| Year |
Development |
| 1869 |
Ezo renamed Hokkaido, Kamikawa becomes part of Ishikawa Province |
| 1885 |
Michitoshi Iwamura and Takeshiro Nagayama enter Kamikawa and survey the land from atop Chikabumi Mountain |
| 1890 |
Asahikawa, Kagura, and Nagayama Village are established in Kamikawa |
| 1891 |
Nagayama Village becomes part of Tondenhei (Followed by Asahikawa Village (Present day Higashi Asahikawa) the following year) |
| 1893 |
Asahikawa Class 3 Post and Telegraph Office opens |
| 1897 |
Asahikawa Police Department opens |
| 1897 |
Kamikawa District Office Moved to Asahikawa |
| 1897 |
Branch Office established and District Office discontinued |
| 1898 |
Kamikawa railroad line opens between Takikawa and Asahikawa |
| 1900 |
Asahikawa "Village" becomes Asahikawa "Town" |
| 1901 |
Imperial Japanese Army 7th Division HQ moves from Sapporo to Asahikawa |
| 1902 |
Domestic record low of -41 degrees celsius recorded |
| 1902 |
Primary Town and Village System Established |
| 1904 |
First construction of Asahibashi Bridge Completed |
| 1907 |
Railroad line established between Asahikawa and Kushiro |
| 1908 |
Asahikawa Electric Ltd. (now Hokkaido Electric) begins providing Asahikawa with electricity |
| 1912 |
Colonel Lerch 7th division begins teaching ski lessons to the Imperial Japanese Army 7th Division |
| 1914 |
Ward Administration established |
| 1916 |
Tokiwa Park opens |
| 1919 |
Establishment of the Asahikawa Chamber of Commerce (now the Asahikawa Chamber of Commerce and Industry) |
| 1922 |
City Administration established |
| 1923 |
Opening of Hokkaido Asahikawa Regular School (now Hokkaido university of Education Asahikawa Branch) |
| 1929 |
1st Grand Parade of Memorial Music (now Hokkaido Grand parade of Marching Bands) |
| 1930 |
City Medical office (now Asahikawa City Hospital) opens |
| 1932 |
All lines of the Sekihoku Line open |
| 1932 |
Asahibashi is Completed in its current form |
| 1933 |
Asahikawa Broadcasting Station first broadcast |
| 1934 |
Asahikawa Gas Co. opens, supplying Asahikawa with gas |
| 1936 |
Completion of the roundabout |
| 1940 |
National Pulp Industries (now Nippon Paper Industries) begins factory operation in Asahikawa |
| 1945 |
Shidan-dori renamed Heiwa-dori |
| 1946 |
Opening of the City Ceramic Tutoring Center (now Pottery Center) |
| 1946 |
Opening of the City Library (now the Central Library) |
| 1950 |
The Great Hokkaido Development Exhibition is held |
| 1955 |
Kamui and Etambetsu merge with Asahikawa |
| 1958 |
Present day City Hall Completed |
| 1960 |
First Asahikawa Winter Festival |
| 1960 |
Asahikawa's 3rd Train Station is Completed |
| 1960 |
Citizen's Charter established |
| 1961 |
Nagayama merges with Asahikawa |
| 1962 |
Completion of the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force 2nd Division |
| 1962 |
First Asahikawa Summer Festival |
| 1962 |
Sister City Relationship with Bloomington begins |
| 1962 |
(City of Normal later added in 1987) |
| 1963 |
Asahikawa merges with East Asahikawa |
| 1966 |
Asahikawa Airport opens with flights to Tokyo |
| 1967 |
Asahiyama Zoo opens |
| 1967 |
Friendship City relationship established with Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in the Soviet Union (now Russia) |
| 1967 |
Opening of the Gardening Center (now Agricultural Center) |
| 1968 |
Kagura merges with Asahikawa |
| 1968 |
First Award Ceremony for the Hideo Oguma Prize in Poetry |
| 1970 |
First Award Ceremony for the Teijiro Nakahara Prize in Sculpture |
| 1971 |
Higashi Takasu merges with Asahikawa |
| 1972 |
Opening of Japanese first permanent paradise for pedestrians Heiwa-dori Kaimono Koen Shopping Street |
| 1973 |
Asahikawa Medical University Opens |
| 1975 |
Asahikawa Civic Culture Hall Opens |
| 1975 |
Flooding due to a cloudburst over the Asahikawa region claims 3000 homes |
| 1976 |
The Japanese Rowan and Rhododendron are established as Asahikawa city trees |
| 1978 |
The Japanese Waxwing and Tree Cricket are established as Asahikawa's city bird and insect |
| 1979 |
Asahikawa Municipal Gymnasium opens |
| 1981 |
1st Asahikawa International Vasa Ski Competition (now Vasaloppet Japan) |
| 1982 |
Asahikawa Airport begins servicing planes with jet engines |
| 1982 |
Hokkaido Asahikawa Museum of Art opens |
| 1982 |
Nighttime Medical Emergency Center opens |
| 1984 |
Starukhin Baseball Field opens |
| 1985 |
Hokkaido Asahikawa Forest of the 21st Century opens |
| 1986 |
Chusho Small Business University Asahikawa Branch opens |
| 1986 |
Asahikawa Taisetsu Arena opens |
| 1987 |
Asahikawa Local Industry Development and Promotion Center opens |
| 1988 |
Tokiwa Civic Hall opens |
| 1989 |
Asahikawa becomes Sister Cities with Suwon, South Korea |
| 1990 |
