Nakagawa (Nagano)

Nakagawa ( Japanese:中 川村, -mura ) is a village in kamiina -gun in Nagano Prefecture on the main Japanese island of Honshu.

Geography

Nakagawa is the southernmost municipality of kamiina -gun and is in the Ina Basin on the River Tenryu. At 77.05 km ² 5,343 people ( as of March 1, 2010). Nakagawa lies at the foot of the Akaishi Mountains. Neighboring municipalities are the big city ( shi) Komagane, the towns ( machi ) Iijima ( kamiina -gun ) and Matsukawa ( Shimoina -gun ) and the village of Oshika ( Shimoina -gun ).

History

Nakagawa was established on August 1, 1958 by merging the two villages Katakiri and Namikai. Since 7 October 2008, Nakagawa member of the Association of the " most beautiful villages in Japan" ( " Nihon de Mottomo utsukushii mura " rengō ).

Traffic

Nakagawa is connected via the station Ina- Tajima at the Iida Line of JR Central.

As a trunk road, the National Road 153 by Nakagawa.

City partnerships and friendships

  • Nakagawa Japan ( Hokkaido ), Japan ( twinning )
  • Japan Tempaku -ku, Nagoya, Japan ( Friendship cities )

Sons and daughters of the village

  • Nakazawa Rinsing - cultural critic and an electrical engineer in the Meiji and Taishō period
  • Shiozawa Koichi - Admiral of the Imperial Navy
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