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Kiso District, Nagano
is a district located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of November 1, 2005, the district has an estimated population of 34,759. The total area is 1,546.26 km2. Historically, the district was once known as Nishichikuma District (西筑摩郡) until May 1, 1968. There are only three towns and three villages within the district. * Agematsu * Kiso Town * Nagiso * Kiso Village * Ōkuwa * Ōtaki History * May 1, 1968 – The district was renamed to Kiso District. * February 13, 2005 – The village of Yamaguchi merged into the city of Nakatsugawa, Gifu. * April 1, 2005 – The village of Narakawa merged into the city of Shiojiri. * November 1, 2005 – The town of Kisofukushima merged with the villages of Mitake, Hiyoshi and Kaida to form the new town of Kiso. Points of interest * Nakasendō, a former trade route between Edo (modern-day Tokyo) and Kyoto. * Tsumago-juku was the forty-second of the sixty-nine post towns on the Nakasendō. It is located in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narakawa, Nagano
was a village located in Kiso District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. On April 1, 2005, Narakawa was merged into the expanded city of Shiojiri. As of October 1, 2004, the former village had an estimated population of 3,393. The total area was 117.82 km². Geography ;Surrounding municipalities * Ina, Shiojiri * Kiso District: Kiso, Hiyoshi * Higashichikuma District: Asahi * Kamiina District: Tatsuno, Minamiminowa Sister cities * Fukuroi (Shizuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,637,998 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northea ...) — Signed on October 28, 2001 Dissolved municipalities of Nagano Prefecture Shiojiri, Nagano {{Nagano-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kisobushi
Kisobushi (in ) is a folk song originating from the Koso District of Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It sings about the river, mountains and people who live there. General Kisobushi is a folk song originating from the Koso District of Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It sings about the river, mountains and people who live there. "Fushi" (in ) or "Bushi", when immediately follows another nouns, as in " Tankobushi", means a melody or a song. Lyrics There are several stanzas of various versions. The words, "Nakanori san", in the lyrics are generally agreed to mean the loggers who raft down the Kiso River, carrying the logs cut down from the woods in the Kiso Mountains. Japanese original 木曽のナー 中乗りさん 木曽の御岳（おんたけ）さんは ナンジャラホーイ 夏でも寒い ヨイヨイヨイ 合唱：ヨイヨイヨイノ ヨイヨイヨイ 袷ょ（あわしょ）ナー 中乗りさん あわしょやりたや ナンジャラホーイ 足袋� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsumago-juku
was the forty-second of the sixty-nine post towns on the Nakasendō. It is located in Nagiso, Kiso District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It has been restored to its appearance as an Edo-era post town and is now a popular tourist destination. History During the Edo period, Tsumago was the forty-second of the sixty-nine post towns, which connected Edo (present-day Tokyo) with Kyoto. Prior to becoming part of the Nakasendō, it was the tenth of eleven stations along the Kisoji, a minor trade route running through the Kiso Valley. As such, it was a relatively prosperous and cosmopolitan town, with an economy based on currency. In 1968, local residents began an effort to restore historical sites and structures within the town. By 1971, some 20 houses had been restored, and a charter was agreed to the effect that no place in Tsumago should be "sold, hired out, or destroyed". In 1976, the town was designated by the Japanese government as a Nationally Designated Architectural Preser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyoto
Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the city had a population of 1.46 million. The city is the cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Kyoto, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 3.8 million people. Kyoto is one of the oldest municipalities in Japan, having been chosen in 794 as the new seat of Japan's imperial court by Emperor Kanmu. The original city, named Heian-kyō, was arranged in accordance with traditional Chinese feng shui following the model of the ancient Chinese capital of Chang'an/Luoyang. The emperors of Japan ruled from Kyoto in the following eleven centuries until 1869. It was the scene of several key events of the Muromachi period, Sengoku period, and the Boshin War, such as the Ōnin War, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakasendō
The , also called the ,Richard Lane, ''Images from the Floating World'' (1978) Chartwell, Secaucus ; pg. 285 was one of the five routes of the Edo period, and one of the two that connected Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto in Japan. There were 69 stations (staging-posts) between Edo and Kyoto, crossing through Musashi, Kōzuke, Shinano, Mino and Ōmi provinces.Nakasendou Jouhou . NEC Corporation. Retrieved August 18, 2007. In addition to Tokyo and Kyoto, the Nakasendō runs through the modern-day prefectures of Saitama, , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaida, Nagano
former Kaida village hall was a village located in Kiso District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 2,026 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' can also be used. Mathematicall ... of 13.55 persons per km². The total area was 149.54 km². On November 1, 2005, Kaida, along with the town of Kisofukushima, and the villages of Hiyoshi and Mitake (all from Kiso District), was merged to create the town of Kiso. Dissolved municipalities of Nagano Prefecture Kiso, Nagano (town) {{Nagano-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiyoshi, Nagano
was a village located in Kiso District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 2,692 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' can also be used. Mathematicall ... of 47.54 persons per km². The total area was 56.63 km². On November 1, 2005, Hiyoshi, along with the town of Kisofukushima, and the villages of Kaida and Mitake (all from Kiso District), was merged to create the town of Kiso. Dissolved municipalities of Nagano Prefecture Kiso, Nagano (town) {{Nagano-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitake, Nagano
was a village located in Kiso District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 1,930 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' can also be used. Mathematicall ... of 16.09 persons per km². The total area was 119.92 km². On November 1, 2005, Mitake, along with the town of Kisofukushima, and the villages of Hiyoshi and Kaida (all from Kiso District), was merged to create the town of Kiso. External links Kiso official website Dissolved municipalities of Nagano Prefecture Kiso, Nagano (town) {{Nagano-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kisofukushima, Nagano
was a town located in Kiso District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 7,971 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' can also be used. Mathematicall ... of 53.15 persons per km². The total area was 149.97 km². On November 1, 2005, Kisofukushima, along with the villages of Hiyoshi, Kaida and Mitake (all from Kiso District), was merged to create the town of Kiso. Dissolved municipalities of Nagano Prefecture Kiso, Nagano (town) {{Nagano-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiojiri, Nagano
is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 67,240 in 27,602 households, and a population density of 230 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Shiojiri is located in central Nagano Prefecture, in the southern end of the Matsumoto Basin. Surrounding municipalities *Nagano Prefecture ** Matsumoto ** Okaya ** Ina ** Tatsuno ** Minamiminowa ** Kiso Town ** Kiso Village ** Asahi Climate The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Shiojiri is 11.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1161 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around -1.1 °C. History Shiojiri is located in former Shinano Province, and as its name implies, was traditionally a centre for salt production. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
