is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

located in

Nagano Prefecture is a Landlocked country, landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,007,682 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture ...

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. , the village had an estimated

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of 2,738 in 1130 households, and a

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of 80 persons per km². The total area of the village is .

Geography

Omi is located in the centre of Nagano Prefecture. The Kitayama Dam and the Hijiri Highlands are located in the village.

Surrounding municipalities

*Nagano Prefecture **

Chikuhoku is a village located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 4,688 in 1,873 households, and a population density of 47 persons per km2. The total area of the village is . Geography Chikuhoku is located in the ce ...

** Chikuma ** Ikusaka ** Nagano

Climate

The village has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and cold winters (

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''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Omi is 10.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1159 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around -2.3 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Omi has been declining over the past 70 years.

History

The area of present-day Ikusaka was part of ancient

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

and the name of "Omi" appears in the

Kamakura period The is a period of History of Japan, Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kamakura by the first ''shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the G ...

'' Azuma kagami''. The area was part of the holdings of

Matsumoto Domain file:Matsumoto Castle, administrative headquarters of Matsumoto Domain.jpg, 250px, Matsumoto Castle, administrative headquarters of Matsumoto Domain was a Han (Japan), feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It is locat ...

during the

Edo period The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...

. The village of Ikusaka was established on April 1, 1889 by the establishment of the modern municipalities system. An attempt to merge with neighboring Chikuhoku was rejected by voters in 2004.

Economy

The economy of the village is based on agriculture.

Education

Omi has one public elementary school and one public middle school shared with the neighboring village of Chikuhoku. The village does not have a high school.

Transportation

Railway

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- Shinonoi Line **

Highway

* * Nagano Expressway

Local attractions

* Hijiri Museum麻績村立聖（ひじり）博物館
Retrieved February 10, 2016

References

External links

*
Official Website
Villages in Nagano Prefecture {{Nagano-geo-stub