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located in

Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...

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. , the town had an estimated

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of 14,485 in 5958 households,Fuji Town official statistics
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of 102 persons per km². The total area of the town is .

Geography

Fujimi is located in a very mountainous area within the Suwa region of east-central Nagano, and includes the

Akaishi Mountains The are a mountain range in central Honshū, Japan, bordering Nagano, Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures. It is also called the , as it joins with the Hida Mountains ("Northern Alps") and the Kiso Mountains ("Central Alps") to form the Japane ...

, including

Mount Nyukasa is a mountain located on the northernmost edge of the Akaishi Mountains (also known as the ''Southern Alps''), in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Outline Though part of the “Southern Alps”, Mount Nyukasa is not included in the Minami Alps Natio ...

(1955 meters) partly within its borders. The town has an average altitude of 977 meters

Climate

The town has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (

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''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Fujimi is 9.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1411 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 22.3 °C, and lowest in January, at around -2.7 °C.

Surrounding municipalities

*Nagano Prefecture ** Chino ** Ina **

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Yamanashi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 817,192 (1 January 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2 (1,724 sq mi). Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the ...

** Hokuto

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,Fujimi population statistics
/ref> the population of Fujimi has remained relatively steady over the past 40 years.

History

The area of present-day Fujimi was part of ancient

Shinano Province or is an old province of Japan that is now Nagano Prefecture. Shinano bordered on Echigo, Etchū, Hida, Kai, Kōzuke, Mikawa, Mino, Musashi, Suruga, and Tōtōmi Provinces. The ancient capital was located near modern-day Matsumoto, w ...

. Fujimi Village was established on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. On April 1, 1995 Fujimi merged with the villages of Sakai, Hongo, and Ochiai to form the town of Fujimi.

Education

Fujimi has three public elementary schools and one public middle school operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Nagano Prefectural Board of Education. The town also has one public special education school operated by the prefectural government

Transportation

Railway

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Chūō Main Line The , commonly called the Chūō Line, is one of the major trunk railway lines in Japan. It connects Tokyo and Nagoya, although it is the slowest direct railway connection between the two cities; the coastal Tōkaidō Main Line is slightly faste ...

** - -

Highway

* Chūō Expressway *

International relations

* –

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Local attractions

Idojiri ruins The is an archaeological site containing the ruins of a mid-Jōmon period (approximately 2500–1500 BCE) settlement located in what is now part of the town of Fujimi, Suwa District, Nagano in the Chūbu region of Japan. The site was designate ...

, a Jōmon-period archaeological site and National Historic Site with on-site museum.

References

External links

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Official Website
Towns in Nagano Prefecture {{Nagano-geo-stub