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 Waseda Shrine and Shiteguri Station.
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.
Hiraoka Dam
Dam
Photo: Qurren, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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″ northLongitude
137.812° or 137° 48′ 43″ eastElevation
353 metres (1,158 feet)Open location code
8Q7V8R36+9QOpenStreetMap ID
node 8433348028OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
1849017
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In Other Languages
“Wachino” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “和知野”
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