Tomakomai, Where the Modern Industrial City Meets the Great Wilderness. In Ainu language, the city is pronounced To Makomai and means Makomai River with a swamp. As reflected in the name, Tomakomai is a beautiful place of untouched nature. Mount Tarumae which stretches to 1, 041 meters above sea level, forests with swampy lakes, moss covered valleys, Lake Shikotsu and Lake Utonai make up ...