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is a prefecture
Prefectures of Japan

The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national jurisdictions: one "metropolis" , Tokyo; one "Circuit #Japan" , Hokkaido; two urban prefectures , Osaka Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture; and 43 other prefectures ....
 of Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 located in the Chubu region
Chubu region

The is the central region of Honshu, Japan's main island. Chubu has a population estimate of 21,886,324 as of 2008.Chubu, which means "central region", encompasses nine prefectures: Aichi Prefecture, Fukui Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture, Niigata Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, Toyama Prefecture, Yamanashi...
 of the island of Honshu
Honshu

or Honshu is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait....
. The capital is the city of Nagano
Nagano, Nagano

, the capital cities of Japan of Nagano Prefecture, is located in the northern part of the prefecture near the confluence of the Chikuma and the Sai rivers, on the main Japanese island of Honshu....
.

no was formerly known as the province of Shinano
Shinano Province

is an old provinces of Japan of Japan that is now present day Nagano Prefecture. Its abbreviation is Shinshu .Shinano bordered on Echigo Province, Etchu Province, Hida Province, Kai Province, Kozuke Province, Mikawa Province, Mino Province, Musashi Province, Suruga Province, and Totomi Province provinces....
, and was divided among many local daimyo
Daimyo

The were powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. The term derives from a shortening of the title , which literally means "great named land" and originally simply referred to the owner of a large estate....
 during the Sengoku period.

Nagano was host to the 1998 Winter Olympics
1998 Winter Olympics

The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1998 in Nagano, Japan....
, which gained the prefecture international recognition as well as gaining the prefecture a Shinkansen
Shinkansen

File:JR East Shinkansen lineup 200 E2 E4 E1 Niigata Depot 20071100.JPGThe is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan operated by four Japan Railways Group companies....
 line to Tokyo
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
.

of the twelve highest mountains in Japan can be found in this inland prefecture.






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is a prefecture
Prefectures of Japan

The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national jurisdictions: one "metropolis" , Tokyo; one "Circuit #Japan" , Hokkaido; two urban prefectures , Osaka Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture; and 43 other prefectures ....
 of Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 located in the Chubu region
Chubu region

The is the central region of Honshu, Japan's main island. Chubu has a population estimate of 21,886,324 as of 2008.Chubu, which means "central region", encompasses nine prefectures: Aichi Prefecture, Fukui Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture, Niigata Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, Toyama Prefecture, Yamanashi...
 of the island of Honshu
Honshu

or Honshu is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait....
. The capital is the city of Nagano
Nagano, Nagano

, the capital cities of Japan of Nagano Prefecture, is located in the northern part of the prefecture near the confluence of the Chikuma and the Sai rivers, on the main Japanese island of Honshu....
.

History

Nagano was formerly known as the province of Shinano
Shinano Province

is an old provinces of Japan of Japan that is now present day Nagano Prefecture. Its abbreviation is Shinshu .Shinano bordered on Echigo Province, Etchu Province, Hida Province, Kai Province, Kozuke Province, Mikawa Province, Mino Province, Musashi Province, Suruga Province, and Totomi Province provinces....
, and was divided among many local daimyo
Daimyo

The were powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. The term derives from a shortening of the title , which literally means "great named land" and originally simply referred to the owner of a large estate....
 during the Sengoku period.

Nagano was host to the 1998 Winter Olympics
1998 Winter Olympics

The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1998 in Nagano, Japan....
, which gained the prefecture international recognition as well as gaining the prefecture a Shinkansen
Shinkansen

File:JR East Shinkansen lineup 200 E2 E4 E1 Niigata Depot 20071100.JPGThe is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan operated by four Japan Railways Group companies....
 line to Tokyo
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
.

