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Shin'etsu Region
is a geographical region of Japan. The area encompasses the old provinces of Shinano and Echigo. Though the name is a combination of those two provinces, the region also contains Sado Island from Sado Province. It is located in the modern-day prefectures of Nagano and Niigata. Corporate usage The name Shin-Etsu is used in the name of related multinational chemical companies. The Shin'etsu Main Line is part of Japan Railways service running from Shinonoi Station in Nagano Prefecture to Niigata Station in Niigata Prefecture,. In 1926, the Shinetsu Electric Company diversified as Shin'etsu Nitrogenous Fertilizer. Economy The economy of Shin'etsu subregion is large and highly diversified with a strong focus on silverware, electronics, information technology, precision machinery, agriculture and food products, and tourism. It also produces crude oil. Until 1989, Shin'etsu subregion also had a vibrant mining economy specifically of gold in Sado Island. The Cities of Sanjō, Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shin'etsu Chihō
is a geographical region of Japan. The area encompasses the old provinces of Shinano and Echigo. Though the name is a combination of those two provinces, the region also contains Sado Island from Sado Province. It is located in the modern-day prefectures of Nagano and Niigata. Corporate usage The name Shin-Etsu is used in the name of related multinational chemical companies. The Shin'etsu Main Line is part of Japan Railways service running from Shinonoi Station in Nagano Prefecture to Niigata Station in Niigata Prefecture,. In 1926, the Shinetsu Electric Company diversified as Shin'etsu Nitrogenous Fertilizer. Economy The economy of Shin'etsu subregion is large and highly diversified with a strong focus on silverware, electronics, information technology, precision machinery, agriculture and food products, and tourism. It also produces crude oil. Until 1989, Shin'etsu subregion also had a vibrant mining economy specifically of gold in Sado Island. The Cities of Sanjō, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Railways Group
The Japan Railways Group, more commonly known as the or simply JR, consists of seven for-profit stock companies that took over most of the assets and operations of the government-owned Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. Most of the liability of the JNR was assumed by the JNR Settlement Corporation. The JR Group lies at the heart of Japan's railway network, operating a large proportion of intercity rail service (including the Shinkansen high-speed rail lines) and commuter rail service. JR Hokkaido, JR Shikoku, and JR Freight (JRF) are governed by the , also known as the ''JR Companies Act'', and are under the control of the public Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT), while JR East, JR Central, JR West, and JR Kyushu have full private ownership. Because the railways used to be owned by the government, Japanese people generally make a distinction between JR railways (including former JR lines that are now third sector) and ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōshin'etsu Region
is a subregion of the Chūbu region in Japan consisting of Yamanashi, Nagano, and Niigata prefectures. The name Kōshin'etsu is a composite formed from the names of old provinces which are adjacent to each other — Kai (now Yamanashi), Shinano (now Nagano) and Echigo (now Niigata). The region is surrounded by the Sea of Japan to its north west, Hokuriku region to its west, Tōkai region to its south west, Kantō region to its south east, and Tōhoku region to its north east. The name for this geographic area is usually combined with Kantō region (as in "Kantō-Kōshin'etsu""Abstracts from the 25th Kanto-Koshinetsu regional meeting of the Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine" (JSNM), ''Japanese Journal of Nuclear Medicine'' (Jpn J Nucl Med) 23(10):1503-1511, October 1986.); and it is sometimes combined with Hokuriku region (as in "Kantō-Kōshin'etsu-Hokuriku" or "Hokuriku-Kōshin'etsu"). Corporate usage * Nippon Telegraph & Telephone directories categorize phone numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hokuriku Region
The was located in the northwestern part of Honshu, the main island of Japan. It lay along the Sea of Japan within the Chūbu region, which it is currently a part of. It is almost equivalent to Koshi Province and Hokurikudō area in pre-modern Japan. Since the Heian period until the Edo period the region was a core recipient of population, the population grew to be much larger proportionately than it is today, despite the rural character. With the growth of urban centers in the 20th century, particularly Tokyo and Nagoya, Chūkyō, the Hokuriku has steadily declined in importance to become relative backwaters. The region is also known for traditional culture that originated from elsewhere that has been long lost along the Taiheiyō Belt. The Hokuriku region includes the four prefectures of Ishikawa Prefecture, Ishikawa, Fukui Prefecture, Fukui, Niigata Prefecture, Niigata and Toyama Prefecture, Toyama, although Niigata is sometimes included in one of the following regions: * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsubame, Niigata
is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 77,382 in 29,406 households, and a population density of 697 persons per km². The total area of the city was . Geography Tsubame is located in the coastal plains of central Niigata Prefecture, but does not have a coastline on the Sea of Japan. The Shinano River flows through the city. Surrounding municipalities *Niigata Prefecture ** Niigata ** Nagaoka ** Sanjō ** Yahiko Climate Tsubame has a Humid climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm, wet summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Tsubame is 12.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2093 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.12 °C, and lowest in January, at around 1.2 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Tsubame has remained relatively unchanged over the past 50 years. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjō, Niigata
