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Lake Megami
is a lake located in Tateshina, Nagano, Tateshina, Nagano Prefecture. An Reservoir, artificial lake constructed for agricultural purposes, it is also known as Akanuma Reservoir. A development to make it into a resort site is also underway. It is in Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Park. Geography The lake is positioned about four kilometres to the northwest of Mount Tateshina. The lake's surface is 1540 metres above sea level, has a surface area of 0.12 square kilometres, a circumference of 1.5 kilometres and an average depth of 4 metres. In 1966, the warm water reservoir was completed on the site of a wetland called Akanuma. It was constructed as part of a plan to improve an agricultural irrigation channel from the Edo period. Holding 320, 000 cubic metres, it provides water to 1537.3 hectares of farmland downstream. As Mount Tateshina is sometimes known as ''Menokami-yama ''('Goddess mountain'), the lake was named ''Megami-ko'' ('Goddess lake') after it. The Venus L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tateshina, Nagano
is a town located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 7,147 in 2834 households, and a population density of 110 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Tateshina is famous for its apple orchards. Geography Tateshina is located in the Tateshina Mountainous of central Nagano Prefecture. Surrounding municipalities *Nagano Prefecture ** Saku ** Chino ** Tōmi ** Ueda ** Nagawa Climate The town has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cold winters (Köppen climate classification ''Dwa''). The average annual temperature in Tateshina is . The average annual rainfall is with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . History The area of present-day Tateshina was part of ancient Shinano Province, and Ashida-shuku developed as a post station on the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto. The village of Ashida, Yokotori and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
