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was a
village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
located in Shimoina 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 ...
,
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. As of 2003, the village had an estimated
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of 748 and a
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of 16.94 persons per km². The total area was 44.16 km². The village has an elementary and a junior high school, both of which have a weekly visit from a Native English Speaker. At the time of writing, this teacher was Louise Beard from England. The village also has a kindergarten. Seinaiji is famous for its fireworks displays. All the fireworks are made by hand in the village and at the festival people dance underneath them. It is common for people to get mild burns from this ritual. In Seinaiji, there stands an ancient sakura (cherry blossom) tree that people take bus trips to see when it is in bloom. Seinaiji is located close to Iida City on Route 256. As of March 31, 2009; Senaiji was merged into the expanded village of Achi. Both Senaiji and Achi are in Shimoina District.


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Dissolved municipalities of Nagano Prefecture Achi, Nagano {{Nagano-geo-stub