Chino, Nagano
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is a city
Cities of Japan
||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...

 located in Nagano
Nagano Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of the island of Honshū. The capital is the city of Nagano.- History :Nagano was formerly known as the province of Shinano...

, Japan
Japan
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.

As of 2003, the city has an estimated population
Population
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 of 55,902 and the density
Population density
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 of 209.83 persons per km². The total area is 266.41 km².

The city was founded on August 1, 1958.

Geography

  • mountain
    Mountain
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    • Mount Yatsugatake
      Mount Yatsugatake
      , also just Yatsugatake is a volcanic group of inactive volcanoes located on the border of Nagano Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture on Honshū in Japan.-Description:...

    • Mount Tateshina
      Mount Tateshina
      also Suwa Fuji is a complex volcano located on the border of the municipalities of Chino and Tateshina in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.It has an elevation of . This mountain is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.-Outline:...

    • Mount Kirigamine
      Mount Kirigamine
      is a 1,925m volcano, located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.-Outline:The tallest peak of Mount Kirigamine is Mount Kuruma, on which there is a weather radar site.Most of the mountain is covered in grass with sparse bushes and rocks...

  • lake
    Lake
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    • Shirakaba Lake
    • Tateshina Lake

adjacency

  • Nagano Prefecture
    Nagano Prefecture
    is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of the island of Honshū. The capital is the city of Nagano.- History :Nagano was formerly known as the province of Shinano...

    • Suwa City
      Suwa, Nagano
      is a city located in Nagano, Japan.As of October 1, 2010, the city had an estimated population of 51,084 and a density of 468.40 persons per km². The total area of the city is 109.06 km²....

    • Saku City
      Saku, Nagano
      is a city located in Nagano, Japan.Due to the refounding of Saku back on April 1, 2005, the city became the fifth city in Nagano Prefecture to go over 100,000...

    • Ina City
      Ina, Nagano
      is a city located in Nagano, Japan.The city was founded on March 31, 2006 when the old city of Ina merged with the town of Takatō and the village of Hase, both from Kamiina District, to form the new city of Ina.-Surrounding municipalities:*Nagano Prefecture...

    • Koumi Town
    • Minamimaki Village
    • Sakuho town
    • Tateshina town
    • Nagawa town
    • Fujimi Town
    • Hara Village

Road
Road
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  • Chūō Expressway
    Chuo Expressway
    The is a national expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by Central Nippon Expressway Company.-Naming:Officially the expressway is designated as the Chūō Expressway Nishinomiya Route , the Chūō Expressway Nagano Route , and the Chūō Expressway Fujiyoshida Route The (lit. Central...

    • national highway No.20
    • national highway No.152
    • national highway No.299
    • Venus line

Primary school

  • Izumino Primary school
  • Kanazawa Primary school
  • Eimei Primary school
  • Miyagawa Primary school
  • Kitayama Primary school
  • Kohigashi Primary school
  • Tamagawa Primary school
  • Yonezawa Primary school
  • Toyohira Primary school

High school
High school
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  • NaganoPrefecture Chino High school
  • Tokai university daisan senior High school

Sightseeing

  • Suwa Taisha
    Suwa Taisha
    , or Suwa Grand Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in Nagano prefecture, Japan. Over 1200 years old, it is one of the oldest shrines in existence, and is mentioned in the Kojiki, an 8th century text...

  • Shirakaba Lake
  • Tateshina amusement aquarium
  • Kurumayama Kōgen Snow Resort
  • Tateshina-Tōkyū skiing area

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