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35-427: Koike (written: 小池 ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Akihiko Koike , a retired Japanese male race walker Akiko Koike , a Japanese voice actress Akira Koike , a Japanese politician Asao Koike ( 小池 朝雄 , 1931–1985) , Japanese actor Ayame Koike , a Japanese actress Eiko Koike , a Japanese idol and actress Junki Koike ,

70-421: A mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 39 members. The city and neighboring towns of Shinano , Iizuna , and Ogawa contribute 11 members to the 57-member Nagano Prefectural Assembly . In terms of national politics, parts of Nagano can be found in one of two national districts, Nagano 1st District , which consists of Iiyama , Nagano (except for

105-463: A Japanese actor and singer Toshiki Koike , a Japanese football player Yui Koike , a Japanese gravure idol and actress Yuki Koike (footballer) , a Japanese football player Yuki Koike (athlete) , a Japanese sprinter Yuriko Koike , a Japanese politician Fictional Characters [ edit ] Koike ( 小池 ) , a ramen chief character from Little Ghost Q-Taro and Doraemon [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

140-399: A Japanese breaststroke swimmer Rina Koike , a Japanese idol and actress Ryohei Koike , a Japanese football player Satomi Koike ( 小池 里美 , born 1950) , Japanese speed skater Shiori Koike ( 小池 詩織 , born 1993) , Japanese ice hockey player Shota Koike , a Japanese baseball catcher Takeshi Koike , a Japanese studio animator, illustrator, and film director Teppei Koike ,

175-416: A Japanese football player Kazuko Koike , a Japanese creative director Kazumori Koike , a Japanese sprint canoer Kazuo Koike , a Japanese manga writer, novelist, and entrepreneur Kensuke Koike , a Japanese contemporary visual artist Mariko Koike ( 小池 真理子 , born 1952) , Japanese writer Masaaki Koike , a Japanese baseball player Masakatsu Koike , a Japanese politician Reizo Koike ,

210-861: A daily bus to Narita Airport . Gururin-go is a central district bus that runs in a circular loop from Nagano Station to Zennoji, passing Zenkō-ji , the Nagano Prefectural Office, and the Nagano Bus Terminal. Regardless of where you board or disembark, the fare is 150 yen. Nagano is surrounded by mountains which boast hiking, camping, and cycling. In addition, the city includes 46 national-designated cultural assets, 55 prefectural-designated cultural assets, 298 municipal-designated cultural assets, and finally 59 national-registered structures and 7 monuments in Nagano city. Hanazawa, Nahomi (1999). The Shinano Mainichi Shimbun (ed.). Official Report of

245-707: Is Nagano Station . The coming of the 1998 Winter Olympics saw important changes to the transportation systems. Nagano Station and the smaller Shinonoi Station were expanded, and with the construction of the Athletes village for the Games in the Kawanakajima area, Imai Station was opened. Finally, the Hokuriku Shinkansen , initially named the Nagano Shinkansen , connecting Nagano to Takasaki, Gunma where it merges with

280-499: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Akihiko Koike Akihiko Koike ( Japanese : 小池 昭彦 ; born April 10, 1973) is a retired male race walker from Nagano , Japan. He set his personal best (1:20.16) in the men's 20 km on January 30, 2000, in Kobe . He made two major global appearances: first at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics , where he was 27th in

315-404: Is held annually to commemorate the occasion. One important legacy of the Games was an improved transportation network. In order to facilitate access to Nagano in advance of the Games, the city was linked to the high-speed shinkansen train network. The Nagano Shinkansen (now the Hokuriku Shinkansen ) was inaugurated five months before the start of the Games and carried 655,000 passengers during

350-503: Is home to Zenkō-ji , a 7th-century Buddhist temple that is listed as a Japanese National Treasure . Zenkō-ji was established at its current location in 642 AD. The location of Zenkō-ji is approximately two kilometers from the present-day central Nagano Station . Between 1553 and 1564, during the Sengoku Period , the Age of Warring States, Nagano was the site of a series of conflicts known as

385-402: Is less gloomy during these cold months than the coast from Hagi to Wakkanai . The population of Nagano City has declined by 10,000 since the mid-1990s. As of April 1, 2019, the city had a total population of 376,080 people, made up of 193,982 women and 182,098 men in 160,625 households. The growth and decline of the population within the various districts of Nagano City has been uneven over

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420-557: The 1998 Winter Olympics and the 1998 Winter Paralympics . Nagano City is an important historical location and an industrial center, as well as a travel destination and a hub for accessing surrounding sightseeing spots, including Japan's onsen -bathing, the snow monkeys in Yamanouchi , and the world-class ski resorts of Hakuba , Shiga Kogen and Nozawaonsen . Nagano, along with the neighboring communities of Hakuba village, Nozawaonsen , Yamanouchi , Iizuna , and Karuizawa hosted

