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Horonobe, Sōya region, northern Hokkaidō

問寒別

といかんべつ Toikanbetsu

Toikanbetsu is a district of Horonobe with a station of the same name. The town’s school reader explains the name through soil covering the river.

Ainu spellings: トイ・カム・ペッ

Analyses

トイ・カム・ペッ

received reading

River covered by earth

Proponent: 幌延町

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