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Matsushiro () was a historically important town in Hanishina District,
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during the Edo period of the 17th to 19th centuries. In the Meiji period of the latter half of the 19th century, there was a thriving silk industry there and the area was known for its Matsushiro ware.
During the last days of World War II,
Matsushiro () was a historically important town in Hanishina District, Nagano Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...
, Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. In 1966, it was incorporated into Nagano City
is the capital and largest city of Nagano Prefecture, located in the Nagano Basin (Zenkoji Daira) in the central Chūbu region of Japan. Nagano is categorized as a core city of Japan. Nagano City is the highest prefectural capital in Japan, wi ...
.
In general
Matsushiro was a thriving town as the center ofMatsushiro Domain
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Part of the Matsushiro domain's Edo estate, relocated to Kamakura and used as a hall at Ryuko-ji Temple
was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It is located in Shinano Province, Hon ...
under the Sanada clan
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The was a large underground bunker complex built during the Second World War in the town of Matsushiro, which is now a suburb of Nagano, Japan. The facility was constructed so that the central organs of the government of the Empire of Japan ...
was built in the caves of the near-by mountain. In 1966, Matsushiro was incorporated into Nagano, Nagano, Nagano City, and remains as Matsushiro-machi, Nagano City.
Matsushiro is now famous as a thriving sightseeing area.
Transportation
About three kilometers south on Prefectural Road 35 ( 長野県道35号長野真田線) fromNagano Station
is a railway station in the city of Nagano in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Nagano Electric Railway (Nagaden).
Lines
Nagano Station is served by the f ...
of Hokuriku Shinkansen
The is a high-speed Shinkansen railway line jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West), connecting Tokyo with in the Hokuriku region of Japan. The first section, between and in Nagano Pr ...
, Shinetsu 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 . S ...
and Shinano Railway Line
The is a 65.1 km railway line operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It connects Karuizawa Station in Karuizawa with Shinonoi Station in Nagano.
Overview
Before October 19 ...
. About one kilometer south on Prefectural Road 35 from Nagano Interchange
is a road interchange located in Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
This is the interchange nearest to downtown Nagano City, which is the capital of Nagano Prefecture, and Matsushiro. It is on:
* National Route 403
* Prefectural Route 35 ...
( 長野インターチェンジ) of Jōshin-etsu Expressway
The is a national expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company.
Naming
is a kanji acronym consisting of 3 characters, each representing the former names of the prefectures that the route traverses. consist ...
.
What to see
*Matsushiro Castle
, formerly known as Kaizu Castle (海津城, ''Kaizu-jō''), is a Japanese castle located in former Matsushiro town, now part of The site is a registered National Historic Site of Japan.
Situation
Matsushiro Castle is located in the flatland ...
*Matsushiro Underground Imperial Headquarters
The was a large underground bunker complex built during the Second World War in the town of Matsushiro, which is now a suburb of Nagano, Japan. The facility was constructed so that the central organs of the government of the Empire of Japan ...
- Caves in Mt. Minakami ( 皆神山)
*Bunbu School ( 文武学校) - the official school of Matsushiro Domain
300px, Matsushiro Castle
Part of the Matsushiro domain's Edo estate, relocated to Kamakura and used as a hall at Ryuko-ji Temple
was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It is located in Shinano Province, Hon ...
*Sanada Clan's Treasure Museum ( 真田宝物館)
*Mt. Saijo ( 妻女山) - a mountain where Uesugi Kenshin
, later known as was a Japanese ''daimyō''. He was born in Nagao clan, and after adoption into the Uesugi clan, ruled Echigo Province in the Sengoku period of Japan. He was one of the most powerful ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku period. Known as ...
of Echigo Province
was an old province in north-central Japan, on the shores of the Sea of Japan. It bordered on Uzen, Iwashiro, Kōzuke, Shinano, and Etchū Provinces. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Echigo''" in . It corresponds today to Niigata ...
has his battle headquarters in the famous Battles of Kawanakajima
The were a series of battles fought in the Sengoku period of Japan between Takeda Shingen of Kai Province and Uesugi Kenshin of Echigo Province from 1553 to 1564.
Shingen and Kenshin contested each other for control of the plain of Kawanakaj ...
*Matsushiro Hot Spring ( 松代温泉)(in Japanese)
People of Matsushiro
*Sanada Yukimura
, also known as , was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period. He was especially known as the leading general on the defending side of the Siege of Osaka.
Yukimura was called "A Hero who may appear once in a hundred years", "Crimson D ...
*Sarutobi Sasuke
is a ninja who appears in kōdan narrative art and fictional writings. The nickname is generally believed to have been concocted from Meiji to the Taishō period. Some argue he is based on real live personages, such as and . His family name, ...
- a ninja
A or was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of a ninja included reconnaissance
In military operations, reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration of an area by military forces to obtain information about enem ...
, one of the Sanada Ten Braves
The are a legendary group of ninja that assisted the warlord Sanada Yukimura during the Warring States era of Japan; that is, the late Sengoku period and its immediate aftermath, also known as the Azuchi–Momoyama and the early Edo periods.
Th ...
* Zozan Sakuma - a 19th century pioneering scientist
A scientist is a person who conducts Scientific method, scientific research to advance knowledge in an Branches of science, area of the natural sciences.
In classical antiquity, there was no real ancient analog of a modern scientist. Instead, ...
*Yasuhiro Kobayashi
coba, , is a Japanese musician, accordionist, composer and arranger, born in Matsushiro, Nagano and brought up in Niigata, Niigata. His music has sold over 1,000,000 CDs.accordionist
Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed i ...
See also
*Matsushiro Domain
300px, Matsushiro Castle
Part of the Matsushiro domain's Edo estate, relocated to Kamakura and used as a hall at Ryuko-ji Temple
was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It is located in Shinano Province, Hon ...
References
External links
{{coord, 36.566, 138.196, type:landmark_region:JP, display=titleMatsushiro Area Self-Governing Association
(in Japanese)
Matsushiro Nagano Guide
(in English) Nagano (city) Ninja Sanada clan Tourist attractions in Nagano Prefecture