Nagano Prefecture

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Nagano Prefecture is a mountainous region in central Japan renowned for its ski resorts, natural scenery, and role as the venue of the 1998 Winter Olympics.

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Nagano Prefecture, Japan 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf prefecture of Japan
borders Aichi Prefecture NERFINISHED
Fukushima Prefecture NERFINISHED
Gifu Prefecture NERFINISHED
Gunma Prefecture NERFINISHED
Ishikawa Prefecture NERFINISHED
Niigata Prefecture NERFINISHED
Saitama Prefecture NERFINISHED
Shizuoka Prefecture NERFINISHED
Toyama Prefecture NERFINISHED
Yamanashi Prefecture NERFINISHED
capital Nagano City NERFINISHED
contains Azumino City NERFINISHED
Hakuba Valley
surface form: Hakuba Village

Iida City NERFINISHED
Karuizawa Town
Matsumoto City NERFINISHED
Nagano City NERFINISHED
Nozawa Onsen Village
Saku City NERFINISHED
Shiojiri City NERFINISHED
Suwa City NERFINISHED
Ueda City NERFINISHED
country Japan
hasClimate humid continental climate
hasFamousResort Hakuba Valley
surface form: Hakuba ski area

Karuizawa resort area
Nozawa Onsen ski area
Shiga Kogen ski area
hasJapaneseName 長野県 NERFINISHED
hasMajorIndustry agriculture
tourism
hasMajorProduct apples
buckwheat
hasMountain Mount Hotaka
Mount Norikura
Mount Ontake
Mount Yari
hasRiver Shinano River
Tenryu River
hasRomajiName Nagano-ken NERFINISHED
hosted 1998 Winter Olympics
1998 Winter Paralympics
knownFor hot springs
mountainous terrain
natural scenery
ski resorts
soba noodles
locatedIn Chūbu region NERFINISHED
locatedOn Honshu
partOf Japanese Alps
surface form: Japan Alps region
timeZone Japan Standard Time
traversedBy Japanese Alps

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Tadamichi Kuribayashi birthPlace Nagano Prefecture
this entity surface form: Nagano Prefecture, Japan
1998 Winter Olympics hostPrefecture Nagano Prefecture