Iizuna (Nagano)

Iizuna ( Japanese:饭 纲 町, machi ) is a town in Shinano -gun in the north of Nagano Prefecture on the main Japanese island of Honshu.

Geography

In Iizuna living on an area of ​​75.31 km ² municipality 11,956 people (as of 1 February 2010). Adjacent municipalities are the cities ( shi) and Nakano Nagano and the city of Shinano, which also belongs to Shinano -gun.

History

The city Iizuna was founded by merging the villages ( mura ) Mure and Samizu on 1 October 2005. It was named after lying in the municipality of the same mountain. On 16 July 2007, the Niigata Chuetsu - coast earthquake reached a strong 6 on the JMA scale in Iizuna.

Traffic

Iizuna has with the station Mure on the Shin'etsu Main Line ( JR East ) has a connection to the Japanese railway network.

By Iizuna leads the national road 18 and the motorway Jōshin'etsu. However, there are Iizuna no junction and no quick bus stop.

Educational institutions

In Iizuna there are four primary schools and one middle school, which shall be borne by the city. The high school in Iizuna is supported by the prefecture.

Tourism

In Iizuna there with the Iizuna Plateau a recreation area. The plateau is in the summer starting point for mountain hikes. In the winter, can be driven in a ski resort Iizuna Ski Resort Winter Sport.

Sports

In Iizuna the luge, skeleton and bobsled track spiral is. It is the only permanent luge, skeleton and bobsled track in Asia, and the only lift with two uphill sections. The railway was the race course at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. After a construction period from 1993 to 1996 the railway was given on 28 March 1996 its homologation by the FIBT. At a length of 1360 m (Start bobsleigh and skeleton ) of the ice track has 14 curves and a height difference of 113 m.