455-752: The 1998 Winter Olympics from February 7 to February 22 and the Paralympics from March 5 to March 14. This was the third Olympic Games and second Winter Olympic Games to be held in Japan, after the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo , and the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo (the first Winter Games ever held in Asia). As of 2019, Nagano was the southernmost host of the Winter Olympic Games. The Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon

490-702: The Hokkoku Kaidō highway connecting Edo with the Sea of Japan coast. Following the Meiji restoration and the creation of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889, the modern town of Nagano was established. Nagano was elevated to city status on April 1, 1897. During World War II , construction of the Matsushiro Underground Imperial Headquarters as the last redoubt for the Japanese government following

525-593: The Jōetsu Shinkansen and continues to Ōmiya Station and Tokyo Station , opened in 1997 to accommodate the expected increase in travelers to Nagano. This reduced by half the travel time between Tokyo and Nagano, to 79 minutes for 221 kilometers. As the main railway hub of the region, Nagano Station connects JR East , Shinano Railway , and Nagano Electric Railway in the city center. The JR trains carry 36,612 passengers per day with private rail carrying another 15,082 (and buses carry 20,229 passengers). Buses for

560-635: The Kawanakajima Bus and the Nagano Dentetsu Bus Co. service the city and surrounding areas, departing both Nagano Station and the Nagano Bus Terminal just west of the station. Local bus provider, Alpico Kōtsū , departs from a dedicated office across the street from the Zenkō-ji Exit of Nagano Station . Long-distance highway bus services depart from the East Exit of Nagano Station . There is also

595-683: The Nagano Olympic Organizing Committee during the Games. A Media Village, composed of a four-block 10-12 storey apartment complex named Asahi Danchi, was built in the Asahi district of Nagano, across the street from the M-Wave. Asahi Danchi now includes private sector housing as well as housing for government employees. Nagano is located in north-central Nagano Prefecture, in the Nagano Basin ( Zenkoji Daira ), surrounding by mountains, near

630-500: The Nara period as a temple town at the gate of the famous Zenkō-ji , a 7th-century Buddhist temple which was relocated to this location in 642 AD. In the southern section of Nagano City are a series of over 500 burial mounds at Ōmuro Kofun - a National historic site - dating from the 5th-8th centuries. During the Sengoku period (c. 1467 – c. 1600), the area was hotly contested between

665-774: The confluence of the Chikuma River and the Sai River. The Sai River in Nagano should not be confused with the Sai River (Gifu) even though both rivers have the same kanji and reading, 犀川 (Saigawa). Other important rivers include the Susobana River, which originates in the Togakushi highland area, and the Torii River, which also originates in the Togakushi highlands. The Chikuma River is 367.0 km long, 29.5 km of which are within

700-722: The lower house of the National Diet . The gross value of goods and services of the economy in the city of Nagano in 2016 was estimated to be 4,438,580,046,000 yen, approximately US$ 40.5 billion. The largest percentage of this, 41.8%, was related to wholesale and retail, followed by healthcare and welfare, 25.9%, manufacturing, was 13.7%. In 2016, Nagano City had 183,710 people in employment, with 21.1% of workers in wholesale or retail, 14.%% in healthcare and welfare, and 11.6% are in manufacturing. Other major employers include hotels and restaurants, 9% of employees, and construction industry, 7.9%; farming and forestry workers comprised 1.1% of

735-488: The surname Koike . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Koike&oldid=993240907 " Categories : Surnames Japanese-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles containing Japanese-language text Articles with short description Short description

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770-403: The 1998 Winter Olympics were built, including M-Wave , Japan's first International Skating Union (ISU) standard indoor 400m double-track, which happens to be one of the largest hanging wooden-roof structures in the world. The Athletes Village, beside the newly constructed Imai Station , was built in advance of the Games by the city of Nagano as future public residential housing, and loaned to

805-533: The Battles of Kawanakajima. During the Edo period (1603 and 1868), as the city developed, Nagano became an important post station (shukuba) on the Hokkoku Kaidō highway which connected Edo (present day Tokyo) with coast of the Sea of Japan . Following the Meiji restoration , Nagano became the first established modern town in Nagano prefecture, on April 1, 1897. The city of Nagano and several surrounding communities hosted

