Category: Nagano shi

Nagano-shi Nagano city

The city of Nagano (長野市) is the capital and largest city in Nagano Prefecture. The city of Nagano is the highest capital in Japan, with an altitude of 371.4 meters. The city is surrounded by mountains, Sai river and the Chikuma river, which is the river longest and widest in Japan. Nagano was elevated to the category of city in April of 1897.

With a total area of the city of 834.81 km² and a population of 374.449 inhabitants, including about 3.930 foreign citizens, being 110 Brazilians, 75 Americans, 1.570 Chinese, 540 Koreans, 363 Philippines, 545 Vietnam, 249 Thai, 39 Indonesia, 35 Sri Lanka and others (data town hall, March 2.020).

Nagano has a humid continental climate in a hot summer. The city receives heavy snow in winter (between December a March), totaling 2.6 meters. Temperatures are higher is in August, reaching 31 ° C, and the lowest in January, reaching -4.5 ° C.

Nagano developed from the Nara period as a temple city to the famous Zenko-ji gate, one of the temples most popular in Japan. The city’s borders were first enlarged in July 1923, with the annexation of the neighboring city of Yoshida and the villages of Sarita, Miwa and Komaki. The city expanded again in April 1954, annexing neighboring villages of Asahi, Furusato, Yanagihara, Wakatsuki, Asakawa, Naganuma, Amori, Odagiri, Imoi and Mamejima.

Is at October From 1966, the city expanded again, annexing the neighboring cities of Kawanakajima, Matsushiro and Wakaho and the villages of Shinonoi, Kohoku, Shinko and Naniai and continued to expand into January 2005, with the annexation of Toyono municipalities and the village of Togakushi, Kinasa and Ooka. Expanding again in January 2010, annexing the city of Shinshushinmachi and the village of Nakajo.

The city of Nagano has become an important historical site, as well as a tourist destination with several sights, including Japanese onsen baths, snow monkeys in Yamanouchi and the Ski Resorts in Hakuba and Nozawaonsen.

As mountains trees (Togakushi area) attract many tourists with its popular shrines and the legendary home of the Togakure Ninja School, the Togakushi Ninpo Museum and Kids Ninja, which means the place offers good entertainment and a glimpse into the region's ninja past.

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