Shinano (Nagano)
Shinano-machi 信 濃 町 |
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Geographical location in Japan | ||
Region : | Chūbu | |
Prefecture : | Nagano | |
Coordinates : | 36 ° 48 ' N , 138 ° 12' E | |
Basic data | ||
Surface: | 149.27 km² | |
Residents : | 7745 (October 1, 2019) |
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Population density : | 52 inhabitants per km² | |
Community key : | 20583-4 | |
Symbols | ||
Tree : | Prunus sargentii | |
Flower : | Jewelry baskets | |
Bird : | Japanese Bush Warbler | |
town hall | ||
Address : |
Shinano Town Hall 428 - 2 , Oaza Kashiwabara Shinano -machi, Kamiminochi-gun Nagano 389-1305 |
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Website URL: | www.town.shinanomachi.nagano.jp | |
Location Shinanos in Nagano Prefecture | ||
Shinano ( Japanese 信 濃 町 , - machi ) is a city in Kamiminochi County in Nagano Prefecture .
geography
Lake Nojiri is located within the city limits to the east . In the west is the 2,053 m high stratovolcano Kurohime ( 黒 姫 山 , -yama ) with the Kurohime plateau ( 黒 姫 高原 , Kurohime-kōgen ). The lake and the plateau belong together with the Myōkō plateau around the mountain Myōkō to the Jōshin'etsu-Kōgen National Park .
history
The name of the city comes from the province of Shinano , but the main town was not within today's Shinano.
Shinano was founded on April 1, 1955 as the village of Shinano ( 信 濃 村 , - mura ) as a merger of the villages of Kashiwabara ( 柏 原 村 , -mura ) and Fujisato ( 富士 里 村 , -mura ). On September 30, 1956, the villages of Shinano, Shinanojiri ( 信 濃 尻 村 , -mura ) and Furuma ( 古 間 村 , -mura ) merged to form the city of Shinano.
traffic
Shinano has a connection to the Jōshin'etsu highway to Fujioka and Jōshin as well as to the prefecture road 18 to Takasaki and Jōshin.
Shinano is connected to Kurohime and Furuma stations on the JR East Shin'etsu Main Line to Takasaki Station and Niigata Station .
Attractions
The Kurohime fairy tale house ( 黒 姫 童話 館 , Kurohime dōwakan ) collects fairy tales from all over the world.
education
In Shinano there are the primary schools Furumi ( 古 海 小学校 ), Nojiri Lake ( 野 尻 湖 小学校 ), Kashiwabara ( 柏 原 小学校 ), Furuma ( 古 間 小学校 ) and Fujisato ( 富士 里 Mittel ), as well as the Shinano middle school ( 信 濃 中 学校 ). In 2011 all schools are to be merged into a single integrated elementary and middle school.
Town twinning
Shinano's twin town has been Nagareyama in Chiba Prefecture, with around 160,000 inhabitants, since May 17, 1995 .
sons and daughters of the town
- Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828), Japanese haiku poet
Neighboring cities and communities
- Nagano Prefecture
- Niigata prefecture
Individual evidence
- ↑ Togakushi / Kurohime. Japan National Tourism Organization, accessed April 25, 2009 .