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20305 ／みなみまきむら

Nagano Prefecture 南佐久郡

Minamimaki Village

The track climbs to a 1,375 m crossing.

JR Highest Point Monument

Photo by くろふね (CC BY 4.0)

01 ／ Coordinate origin

The survey origin for four prefectureslies in the village, the tourist association says.

A Geospatial Information Authority notice sets the origin of System VIII at 138°30′ east, 36°0′ north, for Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi and Shizuoka. The tourist association's materials (prepared in 2010) say it was confirmed that one of the 19 origins lies on village land at the former Umi-no-kuchi horse market.

138°30′ E, 36°0′ N
Applies to Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi, Shizuoka
System VIII of 19 coordinate systems

02 ／ Yadegawa Site

Hunters with obsidian microblades on spearsare thought to have hunted Naumann's elephants.

According to the Hachijuni Cultural Foundation's Cultural Properties of Shinshu, the Yadegawa Site, a National Historic Site, lies about 1,300 m up and dates to some 14,000 years ago. The village history page says Paleolithic people in Nobeyama are thought to have hunted Naumann's elephants with microblade-tipped spears, and calls it the first site where microblades were found in Japan.

National Historic Site, 13 Feb 1995
About 1,300 m above sea level
About 14,000 years ago

03 ／ Pioneer monument

Settlement began in Nobeyama in 1946;the plateau became a vegetable-growing area.

The village history page says settlement of Hara in the Nobeyama district began in 1946 and the Nobeyama pioneer farming cooperative was formed in 1947. From the Showa 30s (1955-64), lettuce and cabbage suited to cool highlands began to be grown, and the village developed into a major highland vegetable area.

1946: Hara settlement begins
1947: Nobeyama farming cooperative
Showa 30s: lettuce and cabbage

Minamimaki Village from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot November 2022)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

The village office is about a minute's walk from Saku-Uminokuchi Station.

about 3,000 people
Rural district town

The village's access diagram has travelers from Tokyo take the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Sakudaira and then the Koumi Line, and those from Shinjuku take a Chuo Line limited express to Kobuchizawa and then the Koumi Line, to Saku-Uminokuchi Station, about one minute on foot from the village office. Nobeyama Station stands at 1,345.67 m.

People living here: 3,242people
Area: 133.09km²
Households: 1,075households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 6 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —2 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Minamimaki Village in Japan36.021°N 138.492°E

Territory of Minamimaki Village

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

17.4km

Nagano Prefecture: Kawakami Village, Koumi Town, Minamiaiki Village, Chino City
Yamanashi Prefecture: Hokuto City

Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.

Minamimaki Village isthis kind of town.

01The crossing between Nobeyama and Kiyosato stations is the JR railway's highest point at 1,375 m, which the village says lies at the top of the last climb after Kiyosato; the monument is inscribed with the JR highest point and the elevation in kanji numerals
02The origin of Plane Rectangular Coordinate System VIII is set by a Geospatial Information Authority notice at 138°30′ east, 36°0′ north; the tourist association says it lies on village land at the former horse market in Umi-no-kuchi, and Nobeyama also has the Yadegawa Site, a National Historic Site
03The Nobeyama district developed from the settlement of Hara in 1946 into a highland vegetable area, the village says, and Nobeyama also has the 45 m radio telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's Nobeyama Radio Observatory

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Minamimaki Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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