Chino, Nagano

Chino 茅野市
—  City  —
Location of Chino in Nagano
Chino
Coordinates: 36°0′N 138°10′E / 36°N 138.167°E / 36; 138.167Coordinates: 36°0′N 138°10′E / 36°N 138.167°E / 36; 138.167
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu
Prefecture	Nagano
Area
- Total	266.41 km2 (102.9 sq mi)
Population (2003)
- Total	55,902
- Density	209.8/km2 (543.5/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Website	City of Chino

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 Snow Resort
• Tateshina-Tōkyū skiing area

External links

Media related to Chino, Nagano at Wikimedia Commons

• Chino official website (Japanese)