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Industries
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 Urakawa was originally a fishing town. This is still one
of its main industries, with salmon and kelp being its main
products. However, the industry for which Urakawa has become famous
throughout Japan is racehorses. Indeed it now leads the field in this
respect, as more horses are raised here than anywhere else in the
country. There are more than 300 thoroughbred farms in Urakawa and
they produce some of Japan's top racehorses. It was also the home of Shinzan, once
famous in Japan: born in 1960, he was the longest-surviving former
racehorse in the country. Horses are the theme of the town, with a
horse motif appearing on the lampposts and even on the manhole
covers. Urakawa is truly a horse-lover's area; postcards of the area
are available in the town. A branch office of the Japan Racing
Association (JRA) is located in Urakawa. It has established a large
scale training center in the east of the town which is managed by
the Bloodhorse Training Center Foundation (BTC). This center has
excellent facilities for the breeding and training of racehorses.
This is the only one of its kind in
Hokkaido.
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Data
- Agricultural
income:6,900,000,000 Yen (2006)
- Domestic
animals:
horses 3,463 cows 1,610 others 11 (2006)
- Fishing income: 3,549,000,000Yen (2006)
- Fishing production:
Fish
15,643tons, Shellfish 2,475tons, Seaweed 216tons (2006), Other (squid, octopus, crab
etc.) 512tons.
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