Biratori (平取町; -chou) is a town located in Saru District, Hidaka, Hokkaido, Japan. A town (町 chō) is a local administrative unit in Japan. ... Saru (沙流郡; -gun) is a district located in Hidaka Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. ... Hidaka Subprefecture (日高) is located Hokkaido, Japan Cities There is no city established in the subprefecture. ... Hokkaido  listen (北海道 Hokkaidō, literal meaning: North Sea Route, Ainu: Mosir), formerly known as Ezo, is the second largest island of Japan. ...

As of 2004, the town has an estimated population of 6,151 and a density of 8.28 persons per km². The total area is 743.16 km². 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

A dam was constructed in Niputani (二風谷) district, though there was a strong objection due to a sacred meaning of the place for indigenous Ainu people. Scrivener Dam, Canberra Australia, was engineered to withstand a once-in-5000-years flood event A dam (a common Teutonic word, compare to Dutch dam, Swedish and German damm, and the Gothic verb faurdammjan, to block up) is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow... For Ainu in J.R.R. Tolkiens fictional universe of Arda, see Ainur. ...

External link

• Official website (http://www2.town.biratori.hokkaido.jp/biratori/) in Japanese