Yoichi 余市町 | |
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Town | |
 Yoichi river | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location of Yoichi inHokkaido (Shiribeshi Subprefecture) | |
  Yoichi Location in Japan | |
| Coordinates:43°12′N140°47′E / 43.200°N 140.783°E /43.200; 140.783 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Hokkaido |
| Prefecture | Hokkaido (Shiribeshi Subprefecture) |
| District | Yoichi |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Keisuke Saito |
| Area | |
• Total | 140.60 km2 (54.29 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 18,993 |
| • Density | 135.09/km2 (349.87/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
| City hall address | 26 Asahi-cho, Yoichi, Yoichi-gun, Hokkaido 046-8546 |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www |
| Symbols | |
| Bird | Common gull |
| Flower | Apple |
| Tree | Apple |
Yoichi (余市町,Yoichi-chō) is atown located in theShiribeshi Subprefecture,Hokkaido,Japan.
As of September 2018, thepopulation ofYoichi has dropped to 18,993 people, a drop of 10% over less than a decade. Thedensity is 160 persons per km2. The total area of Yoichi is 140.60 km2.
Yoichi is located on the southeastern edge of theShakotan Peninsula and faces theSea of Japan. North of the town belongs to theNiseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park.[1]
The climate in Yoichi is mild (8.2 °C average), with temperatures ranging from −6 °C to 26 °C.[2]
| Climate data for Yoichi (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) | 8.8 (47.8) | 12.2 (54.0) | 15.2 (59.4) | 27.2 (81.0) | 34.5 (94.1) | 33.5 (92.3) | 34.6 (94.3) | 34.9 (94.8) | 32.6 (90.7) | 25.7 (78.3) | 21.0 (69.8) | 15.0 (59.0) | 34.9 (94.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) | 0.2 (32.4) | 4.0 (39.2) | 10.8 (51.4) | 17.3 (63.1) | 21.2 (70.2) | 24.8 (76.6) | 26.0 (78.8) | 22.4 (72.3) | 15.9 (60.6) | 8.2 (46.8) | 1.5 (34.7) | 12.6 (54.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.8 (25.2) | −3.3 (26.1) | 0.4 (32.7) | 6.3 (43.3) | 12.1 (53.8) | 16.2 (61.2) | 20.2 (68.4) | 21.3 (70.3) | 17.1 (62.8) | 10.7 (51.3) | 4.2 (39.6) | −1.9 (28.6) | 8.3 (46.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −7.9 (17.8) | −7.8 (18.0) | −4.1 (24.6) | 1.2 (34.2) | 6.7 (44.1) | 11.3 (52.3) | 15.9 (60.6) | 17.0 (62.6) | 12.2 (54.0) | 5.5 (41.9) | 0.0 (32.0) | −5.6 (21.9) | 3.7 (38.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −20.4 (−4.7) | −21.5 (−6.7) | −16.9 (1.6) | −7.0 (19.4) | −1.7 (28.9) | 1.7 (35.1) | 6.5 (43.7) | 8.5 (47.3) | 3.0 (37.4) | −2.7 (27.1) | −12.2 (10.0) | −15.7 (3.7) | −21.5 (−6.7) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 124.5 (4.90) | 100.5 (3.96) | 83.9 (3.30) | 65.1 (2.56) | 63.6 (2.50) | 51.4 (2.02) | 102.5 (4.04) | 129.4 (5.09) | 153.5 (6.04) | 138.4 (5.45) | 161.8 (6.37) | 150.6 (5.93) | 1,325.2 (52.17) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 248 (98) | 199 (78) | 133 (52) | 20 (7.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 48 (19) | 216 (85) | 865 (341) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 22.7 | 19.3 | 16.3 | 11.6 | 10.2 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 10.2 | 12.6 | 15.1 | 18.9 | 22.3 | 175.3 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 3 cm) | 24.0 | 19.8 | 16.0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 20.9 | 88.9 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 42.1 | 54.0 | 115.9 | 177.4 | 204.7 | 173.9 | 165.5 | 172.1 | 165.9 | 132.6 | 66.5 | 37.4 | 1,508.1 |
| Source:Japan Meteorological Agency[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Yoichi is the home of theYoichi distillery owned byNikka Whisky Distilling. Yoichi is also famous for its fruit, particularly apples, and wine, and Yoichi apple juice is also famous throughout Japan. Yoichi is also becoming a well-known wine region. In Sawa-machi, near the port, there are many fish processing factories, producing goods such as migaki-nishin.
Yoichi is a coastal town, with beaches Moire kaisuiyokujo. Yoichi is popular with surfers from autumn through to spring, but in summer there is little swell, and the coastline is better suited to kayaking and swimming. In July and August, the beaches are popular with campers and other tourists.[5] Many people pass Yoichi on their way to explore Shakotan peninsula or Niseko. Yoichi is also close to local club ski fields such as Niki Ski Field.[6] There are also many walks in the back country in the hills behind Yoichi.[7]
The Yoichi Soran festival, featuringdancing,fireworks and delicious food and drink, is held every year in the first weekend of July, a few weeks after the Yoichi shrine festival.
Thecave paintings atFugoppe Cave in Yoichi are the first known signs ofprehistoric life on Hokkaido. Their origin remains a mystery.
Yoichi is easily accessible bybus andtrain, which run approximately hourly to and fromOtaru,Sapporo, andKutchan, a town 45 minutes south of Yoichi where world classskiing andsnowboarding may be enjoyed. A new motorway is being built connecting Yoichi to Sapporo, reducing the drive to 30 minutes. It is due for completion in 2018.
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Hokkaido Yoichi High School was merged with Hokkaido Niki High School (Niki) and Hokkaido Furubira High School (Furubira) in 2010.
Yoichi is the birthplace ofMamoru Mohri, the first Japaneseastronaut; he attended elementary and junior high schools here. TheYoichi Space Museum, also called theSpace Apple, was dedicated in his honor when it was opened in 1998. Other Yoichi luminaries include ski jumping Olympic gold medalistsYukio Kasaya andKazuyoshi Funaki. They were born in Yoichi and took up ski jumping at the facility built byMasataka Taketsuru, the founder ofNikka Whisky Distilling.[10]
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