Nagano (prefecture)

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Nagano prefecture (??? Nagano-ken) is located at the center of Japan. It is surrounded by 8 prefectures. (Niigata, Toyama, Aichi, Gifu, Shizuoka, Yamanashi, Gunma, Saitama)

	nagano prefecture Travel Guide : 1 Understand 2 Cities 3 Other destinations 4 Understand 5 Talk 6 Get in 6.1 By train 7 Get around 8 See 9 Do 10 Eat 11 Drink 12 Get out 13 External links

Understand

The population of Nagano is 2,214,356.

Cities

• Matsumoto — featuring one of Japan's top 3 castles and lots of wasabi
• Nagano — the prefectural capital and site of the 1998 Winter Olympics
• Ueda

Other destinations

• Karuizawa — Famous mountain resort and a popular summer getaway
• Kiso Valley — The scenic villages of Magome and Tsumago

Understand

Talk

Get in

By train

The Nagano Shinkansen line, a branch of the Joetsu line to Niigata, connects to Tokyo in around 2 hours.

Get around

See

Do

There are many mountains in Nagano, so there are many places to ski. In 1998, Winter Olympics took place in Nagano.

Eat

In culinary terms, Nagano is best known for its soba (buckwheat noodles) and miso (fermented bean paste), a staple of the Japanese diet. Among foods characteristic to the region are oyaki, small grilled doughballs filled with vegetables or meat, and on the unusual side, basashi (raw horse meat) and inago (locusts).

Drink

Get out

External links

• Nagano Prefecture (http://www.pref.nagano.jp/english/indexe.htm)

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