Kamikawa Subprefecture

Kamikawa (上川総合振興局, Kamikawa-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.

The name is derived from Kamikawa no hitobito no Shūraku (Village of the Upstream People), a translation of the Ainu Peni Unguri Kotan.

[citation needed] Settlement began in 1867.

The sub-prefecture was established in 1897.

In the subprefecture, Asahikawa Airport stretches over the outskirts of Asahikawa City and Higashikagura in Kamikawa (Ishikari) District.

Kamikawa Subprefecture (without Horokanai)