Abashiri is a city located in Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
Abashiri is known as the site of the Abashiri Prison, a Meiji-era facility used for the incarceration of political prisoners. The old prison has been turned into a museum, but the city's new maximum-security prison is still in use.
As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 40,333 and a density of 85.6 persons per km2. The total area is 470.94 km2.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abashiri
Coordinates 44°1'14.17" N 144°16'23.533" E
