such as theincreasing concentration of medical universities, the low risk of a disaster occurring in both Hokkaido and regions such as the Tokyo metropolitan area at the same time, and theabundance of agricultural, forestry and marine products that are expected to be used as functional ingredients. Hokkaido is aiming to create an industry cluster from coreindustries such as food-related industries and the tourism industry, along with the health and longevity ﬁeld, a growing manufacturing industry in Hokkaido. To encourage
Hokkaido companies to enter these industries and encourage relevant companies outside Hokkaido to set up business facilities here, we are providing information on promisingresearch by Hokkaido medical universities and promoting the technical capabilities of Hokkaido manufacturers that have entered health and longevity-related industries.

■Health and Longevity-related Companies that Have
Expanded into Hokkaido in Recent Years■Basic Principles for Promoting Hokkaido's
Health and Longevity Industry

Years in operation<Directions of Initiative>

Company

Field

Head office Location (municipality)○ Promotion of Hokkaido as a businesslocation○ Encouragement of local businesses toenter the industry○ Promotion of ventures into the industry

2008（H20） Shionogi & Co., Ltd

Pharmaceutical

Osaka

Sapporo2010（H22） TSUMURA & CO.

Pharmaceutical

Tokyo

Yubari2013（H25） Hamari Chemicals, Ltd.

Pharmaceutical

Osaka

Chitose2013（H25） NSK

Functional Foods

Aichi

Kitami2014（H26） Cokey Co., Ltd.

Functional Foods

Tokyo

Hakodate

Food-related ManufacturingTokyo

Kitahiroshima

Functional foods
and biotechnology-relatedindustry

Medical equipment2016（H28） Nakakita Yakuhin Co., Ltd.

Pharmaceutical

Aichi

Kitahiroshima

2016（H28） Nipro Corporation

Pharmaceutical

Osaka

SapporoCosmetics

Tokyo

Shiraoi■Example of a Health and Longevity-related Company
Located in Hokkaido (Nakakita Yakuhin Co., Ltd.)
Nakakita Yakuhin Co., Ltd. (head oﬃce: Aichi) is a general pharmaceutical company with ahistory spanning 290 years. They carry out a wide range of operations related to medical
and medicinal products, from production to wholesale, distribution and customer support.
They built a new factory in Kitahiroshima, a city located between downtown Sapporo and
New Chitose Airport, due to a need for risk diversiﬁcation and the abundant, high-quality
groundwater in the area. The factory
mainly produces oral liquid medicine. Their
corporate activities are closely linked to thecommunity, including recruitment at
Hokkaido's universities and technicalcolleges and production of medicinal winewith Hokkaido wine as the main
ingredient.

Growing cluster of automobile
manufacturers, particularly in thearea around New Chitose Airport

Pharmaceutical andMedical Equipment
Manufacturing

Core Industries
in Hokkaido

2015（H27） Nihon Unisys, Ltd.

2017（H29） Natural Science Co., Ltd.

Manufacturing Industry

Hokkaido's industrial land prices are extremely low, among the lowest in Japan. Land is for sale in 102 industrial complexes in Hokkaido.
There are industrial complexes in various locations throughout Hokkaido. A total of 14,876ha of land is used for purposes such as factories, with 5,837ha for sale. (As of May 2018)■Average price of industrial land (2018, yen per ㎡)
National
average(persons)

2,276 2,400
2,199
Others2,096
6 2,200
Agri-bio
1,757
1,544
7 6 83 2,000
1,574
Research support
1,543
5 81
6
73
Medical & pharmaceutical 1,4241,527
1,800
5
6
6
139 1,600
Functional food
1,324 7 73 70 69 73 78
74
and cosmetics
136
138
6

Employees

1,221
76
9

140
152 148

144

1,400

144

124 1,200

142
113 111907 69 114
848 871117
11
746
105 106
5 10
89
118 114584
3 50 51 72
510
99 112
2 44
457
50
285
1 34
91
93
85
256 26414
18 1 41 50 57
201 20521 18
164 191150
15 15 17 18 20
136
125 130
32
69 71 73 72
39 54 63

1,000
800
600
400
200

0
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 (FY)（H11）（H12）（H13）（H14）（H15）（H16）（H17）（H18）（H19）（H20）（H21）（H22）（H23）（H24）（H25）（H26）（H27）（H28）(Source: Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI Hokkaido))(Note: The ﬁgures for 2016 are projections. The ﬁgures for 2015 and earlier are actual results.)

