Shimukappu
Shimukappu (占冠村, Shimukappu-mura) is a village located in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
Shimukappu
占冠村 | |
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Village | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location of Shimukappu in Hokkaido (Kamikawa Subprefecture) | |
  Shimukappu Location in Japan | |
| Coordinates: 42°59′N 142°24′E | |
| Country |  Japan |
| Region |  Hokkaido |
| Prefecture | Hokkaido (Kamikawa Subprefecture) |
| District | Yūfutsu |
| Area | |
| • Total | 571.31 km2 (220.58 sq mi) |
| Population (30 September 2016) | |
| • Total | 1,251 |
| • Density | 2.2/km2 (5.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www |
As of September 2016, the village has an estimated population of 1,251 and a density of 2.2 persons per km². The total area is 571.31 km².
Tomamu
Tomamu in the eastern part of the village area is the site of the Hoshino Resorts Tomamu, one of Hokkaido's major ski resorts, located on the southern slopes of Mount Tomamu. The resort is dominated by four 40-storey (121 metre) high-rise towers built during the boom of the late 1980s. The exteriors of these buildings have recently been redecorated by Klein Dytham architecture (KDa) of Shibuya, Tokyo to make them harmonize better with their surroundings.
Shimukappu and Tomamu have a student exchange/sister city program with Aspen, Colorado.
Horoka Tomamu Montane Forest
Shimukappu is the location of a new nature reserve, called the Horoka Tomamu Montane Forest, established in 2010, by the United Nations International Year of Biodiversity.
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification, Shimukappu features a humid continental climate (Dfb) with warm, wet summers and cold, extremely snowy winters.
| Climate data for Shimukappu (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1977−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) |
12.4 (54.3) |
15.8 (60.4) |
24.2 (75.6) |
31.7 (89.1) |
33.6 (92.5) |
34.6 (94.3) |
34.2 (93.6) |
30.9 (87.6) |
25.0 (77.0) |
17.9 (64.2) |
12.8 (55.0) |
34.6 (94.3) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −3.4 (25.9) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
2.0 (35.6) |
9.2 (48.6) |
16.7 (62.1) |
21.0 (69.8) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.7 (76.5) |
20.6 (69.1) |
13.8 (56.8) |
5.7 (42.3) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
10.9 (51.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.8 (14.4) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
3.0 (37.4) |
9.9 (49.8) |
14.8 (58.6) |
18.9 (66.0) |
19.3 (66.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
7.5 (45.5) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
5.0 (41.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −18.0 (−0.4) |
−17.7 (0.1) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
3.2 (37.8) |
9.3 (48.7) |
14.5 (58.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
9.8 (49.6) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −35.8 (−32.4) |
−35.4 (−31.7) |
−32.1 (−25.8) |
−21.1 (−6.0) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
4.1 (39.4) |
3.8 (38.8) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
−8.4 (16.9) |
−20.3 (−4.5) |
−29.3 (−20.7) |
−35.8 (−32.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 46.6 (1.83) |
43.7 (1.72) |
65.6 (2.58) |
85.9 (3.38) |
104.4 (4.11) |
77.7 (3.06) |
143.5 (5.65) |
216.4 (8.52) |
167.3 (6.59) |
137.2 (5.40) |
117.0 (4.61) |
77.2 (3.04) |
1,291.4 (50.84) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 167 (66) |
141 (56) |
127 (50) |
39 (15) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
2 (0.8) |
54 (21) |
165 (65) |
705 (278) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 13.3 | 12.9 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 12.4 | 9.3 | 11.5 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 13.7 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 158.1 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 3 cm) | 21.3 | 18.5 | 16.5 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.6 | 20.5 | 89.4 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 83.5 | 86.8 | 119.1 | 150.7 | 178.7 | 161.0 | 136.5 | 137.4 | 134.4 | 124.7 | 74.8 | 63.4 | 1,451.1 |
| Source: Japan Meteorological Agency[1][2] | |||||||||||||
Culture
References
- "平年値（年・月ごとの値）". Japan Meteorological Agency. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- "観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値）". Japan Meteorological Agency. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- "しむかっぴー". Utashinai.
- "しむかっぴー". Yuru-chara Grand Prix.
External links
Media related to Shimukappu, Hokkaidō at Wikimedia Commons
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