Geography

Nine of the twelve highest mountains in Japan can be found in this inland prefecture. Nagano is also the prefecture which is bordered by the highest number of other prefectures in Japan and it contains the location which is the furthest point from the ocean anywhere in Japan. Lakes featured within the region include Lake Kizaki
Lake Kizaki

is a lake, situated near Omachi, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, and located at the foot of the northern Japanese Alps mountain range. mesotrophic lake and subalpine in nature, numerous lakeside attractions surround the lake, with the locale being a popular Japanese lakeside resort....
, a beach resort popular for its water attractions and games.

The province's mountains have made it relatively isolated, and many people come for its mountain resorts and hot springs.

Cities

Nineteen cities are located in Nagano Prefecture:
  • Azumino
    Azumino, Nagano

    is a cities of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on October 1, 2005, when the town of Akashina, Nagano from Higashichikuma District, Nagano, and the towns and villages of Horigane, Nagano, Hotaka, Nagano, Misato, Nagano and Toyoshina, Nagano from Minamiazumi District, Nagano merged to form a new city....
  • Chikuma
    Chikuma, Nagano

    is a cities of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of June 1, 2006, the city has an estimated population of 63,829. The total area is 119.84 km?....
  • Chino
    Chino, Nagano

    is a cities of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 55,902 and the population density of 209.83 persons per km?....
  • Iida
    Iida, Nagano

    is a cities of Japan located in southern Nagano Prefecture, Japan.Located on the Iida Line, an old local train line that runs through the valley of the Tenryu River in the southern Japan Alps, Iida lies 90 minutes northeast of the major city of Nagoya by automobile via the Chuo Expressway....
  • Iiyama
    Iiyama, Nagano

    is a cities of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 23,969 and the population density of 118 persons per km?....
  • Ina
    Ina, Nagano

    is a cities of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on March 31, 2006 when the old city of Ina merged with the municipalities of Hase, Nagano and Takato, Nagano from Kamiina District, Nagano to form the new city of Ina....
  • Komagane
    Komagane, Nagano

    is a cities of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 34,409 and the population density of 207.38 persons per km?....
  • Komoro
    Komoro, Nagano

    is a cities of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of May 1, 2006, the city has an estimated population of 45,190. The total area is 98.66 km?....
  • Matsumoto
    Matsumoto, Nagano

    is a cities of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Matsumoto is designated as a Special cities of Japan....
  • Nagano
    Nagano, Nagano

    , the capital cities of Japan of Nagano Prefecture, is located in the northern part of the prefecture near the confluence of the Chikuma and the Sai rivers, on the main Japanese island of Honshu....
     (capital)
  • Nakano
    Nakano, Nagano

    is a cities of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, located in the northern portion of the prefecture.As of April 1st, 2008, the city has an estimated population of 46,114 and the population density of 411.51 persons per km?....
  • Okaya
    Okaya, Nagano

    is a cities of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It was founded on 1 April 1936.As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 55,613 and a population density of 653.19 persons per km?....
  • Omachi
    Omachi, Nagano

    is a cities of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 31,079 and the population density of 55 persons per km?....
  • Saku
    Saku, Nagano

    is a cities of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.Due to the refounding of Saku back on April 1, 2005, the city became the fifth city in Nagano Prefecture to go over 100,000....
  • Shiojiri
    Shiojiri, Nagano

    is a cities of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan....
  • Suwa
    Suwa, Nagano

    is a cities of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 53,600 and a population density of 491.47 persons per square kilometer....
  • Suzaka
    Suzaka, Nagano

    is a cities of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 53,856 and the population density of 359.42 persons per square kilometer....
  • Tomi
    Tomi, Nagano

    is a cities of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on April 1, 2004, when the village of Kitamimaki, Nagano from Kitasaku District, Nagano and the town of Tobu, Nagano from Chiisagata District, Nagano merged to form a new city....
  • Ueda


    • Towns and villages

    These are the towns and villages in each district
    Districts of Japan

    The was most recently used as an administrative unit in Japan between 1878 and 1921 and is roughly equivalent to the county of the United States, ranking at the level below prefecture and above Cities of Japan, Towns of Japan or Villages of Japan....
    :
    • Chiisagata District
      Chiisagata District, Nagano