840-561: The Nagano city limits. The Sai River is 157.7 km long, with 44.2 km in Nagano. All 40.1 km of the Susobana River are in Nagano City, and 10.4 km of the 34.8 km-long Torii River are in Nagano Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan National Park , Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park and Chūbu-Sangaku National Park are each partially located within Nagano City. The present-day core city of Nagano includes

875-608: The Winter Olympics. In addition, both Nagano Station and Shinonoi Station were expanded, and Imai Station , in the Kawanakajima area, was built to give access the Athletes village. The Nagano Expressway and the Jōshin-etsu Expressway were built in the Nagano region, and another 114.9 kilometers of roads within Nagano Prefecture were improved. In addition to a transport legacy, several world-class venues of

910-575: The districts and former towns of Nagano, Shinonoi, Matsushiro, Wakaho, Kawanakajima, Kohoku, Naniai, Shinkomachi, Toyono, Togakushi, Kinasa, Ooka, Shinshushincho, Nakajo. Nagano has a hot-summer humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfa ) that borders on a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ). Its location in a sheltered inland valley means it receives less precipitation than any part of Japan except Hokkaidō . The city receives heavy winter snow totaling 2.57 metres (101 in) from December to March, but it

945-404: The flooding of Chikuma River, 71 people died or were missing and 20,000 homes were flooded. On October 16, 1966, the city again expanded by annexing the neighbouring towns of Kawanakajima, Matsushiro and Wakaho, and villages of Shinonoi, Kohoku, Shinko, and Naniai. During the 1985 Matsushiro earthquake, 27 people died and 60 homes were destroyed or badly damaged due to landslides. In 1999, Nagano

980-704: The forces of the Uesugi clan based in Echigo Province and the Takeda clan based in Kai Province . The several Battles of Kawanakajima between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen were fought near here. During the Edo period (1603 and 1868), much of the area came under the control of the Sanada clan based at Matsushiro Domain . The area suffered from flooding in 1742, and from a destructive earthquake in 1847. Post station on

1015-419: The men's 50 km walk, and secondly at the 2000 Sydney Olympics , where he failed to finish the 20 km race. This biographical article relating to Japanese athletics is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nagano, Nagano Nagano City, located in the former Shinano Province , developed in the Nara period (AD 710 to 794) as a temple town ( monzen machi ). The city of Nagano

1050-522: The national government and four private middle schools. The city has 12 public high schools operated by the Nagano Prefectural Board of Education, of which three are vocational, one public high school operated by the city government, and five private high schools. In addition, the city has four special education schools. The nearest airport is Matsumoto Airport , connected via a 70-minute express bus from Nagano City. The city's main railway hub

1085-495: The past 70 years The following table shows the population of foreigners and non-Japanese residents since 2014 When we first went to Lake Nojiri, the International Village was like an island of affluence in a sea of poverty. But, as the Japanese economy recovered from the war, the scales tipped until we became an island of poverty in a sea of affluence . Nagano is located in former Shinano Province and developed from

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1120-706: The projected American invasion of Japan was started in 1944, but was aborted in 1945 due to the end of war. It was the first city founded in Nagano Prefecture and the 43rd city in Japan. Nagano hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics , 1998 Winter Paralympics , and the 2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games . The city borders expanded on July 1, 1923, with the annexation of the neighbouring town of Yoshida and villages of Sarita, Miwa and Komaki. The city again expanded on April 1, 1954, by annexing neighbouring villages of Asahi, Furusato, Yanagihara, Wakatsuki, Asakawa, Naganuma, Amori, Odagiri, Imoi and Mamejima. In 1959, due to

1155-630: The recently annexed areas in District 2), Nakano , and Suzaka , as well as the Kamitakai , Shimominochi , and Shimotakai , and Nagano 2nd District , which consists of Matsumoto and Ōmachi , as well as the Higashichikuma , Kamiminochi , Kitaazumi , Minamiazumi , and several areas annexed into Nagano city, specifically the Sarashina as well as the former towns of Kinasa , Togakushi , and Toyono , in

1190-418: The working population. Nagano is home to several private and public universities. Four of the ten universities recognized as major universities in the prefecture have campuses in the city, including the newest prefectural university, The University of Nagano . Nagano has 55 public elementary schools and 24 public middle schools operated by the city government, along with one public middle school operated by

1225-457: Was designated as a core city ( 中核市 , Chūkakushi ) , a category of Japanese city . Nagano continued to expand on January 1, 2005, by absorbing the municipalities of Toyono , and the village of Togakushi , and Kinasa (from Kamiminochi District ), and the village of Ōoka (from Sarashina District ). On January 1, 2010, Nagano absorbed the town of Shinshūshinmachi and the village of Nakajō from Kamiminochi District . Nagano has

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