• Suwa (諏訪郡, Suwa-gun or Suwa no Kōri) is a district located in southern Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district has an estimated population...
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    Suwa (諏訪市, Suwa-shi) is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2019[update], the city had an estimated population of 48,972 in 20698...
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    central Nagano Prefecture at the western shores of Lake Suwa and the headwaters of the Tenryū River. Nagano Prefecture Matsumoto Shimosuwa Shiojiri Suwa Tatsuno...
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    Suwa Grand Shrine (Japanese: 諏訪大社, Hepburn: Suwa-taisha), historically also known as Suwa Shrine (諏訪神社 Suwa-jinja) or Suwa Daimyōjin (諏訪大明神), is a group...
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    Districts Suwa District (諏訪郡) Geyser in Kamisuwa (上諏訪), Nagano Prefecture Lake Suwa Suwa taisha Suwa, Nagano Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Suwa" in Japan...
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    District Kijimadaira Nozawaonsen Yamanouchi Suwa District Fujimi Hara Shimosuwa The life expectancy in Nagano prefecture is the longest nationwide with...
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    the city. Nagano Prefecture Komagane Shiojiri Suwa Chino Suwa District: Fujimi Kamiina District: Minowa, Minamiminowa, Miyada Shimoina District: Ōshika...
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    heavy accumulations of snow in winter. Nagano Prefecture Fujimi Hara Ina Koumi Minamimaki Nagawa Saku Sakuho Suwa Tateshina Yamanashi Prefecture Hokuto...
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    Shimo-Suwa Station (下諏訪駅, Shimo-Suwa-eki) is a railway station on the Chuo Main Line in the town of Shimosuwa, Suwa District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan...
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    Shinano Province (category History of Nagano Prefecture)
    Suzaka, Iiyama, Suwa/Takashima, Takatō, Iida, Matsumoto) and Takayama/Hida which covered Hida Province were administratively merged into Nagano (initially...
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  • Kurikoma, Kurihara District, Miyagi Prefecture (now Kurihara); Hirano, Suwa District, Nagano Prefecture (now Okaya), among other places. It is a yōkai that becomes...
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  • village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, Estonia Hara, Nagano, a village in Suwa District, Nagano, Japan Hara Seghira Synagogue (Arabic: معبد حارة صغيرة)...
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    town of Suwa in Nagano Prefecture. It was also known as Takashima Domain (高島藩, Takashima-han). The Suwa clan had ruled the area around Lake Suwa in Shinano...
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    Shimosuwa (redirect from Shimosuwa, Nagano)
    by Lake Suwa. The town has an altitude of 760 meters at the town center, and is 82% forested. Nagano Prefecture Matsumoto Nagawa Okaya Suwa The town...
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    dialing codes (area codes) for calling land lines for various cities and districts in Japan, when dialing from within Japan. The leading 0 is omitted when...
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    around 24.3 °C, and lowest in January, at around -1.0 °C. Nagano Prefecture Ina Minamiminowa Suwa Tatsuno Per Japanese census data, the population of Minowa...
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    Park. The Yokokawa Dam is located in Tatsuno. Nagano Prefecture Minamiminowa Minowa Okaya Shiojiri Suwa The village has a climate characterized by characterized...
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    Onbashira (category Suwa faith)
    pillars that stand on the four corners of local shrines in the Lake Suwa area of Nagano Prefecture (historical Shinano Province), Japan. The largest and...
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    Fujimi is located in a very mountainous area within the Suwa region of east-central Nagano, and includes the Akaishi Mountains, including Mount Nyukasa...
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    to the current name in 1997. Its Suwa Plant in Suwa, Nagano Prefecture spun off as Suwa Seikosha Co., Ltd. (諏訪精工舎, Suwa Seikōsha) in 1959 is now known as...
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    Takashima Castle (category Suwa, Nagano)
    Japanese castle located in Suwa, central Nagano Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Takashima Castle was home to the Suwa clan, daimyō of Takashima...
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    Nagano 4th district (長野県第4区, Nagano-ken dai-yonku or simply 長野4区, Nagano-yonku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the...
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    Idojiri ruins (category History of Nagano Prefecture)
    BCE) settlement located in what is now part of the town of Fujimi, Suwa District, Nagano in the Chūbu region of Japan. The site was designated a National...
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    Akyū ruins (category History of Nagano Prefecture)
    settlement located in the Kawagishi neighborhood of the village of Hara, Suwa District, Nagano in the Chūbu region of Japan. It contains the largest stone circle...
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    Lake Nojiri (category Lakes of Nagano Prefecture)
    in the town of Shinano, Kamiminochi District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Second to Lake Suwa among lakes in Nagano Prefecture, Nojiri is a resort, the...
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    Suzurannosato Station (category Railway stations in Nagano Prefecture)
    Suzurannosato-eki) is a railway station in Sakai, in the town of Fujimi Town, Suwa District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East)...
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    Shimosuwa-shuku (category Stations of the Nakasendo in Nagano Prefecture)
    Kōshū Kaidō. It is located in the present-day town of Shimosuwa, Suwa District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. First built around 1601, Shimosawa-shuku flourished...
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    Wada-tōge) is a mountain pass in between Nagawa, Nagano, Chiisagata District and Shimosuwa, Nagano, at an altitude of 1,531m. Nakasendo passed through...
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    Takeminakata (redirect from Suwa Myōjin)
    mythology. Also known as Suwa Myōjin (諏訪明神 / 諏方明神) or Suwa Daimyōjin (諏訪大明神 / 諏方大明神) after Suwa Grand Shrine (Suwa Taisha) in Nagano Prefecture in which he...
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    Yasakatome (category Suwa faith)
    Japanese) Suwa Kyōikukai, ed. (1938). 諏訪史年表 (Suwa shinenpyō). Nagano: Suwa Kyōikukai. Suwa Shishi Hensan Iinkai, ed. (1995). 諏訪市史 上巻 原始・古代・中世 (Suwa Shishi...
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