      Chiisagata is a districts of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of February 1, 2006, the district has an estimated population of 12,039....
    Aoki
    Aoki, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Chiisagata District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 4,874 and a population density of 85.37 persons per km?....
    Nagawa
    Nagawa, Nagano

    is a towns of Japan located in Chiisagata District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.The town was founded on October 1, 2005 when the town of Nagato, Nagano and the village of Wada, Nagano from Chiisagata District, Nagano merged....
    • Hanishina District
      Hanishina District, Nagano

      Hanishina is a districts of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of December 1, 2005, the district has an estimated population of 16,742....
    Sakaki
    Sakaki, Nagano

    is a towns of Japan located in Hanishina District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of December 1, 2005, the town has an estimated population of 16,742....
    • Higashichikuma District
      Higashichikuma District, Nagano

      is a districts of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of November 1, 2005, the district has an estimated population of 39,285. The total area is 327.84 km?....
    Asahi
    Asahi, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Higashichikuma District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 4,941 and a population density of 69.96 persons per km?....
    Chikuhoku
    Chikuhoku, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Higashichikuma District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.The village was incorporated on October 11, 2005 by a merger of three villages, namely Honjo, Nagano, Sakakita, Nagano, and Sakai, Nagano....
    Hata
    Hata, Nagano

    is a towns of Japan located in Higashichikuma District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan and was incorporated as a village in 1874. Previously, it was three villages, Kami-Hata , Shimo-Hata , and Samizo ....
    Ikusaka
    Ikusaka, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Higashichikuma District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 2,286 and a population density of 58.66 persons per km?....
    Omi
    Omi, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Higashichikuma District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 3,287 and a population density of 95.61 persons per km?....
    Yamagata
    Yamagata, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Higashichikuma District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 8,094 and a population density of 324.54 persons per square kilometer....
    • Kamiina District
      Kamiina District, Nagano

      Kamiina is a districts of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of , There are 3 towns and 3 villages within the district.*Iijima, Nagano...
    Iijima
    Iijima, Nagano

    is a towns of Japan located in Kamiina District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is bordered by Nakagawa, Nagano to the east, Komagane, Nagano to the north, Okuwa, Nagano to the west, and Matsukawa, Nagano and Iida, Nagano to the south....
    Minamiminowa
    Minamiminowa, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Kamiina District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 13,559 and a population density of 331.52 persons per km?. The total area is 40.90 km?....
    Minowa
    Minowa, Nagano

    is a towns of Japan located in Kamiina District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 25,994 and a population density of 301.83 persons per km?. The total area is 86.12 km?....
    Miyada
    Miyada, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Kamiina District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 8,870 and a population density of 162.69 persons per km?....
    Nakagawa
    Nakagawa, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Kamiina District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 5,412 and a population density of 70.24 people per km?. The total area is 77.05 km?....
    Tatsuno
    Tatsuno, Nagano

    is a towns of Japan located in Kamiina District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 22,312 and a population density of 132.01 persons per square kilometer....
    • Kamiminochi District
      Kamiminochi District, Nagano

      Kamiminochi is a districts of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 51,862 and a population density of 76.91 persons per km?....
    Iizuna
    Iizuna, Nagano

    is a towns of Japan located in the north side of Nagano City, Kamiminochi District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.Samizu, Nagano and Mure, Nagano amalgamated on October 1, 2005, and this town established it....
    Nakajo
    Nakajo, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Kamiminochi District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 2,742 and a population density of 82.37 persons per km?....
    Ogawa
    Ogawa, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Kamiminochi District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of , the village has an estimated population of 3,480 and a population density of 59.93 persons per km?. The total area is 58.07 km?....
    Shinano
    Shinano, Nagano

    is a towns of Japan located in Kamiminochi District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2005, the town has an estimated population of 9,851 and a population density of 65.99 persons per km?....
    Shinshushin
    • Kamitakai District
      Kamitakai District, Nagano

