Sakaki (Nagano)
Sakaki ( Japanese:坂 城 町, machi ) is a town in Nagano Prefecture on the main Japanese island of Honshu and the only municipality in Hanishina -gun. Had The administrative area of the city on 1 February 2010 an area of 53.64 km ² and 15,843 inhabitants.
Geography
Sakaki is in the northern Nagano Prefecture, bordering the United Städt ( shi) Nagano and Ueda. By Sakaki the Chikuma, the longest river in Japan flows.
History
Sakaki was founded on January 12, 1879 under the name坂 木( Sakaki ). On May 18, 1886, changed its spelling from坂 木坂 城in, but had no effect on the pronunciation. On April 1, 1889, was the establishment of the modern local structure to a mura (village). To town Sakaki was on 12 July 1904 and remained independent until the present as a municipality. The last change in the urban area took place on 1 April 1960.
Traffic
By Sakaki leads the Shinano tetsudō line of private railway company Shinano tetsudō, stations and Sakaki Sakaki Tekuno be due to the in Sakaki. In addition, performs the route of the Nagano Shinkansen by Sakaki, without arriving there to have a railway station.
Sakaki is connected via the connection point to the Sakaki Jōshin'etsu highway. In addition, the national road 18 leads by Sakaki.
Educational institutions
In Sakaki are three primary schools and one middle school in urban sponsorship. There is also a secondary school, which is supported by the prefecture.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Miwa Komatsu - graphic designer
- Murakami Yoshikiyo - General in the Sengoku period
- Tetsuo Tsukada - musicians of the band Sekizui
- Toshifumi Suzuki - Entrepreneur