Ōzora, Hokkaido

Ōzora is a town located in Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
Ōzora was formed on March 31, 2006, as a result of the merger of the town of Memanbetsu, and the village of Higashimokoto.
Memanbetsu Village split from the Town of Abashiri in 1921, and Higashimokoto Village split from Abashiri Town on February 11, 1947. Therefore, all of Ōzora's territory once was a part of Abashiri.
Many places in Ōzora, such as the train stations, the airport, and the high school are named after the former town of Memanbetsu, and Japanese airlines use "Memanbetsu" to refer to "Ōzora" as a destination.

WWW town.ozora.hokkaido.jp

Education

Ōzora operates public elementary and junior high schools.
In the Higashimokoto area:

Higashimokoto Agricultural High School
Higashimokoto Elementary School
Higashimokoto Junior High School

In the Memanbetsu area:

Memanbetsu Elementary School
Memanbetsu Junior High School

Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education operates Memanbetsu High School in Ōzora.

Transportation

Hokkaido Railway Company operates two stations on the Sekihoku Main Line:

Memanbetsu Airport is located in Ōzora.

Mascot

Ōzora's mascot is Soralucky, a cute anthropomorphic jet airliner. It was designed in 2006, unveiled in March 2007 and it was further revised in December 2014 with addition of jet engines, windows and other miscellaneous details such as the town emblem on its tail.