      Kamitakai is a districts of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 19,073 and a population density of 162.23 persons per km?....
    Obuse
    Obuse, Nagano

    is a towns of Japan located in Kamitakai District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 11,317 and a population density of 593.45 persons per km?....
    Takayama
    Takayama, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Kamitakai District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 7,756 and a population density of 78.74 persons per square kilometer....
    • Kiso District
      Kiso District, Nagano

      is a districts of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of November 1, 2005, the district has an estimated population of 34,759. The total area is 1,546.26 km?....
    Agematsu
    Agematsu, Nagano

    is a towns of Japan located in Kiso District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 6,034 and a population density of 35.82 persons per km?. The total area is 168.47 km? ....
    Kiso (village)
    Kiso, Nagano (village)

    is a villages of Japan located in Kiso District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 3,438 and a population density of 24.48 persons per km?. The total area is 140.46 km?....
    Kiso (town)
    Kiso, Nagano (town)

    is a town located in Kiso District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.The town was founded on November 1, 2005, when the town of Kisofukushima, Nagano merged with three surrounding villages ....
    Nagiso
    Nagiso, Nagano

    is a towns of Japan located in Kiso District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 5,458 and a population density of 25.27 persons per km?....
    Okuwa
    Okuwa, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Kiso District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 4,559 and a population density of 19.45 persons per km?. The total area is 234.45 km?....
    Otaki
    Otaki, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Kiso District, Nagano, Japan....
    • Kitaazumi District
      Kitaazumi District, Nagano

      is a districts of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 36,547 and a population density of 57.31 persons per km?....
    Hakuba
    Hakuba, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Kitaazumi District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan....
    Ikeda
    Ikeda, Nagano

    is a towns of Japan located in Kitaazumi District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 10,647 and a population density of 264.98 persons per km?. The total area is 40.18 km?....
    Matsukawa
    Matsukawa, Nagano (Kitaazumi)

    is a villages in Japan located in Kitaazumi District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan....
    Otari
    Otari, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Kitaazumi District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 4,122 and a population density of 15.39 persons per km?. The total area is 267.91 km?....
    • Kitasaku District
      Kitasaku District, Nagano

      is a districts of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of December 1, 2005, the district has an estimated population of 40,041.The district has three towns...
    Karuizawa
    Karuizawa, Nagano

    is a towns of Japan located in Kitasaku District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of January 1 2008, the town has an estimated population of 17,833 and has a total area of ....
    Miyota
    Miyota, Nagano

    is a towns of Japan located in Kitasaku District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of April 2007, the town has an estimated population of 14,231 and a population density of 242.12 persons per km?....
    Tateshina
    Tateshina, Nagano

    is a towns of Japan located in Kitasaku District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 8,492 and a population density of 127.09 persons per square kilometer....
    • Minamisaku District
      Minamisaku District, Nagano

      Minamisaku is a districts of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of December 1, 2005, the district has an estimated population of 29,263....
    Kawakami
    Kawakami, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Minamisaku District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 4,939 and a population density of 23.56 persons per km?....
    Kitaaiki
    Kitaaiki, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Minamisaku District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of October 1, 2007, the village has an estimated population of 869 and a population density of 15.4 persons per km?....
    Koumi
    Koumi, Nagano

    is a towns of Japan located in Minamisaku District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 5,747 and a population density of 50.33 persons per km?....
    Minamiaiki
    Minamiaiki, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Minamisaku District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of October 1, 2007, the village has an estimated population of 1,106 and a population density of 16.7 persons per km?....
    Minamimaki
    Minamimaki, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Minamisaku District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 3,490 and a population density of 26.22 persons per km?....
    Sakuho
    Sakuho, Nagano

    is a towns of Japan located in Minamisaku District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of September 1, 2007, the town had a population of 12,695 and a population density of 67.48 per km?....
    • Shimoina District
      Shimoina District, Nagano

