Map of Toyoshina, Nagano

The name Toyoshina is an acronym of the four antecedent villages: Toba, Yoshino, Shinden, and Nariai.

On October 1, 2005 Akashina was merged with the towns of Hotaka and Toyoshina, and the villages of Horigane and Misato, all from Minamiazumi District, to form the new city of Azumino.

* October 1, 2005-The town of Akashina merged with the towns of Hotaka and Toyoshina, and the villages of Horigane and Misato, from Minamiazumi District, to form the new city of Azumino.

On October 1, 2005 Toyoshina was merged with the town of Akashina, from Higashichikuma District, the town of Hotaka, and the villages of Horigane and Misato, all from Minamiazumi District, to form the new city of Azumino.

On October 1, 2005 Hotaka was merged with the town of Akashina, from Higashichikuma District, the town of Toyoshina, and the villages of Horigane and Misato, all from Minamiazumi District, to form the new city of Azumino.

* October 1, 2005-The towns of Hotaka and Toyoshina, and the villages of Horigane and Misato merged with the town of Akashina from Higashichikuma District to form the new city of Azumino.

On October 1, 2005 Misato was merged with the town of Akashina, from Higashichikuma District, the towns of Hotaka and Toyoshina, and the village of Horigane, all from Minamiazumi District, to form the new city of Azumino.

On October 1, 2005 Horigane was merged with the town of Akashina, from Higashichikuma District, the towns of Hotaka and Toyoshina, and the village of Misato, all from Minamiazumi District, to form the new city of Azumino.

The longest, the Shinano River, which winds through Nagano Prefecture to Niigata Prefecture and flows into the Sea of Japan, is only 367 kilometers long.

* Shimojō, Nagano, a village whose birthrate is increasing.

Admiral Nagano summed up his service's ambivalent attitude during this period by observing " The government has decided that if there is no war, the fate of the nation is sealed.

Recently this practice is undertaken with the 500 yen coin, first in commemoration of the Nagano Olympic games in 1998, and then the Aichi Expo in 2005.

The area includes Yamanashi, Nagano, and northern Gifu prefectures ; sometimes Niigata Prefecture is included as well.

Transportation between Niigata and Toyama used to be geographically limited and so Niigata has seen especially strong influence from the Kantō region, because of this Niigata Prefecture is often classified as being part of the Kōshin ' etsu region with Nagano and Yamanashi Prefectures.

The alleged motive is that some American business leaders and politicians strongly opposed the negotiations between Torrijos and a group of Japanese businessmen led by Shigeo Nagano, who were promoting the idea of a new, larger, sea-level canal for Panama.

is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

The show was created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, with character designs by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, while the series ' mechanical designs is split among Kunio Okawara, Mamoru Nagano, and Kazumi Fujita.

The capital is the city of Nagano.

Nagano is an inland prefecture and it borders more prefectures than any other in Japan.

Nine of the twelve highest mountains in Japan can be found in Nagano and one of its lakes, Lake Kizaki, is a beach resort popular for its water attractions and games.

Saitama Prefecture is bordered by Tokyo, Chiba, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Nagano, and Yamanashi.

Yamanashi Prefecture is bordered by Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Shizuoka, and Nagano.

Toyama Prefecture is bordered by Ishikawa Prefecture to the west, Niigata to the northeast, Nagano to the southeast, Gifu to the south and Sea of Japan to the north.

( Today, Asama-yama's location is better described as on the border between Gunma and Nagano prefectures.

He is a member of the lower house representing Nagano # 3 district.

To the west lies Nagano prefecture, and Saitama is to the south.

Some of the major mountains in Gunma are Mount Akagi, Mount Haruna, Mount Myōgi, Mount Nikkō-Shirane and Mount Asama, which is located on the Nagano border.

Kuzuryū 九頭龍 " 9-headed dragon ", deriving from the Nagaraja snake-kings Vasuki and Shesha, is worshipped at Togakushi Shrine in Nagano Prefecture.

or is an old province of Japan that is now present day Nagano Prefecture.

