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Asashina, Nagano

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Country
  
Japan

Local time
  
Sunday 6:58 PM

District
  
Kitasaku District, Nagano

Area
  
19.52 km²

Population
  
6,423 (2003)

Prefecture
  
Nagano Prefecture

Asashina, Nagano

Merged
  
April 1, 2005(now part of Saku)

Time zone
  
Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Weather
  
2°C, Wind NW at 11 km/h, 80% Humidity

Asashina (浅科村, Asashina-mura) was a village located in Kitasaku District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

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As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 6,423 and a density of 329.05 persons per km². The total area was 19.52 km².

History

  • May 30, 1876 The village of Shionada absorbed the village of Ichizaemonshinden in Saku District.
  • c. 1879 Kitasaku District government enforced. The villages of Shionada, Mimayose, Gorobēshinden, Yawata, Yomogita, Kuwayama, and Yashima belongs to Kitasaku District.
  • April 1, 1889 The city, town, and village status enforced.
  • The villages of Shionada and Mimayose merged to form the village of Nakatsu.
  • The villages of Yawata, Yomogita, Kuwayama and Yashima merged to form the village of Minamimimaki.
  • January 15, 1955 The villages of Nakatsu, Gorobēshinden and Minamimimaki merged to form the village of Asashina.
  • April 1, 2005 Asashina, along with the town of Usuda (from Minamisaku District), and the town of Mochizuki (also from Kitasaku District), was merged into the expanded city of Saku.

    • Sightseeing

  • Shionada-shuku
  • Michi-no-Eki Hotpark Asashina

    • References

    Asashina, Nagano Wikipedia
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