Shinano River
The Shinano River, known as the Chikuma River in its upper reaches, is the longest and widest river in Japan and the third largest by basin area. It is located in northeastern Honshu, rising in the Japanese Alps and flowing generally northeast through Nagano and Niigata Prefectures before emptying into the Sea of Japan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: longest river of Japan
- Also known as: “Chikuma River”, “Schinano Gawa”, “Shin-gawa”, “Shinano Kawa”, “Sinano Kawa”, and “Sinanogawa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Niigata Airport and Niigata Thermal Power Station.
Niigata Airport
Aerodrome
Niigata Airport is an international airport located 6.7 km northeast of Niigata Station in Niigata, Japan. Niigata Airport is situated 4 km east of Shinano River.
Niigata Thermal Power Station
Power station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Niigata Thermal Power Station is an LNG-fired thermal power station operated by Tohoku Electric in the city of Niigata, Japan. The facility is located on the Sea of Japan coast.
Niigata City History Museum
Park
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Niigata City History Museum is a museum in Chūō-ku, Niigata, Japan. It is also called MINATOPIA.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chūō-ku and Higashi-ku.
Chūō-ku
Suburb
Photo: Breakover, Public domain.
Chūō-ku is one of the eight wards of Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. It comprises much of the city centre. As of 1 September 2018, the ward had an estimated population of 183,231 in 87,162 households and a population density of 4,900 persons per km2. Chūō-ku is situated 3½ km southwest of Shinano River.
Higashi-ku
Suburb
Photo: Altomarina, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Higashi-ku is one of the eight wards of Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. As of 1 September 2016, the ward had an estimated population of 136,224 in 60,830 households and a population density of 3500 persons per km2. Higashi-ku is situated 4 km southeast of Shinano River.
Niigata
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Niigata is a city located in the northern part of Niigata Prefecture. It is the capital and the most populous city of Niigata Prefecture, and one of the cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, located in the Chūbu region of Japan.
Shinano River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Shinano River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر شينانو”
- Asturian: “Ríu Shinano”
- Balinese: “Tukad Shinano”
- Basque: “Shinano ibaia”
- Belarusian: “Сінана”
- Belarusian: “Сінано”
- Catalan: “riu Shinano”
- Catalan: “Shinano”
- Cebuano: “Shinano Gawa”
- Chinese: “信浓川”
- Chinese: “信濃川”
- Chinese: “千曲川”
- Czech: “Čikuma”
- Czech: “Čikumagawa”
- Czech: “Šinano”
- Czech: “Šinanogawa”
- Dutch: “Shinano”
- Dutch: “Shinanogawa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر شينانو”
- Finnish: “Shinano-gawa”
- Finnish: “Shinano-joki”
- Finnish: “Shinano”
- Finnish: “Shinanojoki”
- French: “Chikuma”
- French: “rivière Shinano”
- French: “Shinano-gawa”
- French: “Shinano”
- French: “Shinanogawa”
- Georgian: “სინანო”
- German: “Shinano-gawa”
- German: “Shinano”
- Greek: “Σινάνο”
- Hebrew: “נהר שינאנו”
- Hebrew: “שינאנו”
- Hindi: “शिनानो नदी”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Shinano”
- Irish: “Abhainn Shinano”
- Italian: “Shinano”
- Japanese: “信濃川”
- Japanese: “千曲川”
- Korean: “시나노강”
- Korean: “지쿠마 강”
- Lithuanian: “Šinanas”
- Macedonian: “Шинано”
- Malay: “Sungai Shinano”
- Mongolian: “Шинано гол”
- Mongolian: “Шинаногава”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chikuma”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shinano”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Uone”
- Norwegian: “Shinano”
- Persian: “رود شینانو”
- Persian: “رود شینانوگاوا”
- Polish: “Shinano”
- Portuguese: “Rio Shinano”
- Russian: “Синано-гава”
- Russian: “Синано”
- Russian: “Тикума-гава”
- Russian: “Тикума”
- Serbian: “Šinano”
- Serbian: “Река Шинано”
- Serbian: “Шинано”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Shinano”
- Slovak: “Šinano (rieka)”
- Slovak: “Šinano”
- Slovenian: “Šinano”
- Spanish: “Rio Chikuma”
- Spanish: “Río Chikuma”
- Spanish: “Rio Shinano”
- Spanish: “Río Shinano”
- Swedish: “Shinanogawa”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำชินะโนะ”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำชินาโนะ”
- Turkish: “Shinano Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Річка Тікума”
- Ukrainian: “Сінано”
- Ukrainian: “Шінано”
- Venetian: “Fiume Shinano”
- Vietnamese: “sông Shinano”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Shinano”
- Vietnamese: “Tín Nồng xuyên”
- Welsh: “Afon Shinano”
- “Shinano-gawa”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Yamanoshitamachi and Oyama.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Niigata Kō and Yakeshima-gata.
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