24 BUSINESS LOCATION GUIDEBOOK HOKKAIDO

Shizuoka

Aichi

Hyogo

Fukuoka

11,60019,30021,10017,70047,20057,60048,40027,000yen per m2

yen per m2

yen per m2

yen per m2

yen per m2

yen per m2

yen per m2

yen per m2

yen per m2(Source: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)
Core Industries
in Hokkaido

Aims○ To revitalize the local economy
through a health and longevity
industry cluster○ To contribute to improving thehealth of people in Hokkaido

Tourism and services-related industry
Health services-relatedindustry<Directions of Initiative><Directions of Initiative>○ Promotion of Hokkaido as a businesslocation○ Use of Hokkaido ingredients and materials○ Development and promotion of newservices○ Expansion of services throughout the area

Ishikari Bay New Port Area

Central Hokkaido Sunagawa
una
Industrial Complexx

Sorachi Industrial Complex

Support the expansion of these three ﬁelds throughresearch and development, market expansion, etc.
<Directions of Initiative>○ Promotion of research, development and commercialization○ Market expansion and creation of demand■Wide range of functional materials and research opportunities
・Functional materials dictionary (pictured left)
This resource details the characteristics of Hokkaido's abundant food materials and medicinal plants.
・Collection of Health and Medical Research Opportunities (pictured right)
This resource describes research opportunities inﬁelds related to health and medicine, from pharmaceutics and medical devices to functional materials,
at institutes such as Hokkaido's medical universities.

According to the Hokkaido Bio Report 2017 from the Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI Hokkaido), Hokkaido's bio industry achieved sales of 63.8 billion yen in the2016 ﬁscal year - an increase of 8.1% on the previous year and over six times greater than sales 17 years ago. Its employment numbers have also more than quadrupled in that time, with
2,276 employees today (an increase of 3.5% on the previous year). The industry has thus become a major source of employment and support for the local economy. It oﬀers particularly
great possibilities for the functional food industry thanks to Hokkaido's abundant agricultural and marine resources and food research cluster. Much high-proﬁle research anddevelopment is being carried out by Hokkaido's companies and other relevant organizations for purposes such as utilization of Hokkaido's original food function display system.
Created in 2013 and known aﬀectionately as "Healthy Do," the system is the only food function certiﬁcation system in Japan and is used by local government bodies nationwide.

700
650
600
550
500
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0

Niigata■Industrial Complexes to Meet a Variety of Needs

Backing Steady Growth of Bio Industries Using Hokkaido Ingredients and Materials(hundred million yen)Gunma

33,436

Chitose Airport Industrial Complex■The Clinical Study of Food: Ebetsu Model(Hokkaido Information University)
The Clinical Study of Food: Ebetsu Model operated by Hokkaido Information University is a system
unmatched by almost any other system in the world. Scientiﬁc intervention testing on food safety
and functionality is conducted in cooperation with the community, enabling eﬃcient, low-cost
testing. Ebetsu has a proliﬁc crop and livestock farming industry and is designated as a food zone
due to its agglomeration of testing andresearch institutes and universities, providing
the ideal conditions for research anddevelopment of functional foods. An
ongoing testing framework has been put inplace and is maintained by volunteers,
including members of the community. The
system is also designed so that it can beused by small and medium companies.

Nishiko Waterfront Industrial Complex

See“INDUSTRIAL PARKS IN HOKKAIDO”
for more details.
Search for INDUSTRIAL PARKS IN HOKKAIDO.

Tomakomai Western Industrial Zone

■Sales Trends of Hokkaido’s Biotechnology Companies (by category)Miyagi

Hokkaido

Tomakomai Tobu Area

Toyosawa Industrial Complex■Main Industrial Complexes in Hokkaido (*complexes with over 20ha of land for sale) (As of May 2018)
Industrial Complex

Location

Size of Potential Industrial
Sites (ha) For Sale

Sale Price (yen/ ㎡ )LowestHighest■Main industrial complexes where
groundwater can be supplied(unit: ㎥/day)

Municipality

Industrial Complex

Volume ofAccessible
Groundwater

Tomakomai Tobu Area

Tomakomai, Abira, Atsuma

5,500.0

4,478.0

9,000

15,500

MemuroNo. 5 Industrial Complex

8,800

Ishikari Bay New Port Area

Ishikari, Otaru

1,210.6

145.8

12,00015,000EbetsuRTN Park

8,000

Sorachi Industrial Complex

Bibai, Naie

247.3

109.9

690 (*420 for large lots) 1,070(*630 for large lots)

Chitose

Chitose Airport Industrial Complex

8,000

Chitose Vivi World

Chitose

108.4

80.9

9,000

Chitose

Chitose Delivery Complex

4,000

Akenokita Industrial Complex

Tomakomai

131.1

65.5

10,300 (average unit price)

