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Ten'ei 天栄村 | |
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 Ten'ei Village Hall | |
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 Location of Ten'ei in Fukushima Prefecture | |
  Ten'ei | |
| Coordinates:37°15′19.4″N140°14′49.5″E / 37.255389°N 140.247083°E /37.255389; 140.247083 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Tōhoku |
| Prefecture | Fukushima |
| District | Iwase |
| Area | |
• Total | 225.52 km2 (87.07 sq mi) |
| Population (January 2020) | |
• Total | 5,258 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| Phone number | 0248-82-2111 |
| Address | 78 Shimomatsumoto Harabatake, Ten'ei-mura, Iwase-gun, Fukushima-ken 962-0492 |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | Official website |
| Symbols | |
| Bird | Japanese bush warbler |
| Flower | Gentiana scabra |
| Tree | Styphnolobium japonicum,pine |
Ten-ei (天栄村,Ten-ei-mura) is avillage located inFukushima Prefecture,Japan. As of 1 January 2020[update], the village had an estimatedpopulation of 5,258 in 1717 households,[1] and apopulation density of 23 persons per km2. The total area of the village was 225.52 square kilometres (87.07 sq mi).
Ten-ei is located in south-centralFukushima prefecture. The village spans the Pacific side of theAbukuma River watershed and theSea of Japan side of theAgano River watershed across theOu Mountains.Hatori Dam is located in the village, which supplies agricultural water to the Shirakawa area of the Abukuma River basin and golf courses, campgrounds, skiing around the reservoir. There are many of traditionalhot springs in the village.
Ten-ei has ahumid climate (Köppen climate classificationCfa). The average annual temperature in Ten-ei is 10.8 °C (51.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,328 mm (52.3 in) with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.8 °C (74.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around −1.1 °C (30.0 °F).[2]
| Climate data forYumoto, Ten-ei (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1988−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 12.3 (54.1) | 14.7 (58.5) | 20.7 (69.3) | 27.2 (81.0) | 30.6 (87.1) | 30.3 (86.5) | 32.9 (91.2) | 34.4 (93.9) | 31.1 (88.0) | 26.3 (79.3) | 21.8 (71.2) | 18.6 (65.5) | 34.4 (93.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) | 2.4 (36.3) | 6.4 (43.5) | 13.7 (56.7) | 19.2 (66.6) | 21.9 (71.4) | 25.4 (77.7) | 26.5 (79.7) | 22.1 (71.8) | 16.5 (61.7) | 10.9 (51.6) | 4.6 (40.3) | 14.3 (57.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) | −2.0 (28.4) | 1.2 (34.2) | 7.2 (45.0) | 12.7 (54.9) | 16.6 (61.9) | 20.5 (68.9) | 21.3 (70.3) | 17.2 (63.0) | 11.2 (52.2) | 5.2 (41.4) | 0.2 (32.4) | 9.1 (48.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.6 (20.1) | −6.6 (20.1) | −3.4 (25.9) | 1.1 (34.0) | 6.3 (43.3) | 11.9 (53.4) | 16.7 (62.1) | 17.4 (63.3) | 13.3 (55.9) | 6.6 (43.9) | 0.2 (32.4) | −3.8 (25.2) | 4.4 (40.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.7 (−1.7) | −18.3 (−0.9) | −17.0 (1.4) | −7.8 (18.0) | −2.8 (27.0) | 0.4 (32.7) | 6.2 (43.2) | 8.4 (47.1) | −0.3 (31.5) | −4.7 (23.5) | −9.2 (15.4) | −15.9 (3.4) | −18.7 (−1.7) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 96.0 (3.78) | 62.2 (2.45) | 99.3 (3.91) | 106.1 (4.18) | 121.8 (4.80) | 162.2 (6.39) | 218.4 (8.60) | 193.6 (7.62) | 224.8 (8.85) | 171.5 (6.75) | 81.5 (3.21) | 94.6 (3.72) | 1,634.5 (64.35) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 195 (77) | 159 (63) | 128 (50) | 15 (5.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 10 (3.9) | 118 (46) | 610 (240) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 16.1 | 12.9 | 13.3 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 13.7 | 15.6 | 13.8 | 13.1 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 14.8 | 158.2 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 3 cm) | 18.2 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.7 | 63.7 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 78.9 | 104.2 | 153.5 | 180.7 | 194.2 | 143.8 | 140.4 | 166.8 | 125.7 | 126.6 | 107.8 | 84.1 | 1,606.5 |
| Source:Japan Meteorological Agency[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Per Japanese census data,[5] the population of Ten-ei has declined over the past 70 years.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1950 | 10,590 | — |
| 1960 | 9,165 | −13.5% |
| 1970 | 7,324 | −20.1% |
| 1980 | 6,820 | −6.9% |
| 1990 | 6,964 | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 6,889 | −1.1% |
| 2010 | 6,291 | −8.7% |
| 2020 | 5,194 | −17.4% |
The area of present-day Ten-ei was part of ancientMutsu Province and formed part of the holdings ofShirakawa Domain during theEdo period. After theMeiji Restoration, it was organized as part ofIwase District in theNakadōri region ofIwashiro Province. The villages of Makimoto, Yumoto, Oya and Hiroto were established on April 1, 1889, with the creation of the modern municipalities system. The village of Ten-ei was formed on March 31, 1955, with the merger of the villages of Makimoto, Yumoto, and a portion of Hiroto with the village of Osato.[citation needed]
Its population was above 10,000 in the 1950s, and this was the highest its population ever was.[6]
Many of the houses in the village suffered severe damage from the 2011Tohoku earthquake, after which Ten-ei has experienced accelerated population decline. Additional population losses before and after the earthquake were due to the community being far from key sites.[6]
In the 1950s the economy of Ten’ei was primarily made up of factories and agricultural operations.[6] Ten-ei circa 2023 is majority agricultural, withYacón a noteworthy crop.[citation needed]
Ten-ei has four public elementary schools and one public junior high school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.
Junior high schools:[7]
Elementary schools:[7]
Kindergartens:[7]
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| No | Terminus | Via | Terminus | Company | Note |
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| 112 | Sukagawa Station | Kagamiishi Station | Fumata Onsen | Fukushima Transportation | Runs only summer. |
| 119 | Shin-Shirakawa Station | Taishichoshamae(Gishu Nakayama Memorial Library)·Takabayashi | Maki-no-uchi | ||
| 113 | Sukagawa Station | Kagamiishi Station | Naganuma koko | ||
| 114 | Sukagawa Station | Kagamiishi Station | Ryusei | ||
| 115 | Sukagawa Station | Kagamiishi Station | Maruyama Shako | ||
| 111 | Sukagawa Station | Kagamiishi Station | Minamisawa | ||
| 1 | Funahiki Station | Kodo/Kawauchi | |||
| Yakon | Shin-Shirakawa Station | Saigo BS·Lake Hatori Kogenguchi·Iwase-Yumoto Onsen | Futamata Onsen | Runs only during winter. You must reserve the bus |
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