Kusagoe

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Shinano-Oiwake

Railway station

Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Shinano-Oiwake Station is a railway station on the Shinano Railway Line in Oiwake, in the town of Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway. Shinano-Oiwake is situated 2½ km northeast of Kusagoe.

Oiwake-shuku

Photo: Keisai Eisen, Public domain.

Oiwake-shuku was the twentieth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day town of Karuizawa, in the Kitasaku District of Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

Hori Tatsuo Literature Museum

Museum

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Hori Tatsuo Literature Museum is situated 2½ km north of Kusagoe.

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Miyota

Town

Photo: Qurren, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Miyota is a town located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2019, the town had an estimated population of 15,562 in 6897 households, and a population density of 260 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 58.79 square kilometres. Miyota is situated 3½ km west of Kusagoe.

Karuizawa

Photo: Σ64, CC BY 4.0.

Karuizawa is a resort town in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2025, it had an estimated population of 21,834 in 11,285 households, and a population density of 139 persons per km2.

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