# Kosuge

Kosuge (小菅村, Kosuge-mura) is a village located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 October 2018, the village had an estimated population of 701, and a population density of 13 persons per km$^2$. The total area of the village is 52.65 square kilometres (20.33 sq mi).

## Geography

Kosuge is located in the mountainous far northeastern corner of Yamanashi Prefecture. The municipality consists of eight hamlets of Hashidate, Kawaike, Tadamoto, Nakagumi, Tobu, Shirasawa, Konagata, Nagasaku. The seven villages from Hashidate to Konagata are along the Kobuchi River in the Tama River water system, and the Nagakushi village is along the Tsurugawa River in the Sagami River water system. The hamlets have elevations between 540 and 780 meters. Forest occupies 95% of the total area of the village, with 30% protected watershed forest within the Chichibu Tama Kai National Park, providing water for the Tokyo Metropolis.

### Neighboring municipalities

Tokyo metropolis:
* Okutama
Yamanashi Prefecture:
* Kōshū
* Otsuki
* Tabayama
* Uenohara

### Climate

The village has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Kosuge is 8.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1552 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 22.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around -2.2 °C.

## Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Kosuge has decreased over the past 60 years.

## History

During the Edo period, all of Kai Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. During the cadastral reform of the early Meiji period on July 1, 1889, the village of Kosuge was created within Kitatsuru District, Yamanashi. Discussions to merge with the neighboring city of Kōshū, Yamanashi in 2008 have been shelved.

## Economy

The economy of Kosuge is primarily based on forestry and agriculture.

## Education

Kosuge has one public elementary school and one public junior high school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.

## Transportation
### Railway

The village has no passenger rail service. The nearest train station is Oku-Tama Station in Okutama, Tokyo.

### Buses

* All route buses operated in Kosuge stop at Kosuge-no-Yu bus stop.
| No | Via | Destination | Company | Note |
| 奥12 | Mount Daibosatsu eastern gate・Miyama-bashi・Lake Okutama | Okutama Station | Nishi Tokyo Bus | |
| 奥12 | Miyama-bashi・Lake Okutama | Okutama Station | Nishi Tokyo Bus | |
| 奥12 | Tozura・Miyama-bashi・Lake Okutama | Okutama Station | Nishi Tokyo Bus | |
| | Fukashiro Dam・Take-no-mukai・Kamiwada・Saruhashi・Saruhashi Station・Otsuki Station | Ōtsuki Central Hospital | Fujikyū Bus | |
| | Fukashiro Dam・Take-no-mukai・Kamiwada・Saruhashi・Saruhashi Station | Otsuki Station | Fujikyū Bus | |
| | Fukashiro Dam・Take-no-mukai・Kamiwada・Saruhashi・Saruhashi Station | Fujikyu Bus Ōtsuki Office | Fujikyū Bus | |
| | Tsuru Pass・Īo | Uenohara Station | Fujikyū Bus | Runs on holidays from April though July (spring season), from September through December (autumn season) |
| | Non stop | Matsuhime Pass | Fujikyū Bus | Runs on holidays from April though July (spring season), from September through December (autumn season) |
| Nagasaku Line | Tamoto-bashi・Yakuba-mae・Hashidate-shita(Mount Daibosatsu eastern gate) | Hashidate-ue | Kosuge Municipal Bus | Buses are operated on 3 services for Hashidate-ue and 1 service for Iio on weekdays morning．On some hours excluding weekdays morning, you are able to ride on the bus routes by you reserve the demand bus with calling phone to Kosuge, Yamanashi on holidays and between 10:30 and 18:30 on weekdays But, the services are suspension on Sundays. |
| Nagasaku Line | Tsuru Pass・Nagasaku | Iio | Kosuge Municipal Bus | Buses are operated on 3 services for Hashidate-ue and 1 service for Iio on weekdays morning．On some hours excluding weekdays morning, you are able to ride on the bus routes by you reserve the demand bus with calling phone to Kosuge, Yamanashi on holidays and between 10:30 and 18:30 on weekdays But, the services are suspension on Sundays. |

### Highway

* National Route 139