Hakuba (Nagano)

Hakuba Village Hall
Hakuba-mura ; 白馬村
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Chūbu
Prefecture :	Nagano
Coordinates :	36 ° 42 ' N , 137 ° 52' E Coordinates: 36 ° 41 '53 " N , 137 ° 51' 43" E
Basic data
Surface:	182.34 km²
Residents :	8647 ; (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	47 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	20485-4
Symbols
Tree :	Prunus sargentii , Kobushi magnolia
Flower :	Erythronium japonicum
town hall
Address :	Hakuba Village Hall ; 7025 Ōaza Hokujō; Hakuba -mura, Kitaazumi-gun ; Nagano 399-9393
Website URL:	http://www.vill.hakuba.nagano.jp
Location Hakubas in Nagano Prefecture

Hakuba ( Japanese 白馬村 , - mura ; literally: "white horse") is a village in the Japanese prefecture of Nagano in the district of Kitaazumi .

Hakuba is a largely sprawled village between the ski resorts of HappoOne, Gooryu 47 and Iwatake. It is almost exclusively tourist-oriented and depends on the ski facilities.

Hakuba is the birthplace of Japanese skiing. In winter the snow is several meters high; the winter sports season lasts until April. Hakuba became famous when the 1998 Winter Olympics were held in Nagano. At that time, the village organized, among other things, ski jumping on the Hakuba ski jumps and competitions in the alpine disciplines.

Part of the old road that used to transport salt from the northern sea into the interior runs through the Hakuba valley.

Neighboring cities and communities

Town twinning

Hakuba has the following city partnerships:

Japan Kawazu , sister city since July 1982
Japan Taiji , sister city since October 31, 1984
Germany Oberwiesenthal , in the Ore Mountains , Saxony , Germany , twin town since August 18, 2002
Austria Lech am Arlberg , Austria , twin town since 1995

FranceThere is also a cultural exchange with Annecy in France .

Personalities

Sons and daughters:

Nobu Naruse (* 1984), cross-country skier
Keita Umezaki (* 1981), ski jumper
Akito Watabe (* 1988), Nordic combined athlete
Yoshito Watabe (* 1991), Nordic combined athlete

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b 姉妹都市・友好都市 . Hakuba, accessed September 9, 2011 (Japanese).
^ Austrian-Japanese relations. Japanese Embassy Austria, archived from the original on December 19, 2012 ; accessed on August 17, 2016 .

Web links

Commons : Hakuba - collection of images, videos and audio files

[sister_city-1] 姉妹都市・友好都市 . Hakuba, accessed September 9, 2011 (Japanese).

[2] Austrian-Japanese relations. Japanese Embassy Austria, archived from the original on December 19, 2012 ; accessed on August 17, 2016 .