Tateyama

History

The area of present-day Tateyama was part of ancient Etchū Province. The village of Tatayama was created on May 12, 1894. It was elevated to town status on January 10, 1954. Until about the end of the Edo period, the Gohyakkoku region was called Takaharano. It originates from a time when village government officials asked the Kaga clan for permission to reclaim an open area of wild fields that was worth five hundred kokudaka, or gohyaku-kokudaka. Development went underway, and permission was granted for the formation of a town in the area. Around the area of Gohyakkoku Tenman Shrine, traffic from north to south formed between Toyama Bay and Mt. Tateyama. from there, they would intersect with streets that ran east to west from the town to central Toyama City. This set the scene for growing areas of agriculture and businesses.

Geography

Tateyama is located in east central Toyama Prefecture. The town is located in the Tateyama Mountain Range. *Nagano Prefecture **Ōmachi *Toyama Prefecture **Funahashi **Kamiichi **Kurobe **Toyama The town has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by hot summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Tateyama is 13.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2242 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.2 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.1 °C.

Most-observed species

• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  180
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

  Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  136
• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  126
• Large-billed Crow

  Corvus macrorhynchos Wagler, 1827 · Aves
  111
• Barn Swallow

  Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  78
• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  71
• Eastern Spot-billed Duck

  Anas zonorhyncha Swinhoe, 1866 · Aves
  67
• Black Kite

  Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  58