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Nagano City
長野市
alternative words: Naganoshi city, Naganoshi, Nagano-shi, Nagano shi, Nagano
keywords:
nagano
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olympic games
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town
related topics:
Nagano Prefecture
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Zenkoji Temple
related web sites:
http://www.city.nagano.nagano.jp
explanation: Town located in the north of Nagano Prefecture. The population is 330,000 and the office of Nagano Prefecture is there. It had emerged as a temple town of Zenkoji Temple, and developed as a post town of Kitaguni road during Edo period. It is rather a consumer town but recently electric and textile industries have appeared. On the country side, the vegetable and apple cultures are prosperous. During Nagano Olympic games of 1998, the opening ceremony took place there.
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