Country Japan Area 571.3 km² Local time Saturday 11:44 PM | Region Hokkaido Population 1,251 (30 Sep 2016) | |
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Time zone Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) Website www.vill.shimukappu.lg.jp Weather -3°C, Wind S at 3 km/h, 98% Humidity Prefecture Hokkaido (Kamikawa Subprefecture) District Yūfutsu District, Hokkaido Points of interest Unkai Terrace, Hoshino Resort Tomamu Ski Area, Mount Tomamu | ||
Shimukappu (占冠村, Shimukappu-mura) is a village located in Yūfutsu District, Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
Contents
- Map of Shimukappu Yufutsu District Hokkaido Prefecture Japan
- Tomamu
- Horoka Tomamu Montane Forest
- Climate
- References
Map of Shimukappu, Yufutsu District, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
As of 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 Resort 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, 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.