is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 95,706 in 36,201 households, and a population density of 222 persons per km². The total area of the city was . Geography Sanjō is located in an inland region of north-central Niigata Prefecture. It is about 2 hours from Tokyo via the Jōetsu Shinkansen or 4 hours on the Kan-Etsu Expressway and Hokuriku Expressway. The Shinano River flows through the west of it from south to north and the Ikarashi-gawa River flows through the centre of the urbanised area. Surrounding municipalities *Niigata Prefecture ** Niigata ** Tsubame ** Nagaoka ** Mitsuke ** Uonuma ** Aga ** Gosen ** Kamo *Fukushima Prefecture ** Tadami Climate Sanjō has a Humid climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm, wet summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Sanjō is . The average annual rainfall is with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on avera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niigata Station
is a major railway station in Chūō-ku, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station is at the centre of Niigata city, the largest city on the Sea of Japan coast in Honshu. It forms the central station for the railway infrastructure along the Sea of Japan coast, and is also the terminus of the Jōetsu Shinkansen high-speed line from Tokyo. Lines Niigata Station is served by the following lines. * Joetsu Shinkansen * Shin'etsu Main Line * Hakushin Line * Echigo Line Station layout The station has two side platforms (former 1, 4) and two island platforms (former 2/3, and 8/9) at ground level serving a total of six tracks for conventional narrow gauge lines, of which only one island platform remains in use for trains originating from Niigata Station. This island platform (8/9) is an extension of one of the side platforms (1). The station also has two elevated side platforms 2, 5) and one island platform 3,4) serving conventional narrow gauge lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinonoi Station
is a train station in the city of Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), with the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway. Lines Shinanoi Station is one of the intermediate terminals of the discontinuous the Shin'etsu Main Line, and is 9.3 kilometers from Nagano Station. It is also the terminus of the 66.7 kilometer Shinanoi Line. It is also the terminus for the Shinonoi Line and the 65.1 kilometer Shinano Railway Line. Station layout The station consists of a one ground-level island platform and one side platform, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a ''Midori no Madoguchi'' staffed ticket office. Platforms Shinonoi-STA Gate.jpg, Ticket gate, October 2021 Shinonoi-STA Ticket.jpg, Ticket vending machine, October 2021 JREast-Shinetsu-main-line-Shinonoi-station-platform-20110906-155742.jpg, Platforms, September 2011 History Shinanoi Station was opened on 15 August 1888. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shin'etsu Main Line
The Shinetsu Main Line ( ja, 信越本線, ) is a railway line, consisting of three geographically separated sections, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan. It was originally one continuous line connecting and via . Since the opening and later extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen, sections running in parallel have either been abandoned or transferred to Public–private partnership#Japan, third-sector railway companies. The name of the line refers to the old names for Nagano and Niigata prefectures, Shinano Province, Shinano ( ja, 信濃, links=no), and Echigo Province, Echigo ( ja, 越後, links=no). The abandoned section through the Usui Pass was famous for its steep 66.7Per mille, ‰ (6.67Percent sign, %) Grade (slope), gradient. Sections From 14 March 2015, the line consists of the following three sections. * – (29.7 km): in Gunma Prefecture * – (9.3 km): in Nagano Prefecture * – (136.3 km): in Niigata Prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Provinces Of Japan
were first-level administrative divisions of Japan from the 600s to 1868. Provinces were established in Japan in the late 7th century under the Ritsuryō law system that formed the first central government. Each province was divided into and grouped into one of the geographic regions or Circuit (administrative division), circuits known as the ''Gokishichidō'' (Five Home Provinces and Seven Circuits). Provincial borders often changed until the end of the Nara period (710 to 794), but remained unchanged from the Heian period (794 to 1185) until the Edo period (1603 to 1868). The provinces coexisted with the ''Han system, han'' (domain) system, the personal estates of feudal lords and warriors, and became secondary to the domains in the late Muromachi period (1336 to 1573). The Provinces of Japan were replaced with the current Prefectures of Japan, prefecture system in the ''Fuhanken sanchisei'' during the Meiji Restoration from 1868 to 1871, except for Hokkaido, which was For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shin-Etsu Chemical
is the largest chemical company in Japan, ranked No. 9 in Forbes Global 2000 for chemical sector. Shin-Etsu has the largest global market share for polyvinyl chloride, semiconductor silicon, and photomask substrates. The company was named one of Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. “Shin-Etsu” in the company's name derives from Shin'etsu Region, where the company established the first chemical plant as Shin-Etsu Nitrogen Fertilizer in 1926, though the company today is headquartered in Tokyo and has its manufacturing locations in 14 countries worldwide. Segments Shin-Etsu splits its business into three distinct groups: ; Organic and inorganic chemicals : Main products: polyvinyl chloride (PVC), silicones, methanol, chloromethane, cellulose derivatives, polyvinyl alcohols, caustic soda, and silicon metals ; Electronics materials : Main products: semiconductor silicon, organic materials, rare earth magnets for the electronics industry a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niigata Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,227,496 (1 July 2019) and is the List of Japanese prefectures by area, fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area at . Niigata Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture to the southwest, Gunma Prefecture to the south, Fukushima Prefecture to the east, and Yamagata Prefecture to the northeast. Niigata, Niigata, Niigata is the capital and largest city of Niigata Prefecture, with other major cities including Nagaoka, Niigata, Nagaoka, Jōetsu, Niigata, Jōetsu, and Sanjō, Niigata, Sanjō. Niigata Prefecture contains the Niigata Major Metropolitan Area centered on Niigata with a population of 1,395,612, the largest metropolitan area on the Sea of Japan coast and the twelfth-largest in Japan. Niigata Prefecture is part of the historic Hokuriku region and features Sado, Niigata, Sado Island, the sixth largest island of Japan in area follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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