In the early 2000s, former governor of Nagano Prefecture, Yasuo Tanaka ( president of New Party Nippon ), proposed the renaming of his prefecture to " Shinshū " ( 信州, a name derived from Shinano Province ) because it is still widely used, as in Shinshū soba ( 信州そば ), Shinshū miso ( 信州味噌 ) and Shinshu University.

The is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen train type operated by East Japan Railway Company ( JR East ) on the Tōhoku and Nagano Shinkansen high-speed lines in Japan since 1997.

Dæhlie's eight Olympic titles are a record for the Winter Olympics, as are his total of 12 Olympic medals ( he also won four silver medals ) which he amassed in three Olympics ( Albertville, Lillehammer and Nagano ).

The year 2000 saw four major premières: Two Tributes for the London Sinfonietta ; Pluto, an addition to Holst's Planets, for the Hallé Orchestra and Kent Nagano, already widely performed ; Aftertones, for the Huddersfield Choral Society ; and Continuum, a large-scale work for soprano and ensemble commissioned by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group for Cynthia Clarey and Simon Rattle, with performances in London, Cologne, Brussels, Amsterdam, Vienna and Birmingham.

On February 13, 2005 the towns of Tsukechi, Fukuoka and Sakashita and the villages of Hirukawa, Kashimo and Kawaue, all from the former Ena District ( which was dissolved by this merger ), and the village of Yamaguchi from Kiso District, Nagano Prefecture, merged into Nakatsugawa.

On February 13, 2005 Sakashita, along the towns of Fukuoka and Tsukechi, the villages of Hirukawa, Kashimo and Kawaue, all from Ena District, and the village of Yamaguchi, from Kiso District, Nagano, was merged into the expanded city of Nakatsugawa and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

On February 13, 2005 Kawaue, along the towns of Fukuoka, Sakashita and Tsukechi, the villages of Hirukawa and Kashimo, all from Ena District, and the village of Yamaguchi, from Kiso District, Nagano, was merged into the expanded city of Nakatsugawa and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

On February 13, 2005 Kashimo, along the towns of Fukuoka, Sakashita and Tsukechi, the villages of Hirukawa and Kawaue, all from Ena District, and the village of Yamaguchi, from Kiso District, Nagano, was merged into the expanded city of Nakatsugawa and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

On February 13, 2005 Tsukechi, along the towns of Fukuoka and Sakashita, the villages of Hirukawa, Kashimo and Kawaue, all from Ena District, and the village of Yamaguchi, from Kiso District, Nagano, was merged into the expanded city of Nakatsugawa and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

On February 13, 2005 Fukuoka, along the towns of Sakashita and Tsukechi, the villages of Hirukawa, Kashimo and Kawaue, all from Ena District, and the village of Yamaguchi, from Kiso District, Nagano, was merged into the expanded city of Nakatsugawa and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

On February 13, 2005 Hirukawa, along the towns of Fukuoka, Sakashita and Tsukechi, the villages of Kashimo and Kawaue, all from Ena District, and the village of Yamaguchi, from Kiso District, Nagano, was merged into the expanded city of Nakatsugawa and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

Like many other small Southern Nagano villages, it is famous for its apples.

On January 1, 2005 Ōoka, along with the town of Toyono, and the villages of Togakushi and Kinasa, all from Kamiminochi District, was merged into the city of Nagano.

* October 16, 1966-The town of Kawanakajima and the villages of Shinsara and Sarakita merged with the cities of Nagano and Shinonoi, the town of Matsushiro from Hanishina District, the town of Wakaho from Kamitakai District, and the village of Nananikai from Kamiminochi District, forming the city of Nagano.

On January 1, 2005 Toyono, along with the village of Ōoka, from Sarashina District, and the villages of Togakushi and Kinasa, all from Kamiminochi District, was merged into the city of Nagano.

* On January 1, 2005 the town of Toyono and the villages of Togakushi and Kinasa merged into the city of Nagano.