| Some people assert the reason behind its name might be related to the large number of people who, after the war, returned from China and Manchuria and settled in Hokkaido, including Kushiro City. |
釧路市を含めて北海道各地には戦後、中国、満州からの引揚者が多く移り住んだことと関係があるのではないかとする説もある。 |