What is Hakuba?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Hakuba | native_name = {{Nobold|{{Lang|ja|白馬村}}}} | settlement_type = [[Villages of Japan|Village]] <!-- images, nickname, motto --> | image_skyline = Hakubamura yakuba.JPG | imagesize = 265px | image_caption = Hakuba Village Hall | image_flag = Flag of Hakuba, Nagano.svg | image_seal = Emblem of Hakuba, Nagano.svg <!-- maps and coordinates --> | image_map = Hakuba in Nagano Prefecture Ja.svg | mapsize = 265px | map_caption = Hakuba in Nagano Prefecture <!-- location --> | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{JPN}} | subdivision_type1 = [[List of regions of Japan|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Chūbu region|Chūbu]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Prefectures of Japan|Prefecture]] | subdivision_name2 = {{Flag|Nagano}} | subdivision_type3 = [[Districts of Japan|District]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Kitaazumi District, Nagano|Kitaazumi]] <!-- government type, leaders --> | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Toshiro Maruyama <!-- area --> | area_total_km2 = 189.4 <!-- population --> | population_total = 8,575 | population_as_of = October 1, 2020 | population_density_km2 = 45.27 <!-- time zone(s) --> | timezone1 = [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] | utc_offset1 = +09:00 <!-- postal codes, area code --> | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 399-9301 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 20485-4 <!-- blank fields (section 1) --> | blank_name_sec2 = Phone&nbsp;number | blank_info_sec2 = 0261-85-4210 | blank1_name_sec2 = Address | blank1_info_sec2 = 7025 Hokujō, Hakuba-mura, Kitaazumi-gun, Nagano-ken <!-- website, footnotes --> | website = {{Official|1=https://www.vill.hakuba.nagano.jp/}} }} {{Nihongo|'