His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf of the Kingdom of Sweden visits Asahikawa |
| 1990 |
First International Furniture Design Fair in Asahikawa (held every 3 years since) |
| 1990 |
Asahikawa hosts "Japanese Festivals in Asahikawa" to celebrate the 100th anniversary since its founding |
| 1991 |
The Asahikawa region is designated as a "Technopole" |
| 1992 |
Asahikawa Industry Improvement Center (now Asahikawa Industry Research Center) established |
| 1993 |
Yasushigi Inoue Memorial Hall opens |
| 1993 |
Taisetsu Crystal Hall opens |
| 1994 |
Asahikawa Museum of Sculpture in Honor of Teijiro Nakahara opens |
| 1994 |
Asahikawa Winter Festival's main snow sculpture of Hwaseong Fortress enters the Guinness World Record Book for Largest Snow Sculpture |
| 1994 |
Central Library opens under current name |
| 1995 |
Central Kamikawa (1 City and 8 Villages) designated as a Regional Core Urban Area |
| 1995 |
Friendship City relationship established with China's Harubin |
| 1996 |
Chikabumi Incineration Plant begins operation |
| 1996 |
Asahikawa Research Center opens |
| 1997 |
Asahikawa Airport opens new 2,500 meter landing strip |
| 1997 |
Asahikawa Agricultural Center "Kanari Land" opens |
| 1998 |
Ayako Miura Literature Museum opens |
| 1998 |
Construction of Kitasaito Asahikawa begins |
| 1998 |
Full Scale Implementation of the Community Snow Removal System |
| 1999 |
Expansion of traffic lanes on the Hokkaido Expressway to two on each side between Asahikawa-Takasu and Fukagawa |
| 1999 |
6 Hokkaido facilities including the Kamikawa Government Office are moved to the Kamikawa Joint Office Building in Nagayama |
| 1999 |
All sections of Kanjou-sen (Belt Line) complete |
| 2000 |
Asahikawa Seien Crematorium opens |
| 2000 |
Asahikawa becomes a core city |
| 2000 |
Asahikawa Airport Building becomes fully operational |
| 2000 |
Hokkaido expressway opens between Asahikawa-Takasu and Wassamu |
| 2001 |
Housing for the Research of Chemical Substance Hypersensitivity constructed |
| 2002 |
Opitta Disabled Welfare Center opens |
| 2003 |
Renewed Heiwa-dori Kaimono Koen opens |
| 2004 |
Asahiyama Zoo has the more visitors between the months of July and August than anywhere else in Japan |
| 2005 |
Introduction of the Public Facilities Manager Designation System |
| 2005 |
Sci-Pal Science Center opens |
| 2006 |
Asahikawa Airport's first international flight to Seoul Korea |
| 2007 |
Conclusion of the 4 City Ben'ei Horse Race |
| 2007 |
Garbage collecting becomes a paid service |
| 2007 |
Kagura Community Center opens |
| 2008 |
Disaster Prevention Center Central Facility begins operation |
| 2009 |
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky shows in movie theatres across Japan |
| 2009 |
Iki Iki Center Kagura (Welfare Center) opens |
| 2010 |
Asahikawa Community Support Center CoCoDe opens |
| 2010 |
120 year anniversary of Asahikawa's founding and hosting of the Tabemarche (Food Festival) |
| 2011 |
New Train Station JR Asahikawa becomes fully operational |
| 2012 |
Animal Protection Center 「Animaaru」 opens |
| 2013 |
Lights are installed in Starukhin Baseball Field |
| 2013 |
Northern Hokkaido product exhibition is hosted in Russia's Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk |
| 2014 |
Kitasaito Asahikawa completed |
| 2014 |
Enforcement of Basic Urban Development Ordinances |
| 2014 |
Tokyo Satellite Office for Attracting Companies to the Asahikawa Region opens |
| 2015 |
Sister Cities becomes Sister Cities with Minamisatsuma |
| 2015 |
Asahikawa Kitasaito Garden opens |
| 2015 |
Tobu Urban Development Center opens |
| 2015 |
Suehiro Community Activity Center opens |
| 2015 |
Children's Activity Center Opens |
| 2015 |
Asahikawa Employment Assistance Center opens |
| 2016 |
Formulation of Comprehensive Plan for Asahikawa #8 |
| 2016 |
100 Year Anniversary of Tokiwa Park Opening |
| 2016 |
50 Year Anniversary of Asahikawa Airport Opening |
| 2016 |
Comprehensive Childcare Consultation Center opens |
| 2016 |
Hokkaido Asahikawa Special Needs High School opens |
| 2017 |
Asahiyama Zoo 50th Anniversary |
| 2018 |
Opening of the Asahikawa Community Grave |
| 2018 |
Opening of the Asahikawa Airport International Terminal |
| 2019 |
Officially joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network（Field of Design) |
| 2020 |
Opening of Toko Sports Park Martial Arts Facility |
| 2021 |
Opening of ICT (Information Communication Technology) Park |
| 2022 |
Opening of the Asahikawa Taisetsu Region Promotion Office, Tokyo Branch |
| 2022 |
Celebration of the Munincipal Government's 100th Year Anniversary since its establishment |
| 2023 |
Opening of the Asahikawa City University and Asahikawa City University Junior College |