ChitoseNo. 4 Industrial Complex

3,500

Utonai Housing/Commercial Complex

Tomakomai

65.8

58.8

15,500～

Date

Nagawa Industrial Complex

2,500

Tomakomai Western Industrial Zone

Tomakomai

1,155.855.7

9,300～

ChitoseVivi World

2,000

Chitose Airport Industrial Complex

Chitose

214.4

45.1

9,000

Kitami

Kitami Industrial Complex

1,500

New Chitose Airport Logistics Center

Chitose

33.6

33.6

14,000～21,000

Shibetsu

Ekinan Industrial Complex

1,440

Central Hokkaido Sunagawa Industrial Complex

Sunagawa

74.8

26.9

2,000～Sunagawa

Central Hokkaido Sunagawa
Industrial Complex

1,226

Minami Sorachi Distribution Complex

Iwamizawa

35.1

24.6

11,500 (average unit price)

KitamiHigh-Tech Park

1,200

Consultation available

ChitoseScience Park

1,000

ChitoseNeshikoshi Business Complex

1,000

Hirosato Industrial Complex

Fukagawa

49.2

24.3

Chitose Delivery Complex

Chitose

30.2

23.9

15,00020,000(Extracted from complexes for sale where over 1,000 ㎥ of groundwater per day can be obtained)

BUSINESS LOCATION GUIDEBOOK HOKKAIDO

25

Industrial Base with “Double Ports” Connecting it to the WorldTomakomai
Tobu Area

The Largest Production and Logistics Base in the Sapporo Area

Expansive Areas and Low Costs: The Best Site for Large-Scale Industry

Over 700 Emerging Businesses

One of the Largest Industrial Bases in Japan

Excellent Location: Just 15km or a 30-minute Drive fromCentral Sapporo

Abira

The Tomakomai Tobu Area, or Tomatoh, is a vast industrial base with a total area of 10,700ha, located in theindustrial hub of central Hokkaido.
The area has excellent land, sea and air access, including New Chitose Airport, the Port of Tomakomai and major
highways and railways. It also has an abundant natural environment with a favorable climate.
The total area of land for sale is 5,500ha, including large-scale lots of over 100ha.

New
Chitose
Airport

SapporoTomakomai

AtsumaTomakomai
Tobu Area

Ishikari Bay
New Port Area

The largest industrial complex in the Sapporo area, the “Ishikari Bay New Port Area” is just 15km or a 30-minutedrive from central Sapporo. It boasts a total area of approximately 3,000ha and centers on Ishikari Bay New Port,an international trading port that serves as the sea gateway to Sapporo.

Powered by Sapporo’s Metropolitan Area
“Double Ports” Provide Great Domestic andInternational Access
Located near the “double ports” of the Port of Tomakomai and New Chitose Airport, the Tomatoh Area isJapan’ s largest industrial base, with great domestic and overseas access. It is also an optimal backup base forlarge plant factories and data centers.
■Airports
Tomatoh is located 10km from New Chitose Airport, Japan's ﬁrst 24-hour international airport. The airport has
two 3,000m runways, oﬀers ﬂights to and from 23 major cities in Japan and is served by 20 international routes,
with regular passenger ﬂights to and from Shanghai, Taipei and Seoul.
■HarborTomakomai Port is an international hub handling over half of Hokkaido's harbor freight and the largest volume ofdomestic freight in Japan from 2001 - 2018, a consecutive 17 years. It is serviced by seven regular ferry routes acrossbodies of water such as the Paciﬁc Ocean and Sea of Japan (60 services per week). It is also serviced by 14 coastalroll-on/roll-oﬀ container ship routes (48 services per week) and 8 ocean container ship routes (8.5 services per week).
■National Motorways
There are three national motorway interchanges in Tomatoh. It takes about 60 minutes to reach Sapporo.
■Railway
Tomakomai Station is serviced by three passenger railway lines. It is about 19 hours by train from the Tomakomai
Cargo Terminal to Tokyo.

More Regular Ship
Routes than Almost
Anywhere in Japan(Coastal)

Regular
Cargo
RoutesAkita

NiigataTsuruga
NagoyaOsaka

Tomakomai
Port

Hachinohe
MiyakoThe Sapporo area has a population of around 2.5 million. Around 1.15 million of these people are of working
age, and there is an abundance of highly skilled young full-time and part-time workers.
The port area is also fully equipped with a prefecturally-managed wastewater treatment plant and private
industrial waste disposal facility, and lies on the New Hokkaido Expressway (Route 337), which is currently
under construction. When the expressway is completed, it will provide a direct link to New Chitose Airport andmajor cities in Hokkaido.

