Takagi, Nagano

Takagi 喬木村
Village
Takagi Village Hall
UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Symbols
• Tree	Ginkgo biloba
• Flower	Primula japonica
• Bird	Japanese bush warbler
Phone number	0265-33-2001
Address	6664 Kimura, Takagi-mura, Shimoina-gun, Nagano-ken 395-1107
Website	Official website

Takagi (喬木村, Takagi-mura) is a

of 92 persons per km². The total area of the village is 66.61 square kilometres (25.72 sq mi).

Geography

Takagi is located in the Ina Valley mountainous southern of Nagano Prefecture, on a river terrace formed by the Tenryū River, which flows through the village.

• Nagano Prefecture
  • Iida
  • Takamori
  • Toyooka

The town has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cold winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Takagi is 11.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1717 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around -0.0 °C.^[2]

Per Japanese census data,^[3] the population of Takagi has declined slightly in recent decades.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1940	8,786	—
1950	9,828	+11.9%
1960	8,422	−14.3%
1970	7,385	−12.3%
1980	7,224	−2.2%
1990	7,242	+0.2%
2000	7,089	−2.1%
2010	6,692	−5.6%
2020	5,973	−10.7%

The area of present-day Takagi was part of ancient Shinano Province. The village was established on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system.

The economy of Takagi is primarily agricultural, with strawberries and

as notable crops. The village was traditionally known for its production of Japanese umbrellas.

Takagi has two public elementary schools and one public middle school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.<ref.Takagi village official home page(in Japanese)</ref>

• The village does not have any passenger railway service.

• The village is not located on any national highway.

• Media related to Takagi, Nagano at Wikimedia Commons
• Official Website (in Japanese)