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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 ...

Yamanashi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 787,592 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2 (1,724 sq mi). Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the n ...

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. , the village has an estimated

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of 9,817 in 4236 households, and a

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of 391,8 persons per km². The total area of the village is .

Geography

Oshino is located in southeastern Yamanashi Prefecture, in the foothills of

Mount Fuji is an active stratovolcano located on the Japanese island of Honshu, with a summit elevation of . It is the highest mountain in Japan, the second-highest volcano on any Asian island (after Mount Kerinci on the Indonesian island of Sumatra), a ...

. The village is noted for its abundant spring water from Mount Fuji.

Neighboring municipalities

*Yamanashi Prefecture **

Fujiyoshida is a Cities of Japan, city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 48,782 in 19,806 households and a population density of 400 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Fujiyoshida lie ...

** Tsuru ** Yamanakako

Climate

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

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''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Oshino is 9.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1804 mm with September as the wettest month.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Oshino has grown steadily over the past 80 years.

History

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 ...

, all of Kai Province was ''

tenryō The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. The Tokugawa shogunate was established by Tokugawa Ieyasu after victory at the Battle of Sekigahara, ending the civil war ...

'' territory under direct control of the

Tokugawa shogunate The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. The Tokugawa shogunate was established by Tokugawa Ieyasu after victory at the Battle of Sekigahara, ending the civil wars ...

. With the establishment of the modern municipalities system in the early

Meiji period The was an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonizatio ...

on April 1, 1889, the village of Oshino was created within Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture.

Economy

The world headquarters of

FANUC FANUC ( or ; often styled Fanuc) is a Japanese group of companies that provide automation products and services such as robotics and computer numerical control wireless systems. These companies are principally of Japan, Fanuc America Corpora ...

are located in Oshino. The

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force The , , also referred to as the Japanese Army, is the land warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces. Created on July 1, 1954, it is the largest of the three service branches. New military guidelines, announced in December 2010, direct ...

Camp Kita-Fuji is located in Oshino.

Education

Oshino has one public elementary school and one public junior high school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.

Transportation

Railway

Oshino is not serviced by rail transportation. The nearest railway station is on the Fujikyuko Line in Fujiyoshida.

Highway

The village is also not serviced by the national highway network.

Sister cities

Charnay-lès-Mâcon Charnay-lès-Mâcon (, literally ''Charnay near Mâcon''; ) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Population Economy * Wine production * Mâcon airport See also * Comm ...

Saône-et-Loire Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part. Saône-et-Loire is B ...

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, France,

Local attractions

* Oshino Hakkai, the Eight Springs of Mount Fuji
Oshino Tourist Information Center official home page

References

External links

Official Website
{{Authority control Oshino, Yamanashi, Villages in Yamanashi Prefecture