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Nagano (長野市;
-shi) is the capital
city of
Nagano prefecture, situated near the junction of the
Chikuma River and the
Sai River on the island of
Honshu,
Japan.
As of
2003, the city has an estimated
population of 361,221 and the
density of 893.34 persons per
km². The total area is 404.35 km².
Nine of the twelve highest mountains in Japan can be
found in this inland prefecture. Nagano is also the prefecture which is
bordered by the highest number of other prefectures in Japan and it contains
the location which is the furthest point from the ocean anywhere in Japan.
Matsumoto, Nagano was the host city to the
1998 Winter Olympics. A famous
7th century
Buddhist temple,
Zenkoji, is located here. The origin
of Nagano was a small town around it.
The city was founded on
April 1,
1897.
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