What is Asahikawa?
{{Infobox settlement | name = {{raise|0.2em|Asahikawa}} | official_name = | native_name = {{lower|0.1em|{{nobold|{{nobold|{{lang|ja|旭川市}}}}}}}} | native_name_lang = ja | settlement_type = [[Core cities of Japan|Core city]] | other_name = <!-- images, nickname, motto --> | image_skyline = Asahikawa Montage.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = '''Top''':Asahikawa Museum of Sculpture, [[Asahiyama Zoo|Asahiyama Animal Park]], '''Middle''':[[Ramen|Asahikawa Ramen noodle]], [[Kamuy|Kamuy Kotan]], '''Bottom''':Panoramic view of Asahi Bridge and Taisetsu Mountain Range, (all item of left to right) | image_flag = Flag of Asahikawa, Hokkaido.svg | image_seal = Emblem of Asahikawa, Hokkaido.svg | seal_type = Emblem <!-- maps and coordinates --> | image_map = Asahikawa in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Asahikawa in [[Kamikawa Subprefecture]], [[Hokkaido]] |image_map1 = Indicator map for Kamikawa and Sorachi Subprefecture in Hokkaido Japan.svg | map_caption1 = Location of [[Kamikawa Subprefecture]] in Hokkaido | pushpin_map = Japan | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Japan | coordinates = {{coord|43|46|N|142|22|E|region:JP-01|display=it}} | coordinates_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> <!-- location --> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Japan | subdivision_type1 = [[List of regions of Japan|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Hokkaido]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Prefectures of Japan|Prefecture]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Hokkaido]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Districts of Japan|District]] | subdivision_name3 = <!-- established --> | established_title = First official recorded | established_date = 1877 | established_title2 = City Settled | established_date2 = August 1, 1922 | extinct_title = Now part of | extinct_date = | founder = | named_for = <!-- seat, smaller parts --> | seat_type = <!-- defaults to: Seat --> | seat = <!-- government type, leaders --> | government_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | leader_party =