It was the largest municipality in Japan until the merger of Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture on February 1, 2005.

Main industries of the town include dairying and farming of sugar beet and wheat.

Lake Onnetō is a major attraction of the town and is a part of Akan National Park.

[1] Ashoro is influenced by the Tokachi inland climate; temperature differences are large with less precipitation but have many sunny days.

[1] Per Japanese census data,[4] the population of Ashoro has steadily dwindled over the past half-century.

In 2004 Ashoro issued the "Declaration of a Town that Promotes Pasture-Based Dairy Farming" to utilize the large expanses of grassland which can be found in the hilly and mountainous areas.

83% of the towns land is forested and the local Japanese larch wood is used for new public buildings.

[1] The town government plans to build a local system that provides biomass resources and ways to use them.

The old rail station has now become a tourist landmark celebrating the town's history and significant figures.

[6] Various baseball diamonds and soccer fields exist as well in the winter elementary schools create speed skating rinks.

[7] Her appearance can be described as a large, more proportionate pink foot, with sparkling eyes, a friendly looking smiling face, short legs, and arms.

[8] Both versions of Ayumi-chan are considered to be athletic and take part in different town sporting events.

[9] In 2021, the town released Ayumi-chan LINE stickers of both characters for Japan's commonly used messaging app.

The motive behind sending all grade 10 students was to curb declining enrollments at Ashoro High School.

The Coordinator of International Relations position was created to ease communications between Wetaskiwin and Ashoro.