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Location of Chino in Nagano prefecture

Chino (茅野市, Chino-shi^-) is a city located in Nagano, Japan.

As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 55,902 and the density of 209.83 persons per km². The total area is 266.41 km².

The city was founded on August 1, 1958.

Geography

• mountain
  • Mount Yatsugatake
  • Mount Tateshina
  • Mount Kirigamine
• lake
  • Shirakaba Lake
  • Tateshina Lake

adjacency

• Nagano Prefecture
  • Suwa City
  • Saku City
  • Ina City
  • Koumi Town
  • Minamimaki Village
  • Sakuho town
  • Tateshina town
  • Nagawa town
  • Fujimi Town
  • Hara Village

Traffic

Railway

• Chūō Main Line
  • Chino Station
  • Aoyagi Station

Road

• Chūō Expressway
  • national highway No.20
  • national highway No.152
  • national highway No.299
  • Venus line

Education

Primary school

• Izumino Primary school
• Kanazawa Primary school
• Eimei Primary school
• Miyagawa Primary school
• Kitayama Primary school
• Kohigashi Primary school
• Tamagawa Primary school
• Yonezawa Primary school
• Toyohira Primary school

Junior high school

• Chino-Hokubu
• Chino-Eimei
• Chino-Nagamine
• Chino-Tōbu

High school

• NaganoPrefecture Chino High school
• Tokai university daisan senior High school

University

• Tokyo University of Science, Suwa

Sightseeing

• Suwa Taisha
• Shirakaba Lake
• Tateshina amusement aquarium
• Kurumayama-kōgen skiing area
• Tateshina-Tōkyū skiing area

External links

• Chino official website in Japanese

v • d • e Nagano Prefecture Cities Azumino | Chikuma | Chino | Iida | Iiyama | Ina | Komagane | Komoro | Matsumoto | Nagano | Nakano | Okaya | Ōmachi | Saku | Shiojiri | Suwa | Suzaka | Tōmi | Ueda Districts Chiisagata | Hanishina | Higashichikuma | Kamiina | Kamiminochi | Kamitakai | Kiso | Kitaazumi | Kitasaku | Minamisaku | Shimoina | Shimominochi | Shimotakai | Suwa See also: Towns and villages by district

Coordinates: 36°0′N 138°10′E / 36°N 138.167°E / 36; 138.167

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