Hakuba

For the professional sumo wrestler, see Hakuba Takeshi.

Template:Infobox City Japan Hakuba (白馬村, Hakuba-mura) is a village located in Kitaazumi District, Nagano, Japan.

Town

As of 2007, the village has an estimated population of 9,246 and a density of 50.71 persons per km². The total area is 182.34 km².

Hakuba is a ski resort town in the northern Japan Alps. As the surrounding valley has an annual snow fall of over 11.1 meters, it is the central hub for 10 ski resorts with more than 200 runs. The village had been the main event venue for 1998 Winter Olympics (Alpine, Ski Jump, Crosscountry).

Hakuba was once part of the route used to bring salt and other marine products from the coast.

Resort

Hakuba consists of seven main ski areas. At the southern end of the Hakuba Valley are the resorts of Hakuba 47, Goryu, and the Olympic ski resort Happo-One (pronounced O-ney). To the north are Iwatake, Tsugaike, Norikura, and Cortina resorts.

• Goryu
• Hakuba 47
• Happo-one
• Highland Snowpark
• Iwatake
• Minekata
• Sanosaka

Surrounded by the Japan Sea (northward), Nagano City (eastward) and the Tateyama Kurobe Dam area (southward), Hakuba is also a popular summer vacation area which offers a variety of outdoor activities at an altitude of 700-800 metres, e.g. hiking, rafting/shower climbing, paragliding, mountain bike, bird sighting etc.

Sister towns

• Lech, Austria

References

Hakuba Blog For lots of information about Hakuba and Japan in general with snow reports and weather updates in the winter.

External links

Media related to Hakuba, Nagano at Wikimedia Commons

• Hakuba Blog
• Hakuba official website Template:Ja icon
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