Okaya, Nagano
Okaya (Japanese冈 谷 市, -shi ) is a city in the center of Nagano Prefecture on the main Japanese island of Honshu.
Geography
Okaya is located northwest of Kōfu and south of Matsumoto at Suwa Lake and is considered industrial Town.
History
Okaya was established on 1 April 1936.
Attractions
- Suwa Lake
Traffic
- Street: Chūō - highway
- National Road 20, according to Tokyo or Shiojiri
- National Road 142
- JR Chūō Main Line
Sons and daughters of the town
- Naoki Tsukahara ( born 1985 ), Japanese Sprinter
Twinning
- United States Mount Pleasant ( Michigan), since 1965
Adjacent Cities and Towns
- Matsumoto
- Suwa
- Shiojiri
- Shimosuwa
- Tatsuno