Eniwa (恵庭市, Eniwa-shi, Japanese pronunciation: [eɲiwa]) is a city in Ishikari Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

The town is separated into three major areas: Eniwa in the south, Megumino in the center, and Shimamatsu in the north.

Many farms are located around Eniwa, and the town has many manufacturing businesses, including the Sapporo Brewery Hokkaido factory.

Many artifacts have been found, including lacquered combs, beads, earthenware and stone accessories.

[6] The style is similar to those at the Ebetsu Kofun Site and northern Tōhoku historic graves.

[3] After the Matsumae clan settled on the southern tip of Hokkaido in 1590, they traded goods with the Ainu who lived in the area.

[5] When Hokkaido became a part of Japan in the early Meiji period, the area around Eniwa was incorporated into Iburi Province in 1869.

In 1906, Izari and Shimamatsu were merged to form Eniwa Village (恵庭村, Eniwa-mura), a second class municipality.

The town featured around 40 five-family apartments and additional buildings for administration and amenities, however, no restaurants or entertainment areas were constructed.

[9] After the Occupation of Japan beginning in 1945, many agricultural reforms were undertaken that made the farms around Eniwa more prosperous.

[5][13] In 1951, Company C, 52d Infantry Regiment (Anti-Tank) of the United States Army held military practices at the camp.

[2] In 1979, part of the farmland between Eniwa and Shimamatsu was developed into Megumino, a new suburb of the city.

26 km north of Eniwa is Sapporo, the largest city and prefectural capital of Hokkaido.

All of these cities are connected by the Chitose Line railway and by the Japan National Route 36.

[2] The area administered to by Eniwa extends north to the Shimamatsu river and stops at the border to Naganuma township in Sorachi Subprefecture.

The average daily low temperature is between 5-6 degrees lower than Sapporo, 26 km to the north near the Sea of Japan, and 4-5 degrees lower than in Tomakomai, 28 km to the south on the coast of the Pacific Ocean.

[25] Rice in Eniwa is generally made up of the Yume Pirika, Nanatsu Boshi, Oborozuki and Fukkurinko.

Vegetables with 100 ha or more dedicated space include wheat, soybeans, sugar beet, potatoes and daikon (Japanese radish).

Other farmed vegetables include ebisu kabocha pumpkins, carrots, adzuki beans and cabbages.

Pumpkin-flavored soft serve, manjū and soup can be bought at the Flower Road Eniwa roadside station.

Morinaga Milk Industry built its Sapporo Factory in Eniwa in 1961; in April 2013 it halted all manufacturing there, leaving the site as a delivery depot.

There are a variety of Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and Christian churches in Eniwa.

[30] Daian-ji was initially established as a terakoya school for the children of Eniwa in 1887, but grew to be a temple in 1911.

In addition, the land around the banks of the Izari River is considered urban open space.

In 2006, an agricultural theme park called Ecorin Village was built in Eniwa.

[37] Within the urban borders of Eniwa are several park golf grounds, a sport created in Hokkaido.

Outside of the city, the Eniwa Country Club features three nine-hole golf courses.

The largest, the Hokkaido High-Technology College, is a multi-discipline school, with four faculties: technology, medicine, education and recovery/sports science.

In addition to these, Kinki University has its Hokkaido seminar house for natural resource research in Eniwa.

In the spring and summer, community organisations plant flowers around the city's public gardens, leading to the moniker 'Gardening Town' (ガーデニングのまち, gādeningu no machi).