View of Ishikari Bay New Port area from central Sapporo■Sapporo Area Access Map

Sendai-Shiogama

Hitachinaka
Oarai
Shimizu

KeihinSapporoOkadama
AirportOtaru
More Regular Ship Routes than Almost Anywherein Japan (Ocean)DalianQingdao
ShanghaiNingboSapporoTomakomai Port
Ulsan
Busan New Port
Busan
Gwangyang

VancouverTacomaNew
Hokkaido
Expressway
National
Motorways
Highway
RailwayJR

Manila South Port

Ishikari Bay New Port: a huge industrial area around the“Port of Sapporo”

High Potential as an Industrial Area

Tomakomai Biomass Power Station
Mega Solar site
Plant factory using
trigeneration

CCS veriﬁcation testing facility
Tomatoh-Atsuma Electric Power Station

An Industrial Complex that Co-exists with Nature…Cool, Stable Climate Means Less Air-Conditioning■Approximately 30% of the Tomatoh area (3,200ha) has been set aside as green spaces, complementing the rivers, mountain
forests and living areas for wild birds to create an abundant natural environment around the industrial complex.
■Tomakomai City has a comfortable climate: it has lighter snowfall than other places in Hokkaido and rarely sees temperatures
above 25°C or below -10°C. This keeps air conditioning costs low throughout the year, making the city an ideal site for facilities
such as large-scale factories or data centers.
(1) Snow Accumulation: Around 1/4 of that in Sapporo(2) Average Temperature: Around the same as that in Karuizawa

Route 36

LegendAccumulation of a Diverse Range of Energy-Related Facilities

Tomakomai Thermal
Electric Power Station

Ishikari

Ishikari Bay
New Port Area

OppamaThus far, over 700 companies have decided to expand into the Ishikari Bay New
Port Area. It serves as a base for a wide range of Sapporo business activities
including production such as food products, machinery and metals, along with
Hokkaido's largest concentration of frozen and refrigerated warehouses andlogistics ﬁelds such as wholesale, storage and transpor tation. Recent
developments include the current construction of Japan's largest LNG terminal
along with an environmentally-friendly data center that makes use of the region's
cold climate. These highlight the Sapporo area's steady expansion as an industrial
area.

An energy supply base for awide range of energy sources
LNG (Liqueﬁed Natural Gas) terminals are being built in the Ishikari
Bay New Port area to receive LNG from overseas and supply it
throughout Hokkaido. The area also receives and supplies oil
products such as kerosene, light oil and gasoline.
The Ishikari Bay New Port area is also becoming a Hokkaido energy
supply hub. LNG thermal power stations and wind power stations arebeing built in the area,and energ y - relate dindustries are expected
to b e concentr ate dthere in future.

Ishikari Bay New Port Area

Under
development
JR
ChitoseLine

HOKKAIDO
EXPRESSWAY

New Hokkaido
Expressway(Route 337)

New Chitose Airport⇒60 minutes from New Chitose Airport⇒30 minutes from JR Sapporo Station■Number of Locations and Operating Companies(Area unit: ha)
Established companies Operating companies
Number of Area Number of Area
companies
companies
Industrial Area

489 551.0

424 476.0

Distribution Area

215 233.0

204 209.4

Management Support Area

15

31.4

13

18.4

Harbor Area

19

84.9

17

55.5

Total

738 900.3

658 759.3

As of the end of December 2018

TOYO SUISAN KAISHA, LTD.
(Industrial District)

Note 1) Including public oﬃces such as the Hokkaido Government and Otaru and Ishikari City Governments
Note 2) Numbers of companies and areas include sites for cooperatives (6 cooperatives with a total of 146 companies)

A Gateway to the World
Ishikari Bay New Port is serviced by regular direct ocean container routes to and from South Korea, China
and the Philippines, and is parto f a g l o b a l n e t w o r k t h a t ■A Network Linking Japan to the Global Community
connects it with regions such as
RussiaChina, Southeast Asia, North
EuropeChina
America and Europe.
Ishikari Bay New PortThe foreign trade container
Tianjin New Port
Dalianservices mainly import wood
Qingdao
Vladivostok
VaninoLianyungang
products, industrial chemicals
NakhodkaSouth Korea
such as dyes, paint and synthetic
Shanghai
KorsakovBusan
Ningboresin and other industrial
Hong Kong
Tomakomai
chemical products, and export
Kaohsiungre c y cl e d mater ials , ﬁsh er y
products and automobile parts.
SapporoManilaA winning entry from the photo contest sponsored by Tomatoh Inc.

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LNG ship (Chuofuto)

Southeast Asia,
Oceania, etc.

North America, etc.
Regular Foreign Trade Container Shipping Routes

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