      is a districts of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of , ...
    Achi
    Achi, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Shimoina District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.Achi was the birthplace of the photographer and illustrator Motoichi Kumagai, who worked as a teacher in the village and photographed its life; the village has a permanent gallery of Kumagai's work, Kumagai Motoichi Shashin Dogakan....
    Anan
    Anan, Nagano

    is a towns of Japan located in Shimoina District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 6,052 and a population density of 49.06 persons per km?. The total area is 123.35 km?....
    Hiraya
    Hiraya, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Shimoina District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 645 and a population density of 8.33 persons per km?....
    Matsukawa
    Neba
    Neba, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Shimoina District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 1,289 and a population density of 14.33 persons per km?....
    Oshika
    Oshika, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Shimoina District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 1,432 and a population density of 5.77 people per km?....
    Seinaiji
    Seinaiji, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Shimoina District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 748 and a population density of 16.94 persons per km?....
    Shimojo
    Shimojo, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Shimoina District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 4,169 and a population density of 110.70 persons per km?. The total area is 37.66 km?....
    Takagi
    Takagi, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Shimoina District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 7,039 and a population density of 105.66 persons per square kilometer. The total area is 66.62 km?....
    Takamori
    Takamori, Nagano

    is a towns of Japan located in Shimoina District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 12,838 and a population density of 283.65 persons per square kilometer....
    Tenryu
    Tenryu, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Shimoina District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2006, the village has an estimated population of 1,987 and a population density of 18.14 persons per square kilometer. The total area is 109.53 km?....
    Toyooka
    Toyooka, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Shimoina District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 7,108 and a population density of 92.49 persons per square kilometer....
    Urugi
    Urugi, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Shimoina District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 711 and a population density of 16.33 persons per square kilometer....
    Yasuoka
    Yasuoka, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Shimoina District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 2,153 and a population density of 33.36 persons per square kilometer....
    • Shimominochi District
      Shimominochi District, Nagano

      Shimominochi is a districts of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 7,643 and a population density of 24.96 persons per km?....
    Sakae
    Sakae, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Shimominochi District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Situated in the northeast corner of the prefecture, the village borders neighboring Niigata Prefecture....
    • Shimotakai District
      Shimotakai District, Nagano

      Shimotakai is a districts of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 25,179 and a population density of 59.50 persons per km?....
    Kijimadaira
    Kijimadaira, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Shimotakai District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 5,416 and a population density of 54.54 persons per km?. The total area is 99.31 km?....
    Nozawaonsen
    Nozawaonsen, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Shimotakai District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 4,437 and a population density of 76.57 persons per km?....
    Yamanouchi
    Yamanouchi, Nagano

    is a towns of Japan located in Shimotakai District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 15,326 and a population density of 57.63 persons per square kilometer....
    • Suwa District
      Suwa District, Nagano

      is a districts of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 46,162 and a population density of 181.18 persons per square kilometer....
    Fujimi
    Fujimi, Nagano

    is a towns of Japan located in Suwa District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 15,525 and a population density of 107.32 persons per km?....
    Hara
    Hara, Nagano

    is a villages of Japan located in Suwa District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 7,354 and a population density of 170.11 persons per km?. The total area is 43.23 km?....
    Shimosuwa
    Shimosuwa, Nagano

    is a towns of Japan located in Suwa District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is located on Lake Suwa, a large, natural lake surrounded by mountains....


    Mergers


    Transportation


    Railway

    • East Japan Railway Company
      East Japan Railway Company

      is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railway companies. It is often known as ....
      • Nagano Shinkansen
        Nagano Shinkansen

        The is a Shinkansen high-speed rail line operated by East Japan Railway Company between Takasaki Station and Nagano Station in Japan. It opened on 1 October 1997, connecting Tokyo Station and Nagano in time for the 1998 Winter Olympics held in Nagano....
      • Shin'etsu Main Line
        Shin'etsu Main Line

