title: Shihoro, Hokkaido
text: # Shihoro, Hokkaido
  
  Shihoro (士幌町, Shihoro-chō) is a town located in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
  
  As of September 2016, the town had an estimated population of 6,234 and a density of 24 persons per $km^2.$ The total area is 259.13 $km^2.$
  
  ## Mascot
  
  Shihoro's mascot is Daichi-kun (大地くん). He is an joyful and dynamic blue alien. He is shaped like a "shi" (士). His gooey body contains a pink heart representing love, a yellow star for hope and dreams, a white mountain symbolizing the Nupukaushi-nupuri mountain range and a green tree representing nature. Enthusiasm and harmonious development is his goal. In other versions, he is depicted as a young human boy.
  
  