Ōshika ( 大鹿村 , Ōshika-mura ) is a village located in Nagano Prefecture , Japan . As of 1 October 2018, the village had an estimated population of 977, and a population density of 3.9 persons per km. The total area of the village is 248.28 square kilometres (95.86 sq mi). Ōshika is listed as one of the Most Beautiful Villages in Japan .
7-419: Ōshika is located mountainous southern of Nagano Prefecture, between the Ina Mountains and the Akaishi Mountains , with the Japan Median Tectonic Line passing through the southern portion of the village. The village has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cold winters ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ). The average annual temperature in Ōshika is 10.5 °C. The average annual rainfall
14-600: A stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Akaishi Mountains The Akaishi Mountains ( 赤石山脈 , Akaishi Sanmyaku ) are a mountain range in central Honshū , Japan , bordering Nagano , Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures. They are also called the Southern Alps ( 南アルプス , Minami Arupusu ) , as they join with the Hida Mountains ("Northern Alps") and the Kiso Mountains ("Central Alps") to form
21-554: Is 1655 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 22.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around -1.5 °C. Per Japanese census data, the population of Ōshika has declined by more than 80 percent from its peak around 1950. The area of present-day Ōshika was part of ancient Shinano Province . During the Edo period , the area was part of
28-450: The tenryō territories administered directly by the Tokugawa shogunate . The present village of Ōshika was established on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. Ōshika has one public elementary school and one public middle school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school. This Nagano Prefecture location article is
35-520: The Japanese Alps . There are a lot of red stones (赤石 Aka-Ishi) around the Akaishi River, a tributary of the Ōi River in the southern part of Southern Alps. Then it was said that the mountain of red stone came to be called Mount Akaishi . The mountain represents the mountain range and the name Akaishi is used for the whole range mountain range, Akaishi Mountains . Almost all major peaks of
42-598: The Akaishi Mountains are in Minami Alps National Park that was established on June 1, 1964. The range is the source of two rivers, Ōi River and Tenryū River , which flow to the Pacific Ocean . Alpine plants , such as Siberian dwarf pine can be seen above the tree line. Rock ptarmigan and spotted nutcracker also live in the alpine zone. Japanese serow and sika deer live in the forest belt on
49-516: The mountain slopes. Callianthemum hondoense ( 北岳草 , Kitadake-sō ) is endemic to Mount Kita . Englishman Walter Weston introduced the Western world to the Japanese Alps in his book Mountaineering and Exploring in the Japanese Alps . During his visits to Japan, he climbed Akaishi Mountains. Several monuments in his memory have been set up in several places in the Japanese Alps . He climbed
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