        The is a set of lines operated by the East Japan Railway Company. The bulk of the line runs from Shinonoi Station in Nagano Prefecture to Niigata Station in Niigata Prefecture, with several connections to other lines including Hokuriku Main Line at Naoetsu Station in Niigata Prefecture....
      • Chuo Main Line
        Chuo Main Line

        The , commonly called the Chuo Line, is one of the trunk lines of Japan Railway in Japan. It runs between Tokyo and Nagoya, although it is the slowest railway connection between the two cities, with the Tokaido Shinkansen being much faster....
         (east line)
      • Shinonoi Line
        Shinonoi Line

        The is a railway line in Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company, it runs from Shinonoi Station in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture to Shiojiri Station in Shiojiri, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture....
      • Oito Line
        Oito Line

        The is a rail transport line in Japan. It runs from Matsumoto Station in Matsumoto, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture to Itoigawa Station in Itoigawa, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture....
         (from to )
      • Koumi Line
        Koumi Line

        The is a railway line in Japan linking Kobuchizawa Station in Hokuto, Yamanashi, Yamanashi Prefecture and Komoro Station in Komoro, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture....
    • Central Japan Railway Company
      Central Japan Railway Company

      The is the main railway company operating in the Chubu region region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as ....
      • Chuo Main Line
        Chuo Main Line

        The , commonly called the Chuo Line, is one of the trunk lines of Japan Railway in Japan. It runs between Tokyo and Nagoya, although it is the slowest railway connection between the two cities, with the Tokaido Shinkansen being much faster....
         (west line)
      • Iida Line
        Iida Line

        is a Japanese railway line between Toyohashi Station in Toyohashi, Aichi, Aichi Prefecture and Tatsuno Station in Tatsuno, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, operated by Central Japan Railway Company....
    • West Japan Railway Company
      West Japan Railway Company

      , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshu....
      • Oito Line (from Minami-Otari to )
    • Shinano Railway
      • Shinano Railway Line
        Shinano Railway Line

        |}The is a 65.1 km private railway line operated by the in Nagano Prefecture, Japan between Karuizawa Station, Karuizawa, Nagano and Shinonoi Station, Nagano, Nagano....


    Airport

    • Matsumoto Airport
      Matsumoto Airport

      Matsumoto Airport , also known as Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport, is an airport serving Matsumoto, Nagano, a city in the Nagano Prefecture of Japan....


    Demographics


    Culture


    Tourism

    • Lake Kizaki
      Lake Kizaki

      is a lake, situated near Omachi, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, and located at the foot of the northern Japanese Alps mountain range. mesotrophic lake and subalpine in nature, numerous lakeside attractions surround the lake, with the locale being a popular Japanese lakeside resort....
    • Lake Suwa
      Lake Suwa

      is a lake in the central part of Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It ranks 24th in Japan in surface area.Lake Suwa is the site of o-miwatari, an interesting natural phenomenon....
    • Mount Kirigamine
      Mount Kirigamine

      Mount Kirigamine is located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.There is an antenna at the top, protected with a sphere of several metres diameter .Most of the mountain is covered in grass with sparse bushes and rocks....
    • Suwa Taisha
      Suwa Taisha

      , or Suwa Grand Shrine, is over 1200 years old. It is one of the oldest shrines of the Shinto religion of Japan. It is mentioned in the Kojiki. It consists of four shrine building complexes, the Kamisha, or upper shrine, Shimosha, or lower shrine, Harumiya, or spring shrine, and Akimiya, or autumn shrine....
      , one of the oldest shrine in Japan
    • Matsumoto Castle
      Matsumoto Castle

      , also known as Fukashi Castle, is a flatland castle and one of Japan's historic Japanese castle. Located in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano, in Nagano Prefecture, it is within easy reach of Tokyo, making it popular with tourists from Japan and other countries....
      , one of Japan's national treasures.
    • One of the world's highest geyser
      Geyser

