Wachino

Wachino is a neighborhood in Anan, Shimoina-gun, Nagano. Wachino is situated nearby to the neighborhood Kenna, as well as near the quarter Minamijo.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shiteguri Station and Waseda Shrine.

Shiteguri Station

Railway station

Photo: ButuCC, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Shiteguri Station is a railway station on the Iida Line in the village of Tenryū, Shimoina, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company. Shiteguri Station is situated 3½ km east of Wachino.

Waseda Shrine

Shinto shrine

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Waseda Shrine is a Shinto shrine.

Hiraoka Dam

Dam

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Hiraoka Dam is a dam in Tenryū, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, completed in 1951. It is located on the Tenryū River upstream from the Sakuma Dam. During the Second World War prisoners of war held at Tokyo #2D Prisoner of War Camp provided labour to build the penstock tunnel to the powerstation, collect aggregate, and mix cement for the construction of the dam between November 1942 and August 1945. Hiraoka Dam is situated 4 km southeast of Wachino.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tenryu and Yasuoka.

Tenryu

Village

Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tenryū is a village located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2019, the village had an estimated population of 1,275 in 712 households, and a population density of 12.1 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 109.44 square kilometres. Tenryu is situated 5 km southeast of Wachino.

Yasuoka

Village

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Yasuoka is a village located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2019, the village had an estimated population of 1,622 in 688 households, and a population density of 25 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 64.59 square kilometres. Yasuoka is situated 9 km north of Wachino.

Urugi

Village

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Urugi is a village located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2019, the village had an estimated population of 552 in 274 households, and a population density of 13 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 43.43 square kilometres. Urugi is situated 10 km west of Wachino.

Wachino

Type: Neighborhood
Category: locality
Location: Anan, Shimoina-gun, Nagano, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

35.3034° or 35° 18′ 12″ north

Longitude

137.812° or 137° 48′ 43″ east

Elevation

353 metres (1,158 feet)

Open location code

8Q7V8R36+9Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8433348028

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

1849017

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In Other Languages

“Wachino” goes by many names.

Japanese: “和知野”

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