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Coor din ates: 3 6 °1 5 ′N 1 3 8°6 ′E Nagano Prefecture 長野県 [1] Nagano Prefecture ( Nagano-ken) is a prefecture located in the Chūbu region of Japan. The capital is Nagano Prefecture the city of Nagano.[2] 長野県 Nagano has impressive highland areas, including most of the Kita-Alps, Chūō-Alps, and Minami-Alps, which Prefecture extend into the neighbouring prefectures. Due to the abundance of mountain ranges in this area, the land Japanese transcription(s) available for inhabitance is relatively limited. In addition to its natural scenic beauty and rich history, Nagano • Japanese 長野県 was host to the 1998 Winter Olympics, which gained the prefecture international recognition as a world-class • Rōmaji Nagano-ken winter sport destination, and a Shinkansen line to Tokyo. Contents Flag History Symbol Geography Cities Towns and villages Mergers Demographics Transportation Railway Road Expressways National highways Airports Education Universities Tourism Sports Country Japan Prefectural symbols Region Chūbu (Kōshin'etsu) Sister cities Island Honshu Personalities Capital Nagano See also Government Notes • Governor Shuichi Abe References Area External links • Total 13,585.22 km2 (5,245.28 sq mi) Area rank 4th History Population (February 1, 2011) • Total 2,148,425 Geography • Rank 16th • Density 158.14/km2 Nagano is an inland prefecture and it borders more prefectures than any other in Japan. Nagano contains the (409.6/sq mi) point furthest from the sea in the whole of Japan - this point lies within the city of Saku. The province's ISO 3166 JP-20 mountains have made it relatively isolated, and many visitors come to Nagano for its mountain resorts and hot code springs. Nine of the twelve highest mountains in Japan can be found in Nagano and one of its lakes, Lake Kizaki, Districts 14 is a beach resort popular for its water attractions and games. Municipalities 77 Flower Gentian As of 1 April 2014, 21% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as Natural Parks; namely the (Gentiana scabra Chichibu Tama Kai, Chūbu-Sangaku, Jōshin'etsu Kōgen, and Minami Alps National Parks; Myōgi-Arafune-Saku var. buergeri) Kōgen, Tenryū-Okumikawa, and Y atsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Parks; and Chūō Alps, Enrei Ōjō, Tree White birch Hijiriyama Kōgen, Mibugawa Suikei, Ontake, and Tenryū Koshibu Suikei Prefectural Natural Parks.[3] (Betula platyphylla var. japonica) Bird Rock ptarmigan Cities (Lagopus muta) Nineteen cities are located in Nagano Prefecture: Website www.pref.nagano.lg.jp (ht tp://www.pref.nagano.lg. Azumino jp/) Chikuma Chino Iida Iiyama Ina Komagane Komoro Matsumoto Nagano (capital) Nakano Okaya Ōmachi Saku Shiojiri Suwa Suzaka Tōmi Ueda Map of Nagano Prefecture City Town Village Hida Mountains (August 2006) Nagano City Towns and villages These are the towns and villages in each district: Chiisagata District Kamiina District Kiso District Kitasaku District Shimoina District Shimominochi District Aoki Iijima Agematsu Karuizawa Achi Nagawa Minamiminowa Kiso (village) Miyota Anan Sakae Hanishina District Minowa Kiso (town) Tateshina Hiraya Shimotakai District Miyada Nagiso Matsukawa Sakaki Minamisaku District Kijimadaira Nakagawa Ōkuwa Neba Higashichikuma Kawakami Nozawaonsen Tatsuno Ōtaki Ōshika District Kitaaiki Yamanouchi Kamiminochi Kitaazumi District Shimojō Koumi Suwa District Asahi District Takagi Hakuba Minamiaiki Chikuhoku Takamori Fujimi Iizuna Ikeda Minamimaki Ikusaka Tenryū Hara Ogawa Matsukawa Sakuho Omi Toyooka Shimosuwa Shinano Otari Yamagata Urugi Kamitakai District Yasuoka Obuse Takayama Mergers Demographics The lifespan in Nagano prefecture is the longest nationwide with the average life expectancy of 87 .18 years for women and 80.88 years for men.[4] Suwa Transportation Railway East Japan Railway Company Nagano Shinkansen Shin'etsu Main Line Chūō Main Line (east line) Komagane 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 Matsumoto Shinano Railway Line Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line Yashiro Line Matsumoto Electric Railway Kamikōchi Line Ueda Dentetsu Bessho Line Road Expressways Chuo Expressway Sanen-nanshin Expressway Nagano Expressway Chubu-jukan Expressway Joshinetsu Expressway Chubu-odan Expressway National highways Route 18 Route 151 (Iida-Shinshiro-Toyohashi) Route 19 (Nagano-Matsumoto-Shioriri-Nagiso-Nakatsugawa-Tajimi-Nagoya) Route 152 Route 20 (Matsumoto-Suwa-Kofu-Otsuki-Hachioji-Nihonbashi of Tokyo) Route 153 (Nagoya-Toyota-Iida-Shioriri) Route 117 Route 158 (Fukui-Gujo-Takayama-Matsumoto) Route 141 Route 254 Route 142 Route 256 (Gifu-Gujo-Gero-Nakatsugawa-Nagiso-Iida) Route 143 (Matsumoto-Azumino-Ueda) Route 403 Route 144 Route 406 (Omachi-Hakuba-Nagano-Susaka-Tsumagoi-Takasaki) Route 147 (Matsumoto-Omachi) Route 418 (Ono-Seki-Ena-Iida) Route 148 (Omachi-Itoigawa) Airports Matsumoto Airport Education Universities Nagano University Nagano College of Nursing Shinshu University Matsumoto University Matsumoto Dental University Saku University Seisen Jogakuin College The University of Nagano Suwa Tokyo University of Science Tourism 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 Sports There are two local J.League clubs: AC Nagano Parceiro and Matsumoto Y amaga FC. Prefectural symbols Siberian Silver Birch Zenkō-ji Gentian Ptarmigan Japanese Serow Shinano no Kuni (prefecture song) Sister cities Changhua County, Taiwan (2008) Hebei, China Missouri, USA Onbashira, which festival held once in Personalities seven years 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. Tatsumi Yoda (aka Tom Yoda), former chairman of Avex, is from Chikuma-shi. Glim Spanky, the members of the rock band are from Nagano Prefecture See also Matsushiro Underground Imperial Headquarters Yashima Wetland in Kirigamine Hills Chūō Shinkansen Notes 1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Nagano prefecture" in (https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA68 2)Japan Encyclopedia, p. 682 (https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA682), p. 682, at Google Books; "Chūbu" at p. 126 (https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA126), p. 126, at Google Books 2. Nussbaum, "Nagano" at p. 682 (https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA682), p. 682, at Google Books 3. "General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture" (http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/doc/files/np _6.pdf) (PDF). Ministry of the Environment. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2017. Matsumoto Castle 4. Nagano Prefecture has achieved the highest life expectancy in Japan, after long efforts of improving each one’s lifestyle (December 9, 2013). Foreign Press Center/Japan (http://fpcj.jp/en/useful-en/wjn-en/p=17699/) References Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. (https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC &client=firefox-a) Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128 (http://www.worldcat. org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition) External links Utsukushigahara Hills Nagano Prefecture Official Website (http://www.pref.nagano.lg.jp/) (in Japanese) Nagano Prefecture Official Website (http://www.pref.nagano.lg.jp/kokusai/government/english/index.html) (in English) Nagano Prefecture Tourism Website (http://www.go-nagano.net/) (in English) Ski resort in Shiga Hills Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nagano_Prefecture&oldid=854004308" This page was last edited on 8 August 2018, at 09:28 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. 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    Special thanks for pictures from: Yatsugatake Shashin Club round and round Joshinetsu Expressway To Niigata Nagano Saku I.C minamimaki Takasaki Nagano Expressway Sakudaira Koumi Line Shinshu Minamimakimura Tourist Information Fujioka J.C.T Matsumoto Nagano Shinkansen Nobeyama Kanetsu Expressway Shiojiri Okaya J.C.T Kobuchizawa I.C. Sutama I.C. Kobuchizawa Chuo Expressway Chuo Line Komaki J.C.T Tomei Expressway Osaka Nagoya Tokyo On the train Tokyo - Sakudaira (about 1 hour and 15 minutes by Nagano Shinkansen) Sakudaira - Nobeyama (about 1 hour and 30 minutes on the Koumi Line) Komoro - Nobeyama (about 1 hour and 40 minutes on the Koumi Line) Shinjuku - Kobuchizawa (about 2 hours by the Chuo Line express) Kobuchizawa - Nobeyama (about 30 minutes on the Koumi Line) Osaka - Nagoya (about 1 hour by Shinkansen) Nagoya - Shiojiri (about 2 hours by the Chuo Line express) Shiojiri - Kobuchizawa (about 50 minutes by the Chuo Line express) Kobuchizawa - Nobeyama (about 30 minutes on the Koumi Line) By car Tokyo - Saku Exit (about 2 hours on the Joshinetsu Expressway) Saku Exit - Nobeyama (about 1 hour on Route 141) Shinjuku - Sutama Exit (about 2 hours on the Chuo Expressway) Sutama Exit - Nobeyama (about 40 minutes on Route 141) Osaka - Kobuchizawa (about 6 hours on the Meishin and Chuo Expressways) Kobuchizawa - Nobeyama (about 40 minutes on Yatsugatake traverse road) Minamimakimura Village Office, Tourism guide Uminokuchi, Minamimakimura, Minamisaku-County, Nagano 384-1302 Phone: 0267-96-2211 (main) URL http://www.minamimakimura.jp/ Minamimakimura Tourism Association URL http://www.kanko-nobeyama.jp/ Nobeyama Tourist Information Nobeyama-ekimae, Minamimakimura, Minamisaku, Nagano 384-1305 Phone: 0267-98-2091 URL http://www.ytg.janis.or.jp/~nobeyama/ To Komoro minamimaki sky map To Saku I.C.