Monbetsu City
Eastern Hokkaido
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A vibrant port town of spectacular drift ice and Okhotsk's ocean bounty
Population：19,800
Mombetsu City, located on the central Okhotsk coast, is a historic port town with a population of 23,000. It thrives as a hub for fishing, seafood processing, agriculture, and forestry. The city is famous for its winter drift ice, which covers the sea in a breathtaking blanket of white. Visitors can witness this spectacle aboard the Garinko icebreaker. Blessed with premium seafood like crab and scallops, Mombetsu aims to be a vibrant city where people thrive by utilizing the abundant gifts of the ice and the earth.
