| Tabayama | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Japan |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | |
| Coordinates: | 35.7897°N 138.9222°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Japan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Chūbu Tōkai |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Yamanashi Prefecture |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kitatsuru |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Area Total Km2: | 101.30 |
| Population Total: | 530 |
| Population As Of: | October 1, 2020 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time |
| Utc Offset1: | +9 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | City Symbols |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | - Tree |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Beech |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | - Flower |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Rhododendron dilatatum |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Phone number |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 0428-88-0211 |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Address |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | 890 Tabayama-mura, Kitatsuru-gun, Yamanashi-ken 409-0305 |
is a village located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan., the village had an estimated population of 530, and a population density of 5.79 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 101.3sqkm.
Located in the northeastern corner of Yamanashi Prefecture, the village is very mountainous.[1] An estimated 97% of the village is covered by forests. The village is located within the borders of Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park.
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 Tabayama is 10.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1408 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around -1.1 °C.[2]
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Tabayama has decreased substantially over the past 60 years.
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 Tabayama was created within Kitatsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture. Most of the land in the village has been protected watershed, providing water for the Tokyo Metropolis since 1901, under the control of Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Waterworks. Discussions have taken place to merge Tabayama with neighboring Kōshū, but were suspended in 2008.
The economy of Tabayama is primarily based on forestry and agriculture.
Tabayama has one public elementary school and one public junior high school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.
The village has no passenger rail service. The nearest train station is Oku-Tama Station in Okutama, Tokyo.