Asashina, Nagano

Asashina 浅科村
Village
Asashina-mura
Asashina Ōike
Location of Asashina in Nagano
Asashina Location in Japan
Coordinates: 36°16′27.4″N 138°24′18.2″E
Country	Japan
Prefecture	Nagano
District	Kitasaku
Merged	April 1, 2005 (now part of Saku)
Area
• Total	19.52 km^2 (7.54 sq mi)
Population  (2003)
• Total	6,423
• Density	329.05/km^2 (852.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)

Asashina (浅科村, Asashina-mura) was a village located in Kitasaku District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 6,423 and a density of 329.05 persons per km^2. The total area was 19.52 km^2.

History

• May 30, 1876 The village of Shionada absorbed the village of Ichizaemonshinden in Saku District.
• c. 1879 Kitasaku District government enforced. The villages of Shionada, Mimayose, Gorobēshinden, Yawata, Yomogita, Kuwayama, and Yashima belongs to Kitasaku District.
• April 1, 1889 The city, town, and village status enforced.
  • The villages of Shionada and Mimayose merged to form the village of Nakatsu.
  • The villages of Yawata, Yomogita, Kuwayama and Yashima merged to form the village of Minamimimaki.
• January 15, 1955 The villages of Nakatsu, Gorobēshinden and Minamimimaki merged to form the village of Asashina.
• April 1, 2005 Asashina, along with the town of Usuda (from Minamisaku District), and the town of Mochizuki (also from Kitasaku District), was merged into the expanded city of Saku.[1]

Sightseeing

• Shionada-shuku
• Michi-no-Eki Hotpark Asashina

• 
  Hotpark Asashina

References

1. "さく市のれきし | 佐久市ホームページ". さく市. Retrieved 2024-02-14.

External links

• Asashina Shōkōkai (in Japanese)