Abashiri, Hokkaido

Abashiri 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).
==Arenas and venues==
*Abashiri City North Community Center
*Abashiri Kita Community Center
*Abashiri Riverside Park Special Ring
*Utsukushima North Community Center
*Watanabe Machine Service Special Outdoor Ring
==Events==
==Wrestlers==
*Kazuo Sakurada
==External links==
* on Wikipedia
Category:Japanese towns