Horokanai - Big on Soba, Small on Population, Not so Warm in Winter
Horokanai town is as big as one third of Tokyo prefecture, 767.03km², but the population is only1,811. The population density of this town is 2.36 per km² , the lowest of any Japanese town. Luckily (or not), if Horokanai were considered a village, it would rank as the second least populated village in Japan.
Horokanai's other talking point is its claim to the lowest recorded temperature in Japan, a balmy -41.2 degrees Celsius. This record is not official however, as due to its size, Horokanai didn't have in their possession an official thermometer at the time of recording. So even though Horokanai claim the record, Asahikawa are the official coldest temperature title holder at -41 degrees.
That's why we have such good snow!
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