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Nagano Prefecture Japanese: 長野県 Nagano-ken Capital Nagano Region Chūbu Island Honshū Governor Shuichi Abe Area (rank) 13,585.22 km² (4th) - % water 0.2% Population (March 1, 2003) - Population 2,215,973 (16th) - Density 163 /km² Districts 14 Municipalities 81 ISO 3166-2 JP-20 Website www.pref.nagano.jp/ english/indexe.htm Prefectural symbols - Flower Gentian (Gentiana scabra var. buergeri) - Tree White birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica) - Bird Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) - Fish {{{Fish}}} Symbol of Nagano Prefecture Template ■ Discussion ■ WikiProject Japan

Map of Nagano Prefecture.

Hida Mountains (Aug 2006)

Nagano Prefecture (長野県, Nagano-ken^?) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of the island of Honshū. The capital is the city of Nagano.

Contents [hide] 1 History 2 Geography 2.1 Cities 2.2 Towns and villages 2.3 Mergers 3 Transportation 3.1 Railway 3.2 Airport 4 Demographics 5 Culture 6 Tourism 7 Prefectural symbols 8 Media 9 Sister cities 10 Personalities 11 External links

[edit] History

Nagano was formerly known as the province of Shinano, and was divided among many local daimyo during the Sengoku period.

Nagano was host to the 1998 Winter Olympics, which gained the prefecture international recognition as well as gaining the prefecture a Shinkansen line to Tokyo.

[edit] 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, 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.

[edit] Cities

Nineteen cities are located in Nagano Prefecture:

Azumino Chikuma Chino Iida Iiyama Ina Komagane

Komoro Matsumoto Nagano (capital) Nakano Okaya Ōmachi

Saku Shiojiri Suwa Suzaka Tōmi Ueda

[edit] Towns and villages

These are the towns and villages in each district:

Chiisagata District Aoki Nagawa Hanishina District Sakaki Higashichikuma District Asahi Chikuhoku Hata Ikusaka Omi Yamagata Kamiina District Iijima Minamiminowa Minowa Miyada Nakagawa Tatsuno Kamiminochi District Iizuna Nakajō Ogawa Shinano Shinshūshin

Kamitakai District Obuse Takayama Kiso District Agematsu Kiso (village) Kiso (town) Nagiso Ōkuwa Ōtaki Kitaazumi District Hakuba Ikeda Matsukawa Otari Kitasaku District Karuizawa Miyota Tateshina Minamisaku District Kawakami Kitaaiki Koumi Minamiaiki Minamimaki Sakuho

Shimoina District Achi Anan Hiraya Matsukawa Neba Ōshika Shimojō Takagi Takamori Tenryū Toyooka Urugi Yasuoka Shimominochi District Sakae Shimotakai District Kijimadaira Nozawaonsen Yamanouchi Suwa District Fujimi Hara Shimosuwa

[edit] Mergers

Main article: List of mergers in Nagano Prefecture

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Railway

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Nagano Shinkansen
  • Shin'etsu Main Line
  • Chūō Main Line (east line)
  • Shinonoi Line
  • Ōito Line (from Matsumoto to Minami-Otari)
  • Koumi Line
• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Chūō Main Line (west line)
  • Iida Line
• West Japan Railway Company
  • Ōito Line (from Minami-Otari to Itoigawa)
• Shinano Railway
  • Shinano Railway Line
• Nagano Electric Railway
  • Nagano Line
  • Yashiro Line
• Matsumoto Electric Railway
  • Kamikōchi Line
• Ueda Dentetsu
  • Bessho Line

[edit] Airport

• Matsumoto Airport

[edit] Demographics

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[edit] Culture

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[edit] Tourism

Zenkō-ji

• Lake Kizaki
• Lake Suwa
• Mount Kirigamine
• Suwa Taisha, one of the oldest shrines in Japan
• Matsumoto Castle, one of Japan's national treasures.
• One of the world's highest geysers (about 40 to 50 meters) in Suwa.
• Zenkō-ji temple in Nagano city

[edit] Prefectural symbols

• Siberian Silver Birch
• Gentian
• Ptarmigan
• Japanese Serow
• Shinano no Kuni (prefecture song)

[edit] Media

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[edit] Sister cities

Changhua County, Taiwan (2008) Clearwater, Florida, United States [edit] Personalities Nagano's former governor, Yasuo Tanaka, 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 competitor Shinji Kobayashi, who works as a garbage man, is from Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture. [edit] External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Nagano Prefecture Nagano Prefecture official tourism web site and blog Nagano Prefecture official tourism web site and blog in Simplified Chinese Nagano Prefecture official tourism web site and blog in Traditional Chinese Nagano Prefecture official tourism web site and blog in Korean Nagano (prefecture) travel guide from Wikitravel [show]v · d · e Nagano Prefecture Cities Azumino | Chikuma | Chino | Iida | Iiyama | Ina | Komagane | Komoro | Matsumoto | Nagano | Nakano | Okaya | Ōmachi | Saku | Shiojiri | Suwa | Suzaka | Tōmi | Ueda Districts Chiisagata | Hanishina | Higashichikuma | Kamiina | Kamiminochi | Kamitakai | Kiso | Kitaazumi | Kitasaku | Minamisaku | Shimoina | Shimominochi | Shimotakai | Suwa See also: Towns and villages by district [show]v · d · eRegions and administrative divisions of Japan Regions Hokkaido · Tōhoku · Kantō · Chūbu (Hokuriku · Kōshin'etsu · Shin'etsu · Tōkai) · Kansai · Chūgoku (San'in • San'yō) · Shikoku · Kyushu (Ryukyu · Northern Kyushu) Prefectures Hokkaido Hokkaido Tōhoku Akita · Aomori · Fukushima · Iwate · Miyagi · Yamagata Kantō Chiba · Gunma · Ibaraki · Kanagawa · Saitama · Tochigi · Tokyo Chūbu Aichi · Fukui · Gifu · Ishikawa · Nagano · Niigata · Shizuoka · Toyama · Yamanashi Kansai Hyōgo · Kyoto · Mie · Nara · Osaka · Shiga · Wakayama Chūgoku Hiroshima · Okayama · Shimane · Tottori · Yamaguchi Shikoku Ehime · Kagawa · Kōchi · Tokushima Kyushu Kyushu (Mainland): Fukuoka · Kagoshima · Kumamoto · Miyazaki · Nagasaki · Ōita · Saga Ryukyu Islands: Okinawa Coordinates: 36°15′N 138°6′E / 36.25°N 138.1°E / 36.25; 138.1

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