Yūbetsu, Hokkaido

Yūbetsu (湧別町, Yūbetsu-chō) is a town located in Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

As of February 2021, the town has an estimated population of 8,474.

On October 1, 2009, the town of Kamiyūbetsu was merged into Yūbetsu; both are in Monbetsu District, Okhotsk Subprefecture.

[1] Yūbetsu's mascots are Tupit (チューピット, Chūpitto) and Lip-chan (リップちゃん, Rippu-chan).

[4] Yūbetsu has been twinned with Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada, since 1998.