      A geyser is a hot spring characterized by intermittent discharge of water ejected turbulently and accompanied by a vapour phase . The name geyser comes from Geysir, the name of an erupting spring at Haukadalur, Iceland; that name, in turn, comes from the Icelandic verb gj?sa, "to gush"....
      s (about 40 to 50 meters) in Suwa
      Suwa, Nagano

      is a cities of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 53,600 and a population density of 491.47 persons per square kilometer....
      .
    • Zenko-ji
      Zenko-ji

      is a Buddhism temple, located in Nagano, Nagano, Japan. The temple was built in the 7th century. Nagano City, established in 1897, was originally a town built around the temple....
       temple in Nagano city
      Nagano, Nagano

      , the capital cities of Japan of Nagano Prefecture, is located in the northern part of the prefecture near the confluence of the Chikuma and the Sai rivers, on the main Japanese island of Honshu....


    Prefectural symbols


    • Siberian Silver Birch
    • Gentian
      Gentian

      Gentiana is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Gentian family , tribe Gentianeae and monophyletic subtribe Gentianinae. With about 400 species, it is considered a large genus....
    • Ptarmigan
      Ptarmigan

      The Ptarmigan, Lagopus mutaThe word ptarmigan comes from the Scottish Gaelic language t?rmachan, which may be related to torm "murmur"....
    • Japanese Serow
      Japanese Serow

      The Japanese serow , known in Japanese as the , is a Caprinae found in dense woodland on Honshu, Japan.Japanese serow stand 60 to 90 centimetres at the shoulder and weigh 30 to 130 kilograms....
    • Shinano no Kuni
      Shinano no Kuni (song)

      Shinano no Kuni is a prefecture song of Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Originally created for educational purposes, the song is arguably the most well-known prefecture song in Japan....
       (prefecture song)


    Media


    Television

    • Shin-etsu Broadcasting
      Shin-etsu Broadcasting

      , also known as SBC, is a Japanese broadcast network affiliated with the Japan News Network. Their headquarters are located in Nagano Prefecture....
      (SBC)
    • Nagano Broadcasting Systems
      Nagano Broadcasting Systems

      , also known as NBS, is a Japanese broadcast network affiliated with the Fuji News Network. Their headquarters are located in Nagano Prefecture....
      (NBS)
    • TV. Shinshu
      TV. Shinshu

      , also known as TSB, is a Japanese broadcast network affiliated with the Nippon News Network. Their headquarters are located in Nagano Prefecture....
      (TSB)
    • Asahi Broadcasting Nagano
      Asahi Broadcasting Nagano

      , also known as abn, is a Japanese broadcast network affiliated with the All-Nippon News Network. Their headquarters are located in Nagano Prefecture....
      (abn)


    Miscellaneous topics

    • Nagano's former governor, Yasuo Tanaka
      Yasuo Tanaka

      is a Japanese novelist and politician. He served as the governor of Nagano prefecture from 2000 to 2006, became president of New Party Nippon and has been elected to Japan's legislatures....
      , is an independent who has made a reputation internationally for attacking Japan's status quo. Among other issues, he has refused national government money for construction projects that he deems unnecessary, such as dams, and has overhauled (locally) the press club system that is blamed for limiting government access to journalists who give favorable coverage. Tanaka was voted out from office on August 6, 2006 and was replaced by Jin Murai.
    • Sasuke
      Sasuke (TV series)

      SASUKE is a Japanese sports entertainment television special where 100 competitors attempt to complete four obstacle course stages. An edited version, Ninja Warrior, is screened in the United States by G4 , in the United Kingdom by Challenge and Virgin 1, in Germany by RTL2, in Greece by Skai TV, in New Zealand by C4 , in Italy...
       competitor Shinji Kobayashi, who works as a garbage man
      Waste collector

      A waste collector is a person employed by a public or private enterprise to collect and remove refuse and Recycling from residential, commercial, industrial or other collection site for further processing and disposal....
      , is from Matsumoto
      Matsumoto, Nagano

      is a cities of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Matsumoto is designated as a Special cities of Japan....
       in Nagano Prefecture.


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