Iiyama (Nagano)
Iiyama (Japanese饭 山 市, - shi) is a city northeast of Nagano Prefecture on the main Japanese island of Honshu.
Geography
Iiyama is located northeast of Nagano and south of Joetsu.
History
Iiyama was founded on August 1, 1954 from the former municipalities Iiyama, Akitsu, Tokiwa, Yanagihara, tozama, Kijima and Mizuho.
Traffic
- Street: Joshinetsu highway
- National Road 117,292,403
- JR Iiyama Line: Nagano
Sons and daughters of the town
- Kento Sakuyama (* 1990), Japanese ski jumper
- Hiroki Yamada ( b. 1982 ), Japanese ski jumper
- Taku Takeuchi (* 1987 ), Japanese ski jumper
Adjacent Cities and Towns
- Nagano Prefecture Nakano
- Nozawa Onsen
- Sakae
- Shinano
- Kijimadaira
- Joetsu
- Myoko