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Shimukappu 占冠村 | |
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Village | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location of Shimukappu inHokkaido (Kamikawa Subprefecture) | |
  Shimukappu Location in Japan | |
| Coordinates:42°59′N142°24′E / 42.983°N 142.400°E /42.983; 142.400 | |
| Country |  Japan |
| Region |  Hokkaido |
| Prefecture | Hokkaido (Kamikawa Subprefecture) |
| District | Yūfutsu |
| Area | |
• Total | 571.31 km2 (220.58 sq mi) |
| Population (30 September 2016) | |
• Total | 1,251 |
| • Density | 2.190/km2 (5.671/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www |
Shimukappu (占冠村,Shimukappu-mura) is avillage located inKamikawa Subprefecture,Hokkaido,Japan.
As of September 2016, the village has an estimatedpopulation of 1,251 and adensity of 2.2 persons per km². The total area is 571.31 km².
Tomamu in the eastern part of the village area is the site of the Hoshino Resorts Tomamu, one of Hokkaido's major ski resorts, located on the southern slopes ofMount Tomamu.The resort is dominated by four 40-storey (121 metre) high-rise towers built during the boom of the late 1980s. The exteriors of these buildings have recently been redecorated by Klein Dytham architecture (KDa) of Shibuya, Tokyo to make them harmonize better with their surroundings.
Shimukappu and Tomamu have a student exchange/sister city program withAspen, Colorado.[citation needed]
Shimukappu is the location of a new nature reserve, called the Horoka Tomamu Montane Forest, established in 2010, by the United NationsInternational Year of Biodiversity.
According to theKöppen climate classification, Shimukappu features ahumid continental climate (Dfb) with warm, wet summers and cold, extremely snowy winters.
| Climate data for Shimukappu, elevation 332 m (1,089 ft), (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1977−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) | 12.4 (54.3) | 15.8 (60.4) | 24.2 (75.6) | 31.7 (89.1) | 33.6 (92.5) | 34.6 (94.3) | 34.2 (93.6) | 30.9 (87.6) | 25.0 (77.0) | 17.9 (64.2) | 12.8 (55.0) | 34.6 (94.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −3.4 (25.9) | −2.3 (27.9) | 2.0 (35.6) | 9.2 (48.6) | 16.7 (62.1) | 21.0 (69.8) | 24.3 (75.7) | 24.7 (76.5) | 20.6 (69.1) | 13.8 (56.8) | 5.7 (42.3) | −1.3 (29.7) | 10.9 (51.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.8 (14.4) | −8.9 (16.0) | −3.7 (25.3) | 3.0 (37.4) | 9.9 (49.8) | 14.8 (58.6) | 18.9 (66.0) | 19.3 (66.7) | 14.6 (58.3) | 7.5 (45.5) | 0.7 (33.3) | −6.4 (20.5) | 5.0 (41.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −18.0 (−0.4) | −17.7 (0.1) | −11.0 (12.2) | −3.0 (26.6) | 3.2 (37.8) | 9.3 (48.7) | 14.5 (58.1) | 15.0 (59.0) | 9.8 (49.6) | 2.2 (36.0) | −4.0 (24.8) | −12.4 (9.7) | −1.0 (30.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −35.8 (−32.4) | −35.4 (−31.7) | −32.1 (−25.8) | −21.1 (−6.0) | −5.6 (21.9) | −1.5 (29.3) | 4.1 (39.4) | 3.8 (38.8) | −0.3 (31.5) | −8.4 (16.9) | −20.3 (−4.5) | −29.3 (−20.7) | −35.8 (−32.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 46.6 (1.83) | 43.7 (1.72) | 65.6 (2.58) | 85.9 (3.38) | 104.4 (4.11) | 77.7 (3.06) | 143.5 (5.65) | 216.4 (8.52) | 167.3 (6.59) | 137.2 (5.40) | 117.0 (4.61) | 77.2 (3.04) | 1,291.4 (50.84) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 167 (66) | 141 (56) | 127 (50) | 39 (15) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.8) | 54 (21) | 165 (65) | 705 (278) |
| Average extreme snow depth cm (inches) | 72 (28) | 89 (35) | 90 (35) | 50 (20) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.8) | 17 (6.7) | 48 (19) | 95 (37) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 13.3 | 12.9 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 12.4 | 9.3 | 11.5 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 13.7 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 158.1 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 3 cm) | 21.3 | 18.5 | 16.5 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.6 | 20.5 | 89.4 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 83.5 | 86.8 | 119.1 | 150.7 | 178.7 | 161.0 | 136.5 | 137.4 | 134.4 | 124.7 | 74.8 | 63.4 | 1,451.1 |
| Source:Japan Meteorological Agency[1][2] | |||||||||||||
Shimukappu's mascot isShimukappy (しむかっぴー,Shimukappiｰ). She is a Japanesesable with a pretty but sporty personality. She likes outdoor activities such as skiing and snowboarding. Her favorite food is milk. She was unveiled on 2 August 2014.[3][4]
Media related toShimukappu, Hokkaidō at Wikimedia Commons
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