Matsumoto is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Matsumoto is designated as a core city since 1 April 2021. As of 1 March 2019, the city had a population of 239,466 in 105,207 households and a population density of 240 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 978.47 square kilometres (377.79 sq mi).
Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,007,682 and has a geographic area of 13,561.56 square kilometres (5,236.15 sq mi). Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the northeast, Saitama Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the southeast, Shizuoka Prefecture and Aichi Prefecture to the south, and Gifu Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture to the west.
Shinano Province or Shinshū (信州) is an old province of Japan that is now Nagano Prefecture.
Nakano is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2019, the city had an estimated population of 42,664 in 15649 households, and a population density of 380 persons per km². The total area of the city is 112.18 square kilometres (43.31 sq mi).
Matsumoto Castle, originally known as Fukashi Castle, is one of Japan's premier historic castles, along with Himeji and Kumamoto. The building is also known as the "Crow Castle" due to its black exterior. It was the seat of Matsumoto Domain under the Edo Period Tokugawa shogunate. It is located in the city of Matsumoto, in Nagano Prefecture.
Azumino is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2019, the city had an estimated population of 97,761 in 39744 households. and a population density of 290 persons per km2. Its total area is 331.78 square kilometres (128.10 sq mi).
Shinshu University, abbreviated to Shindai (信大), is a Japanese national university located in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As the only university in Japan bearing the name of a former Japanese province, it bears the name "Shinshu", and is firmly rooted in the many regions of Nagano Prefecture. It was the 18th ranked higher education institution in Japan.
The White Ring, officially Nagano City Mashima General Sports Arena, is an indoor sporting arena located in Nagano, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 7,000 people.
Ueda is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2019, the city had an estimated population of 157,480 in 67,783 households, and a population density of 290 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 552.04 square kilometres (213.14 sq mi), which makes it the fifth largest city in Nagano Prefecture in terms of area.
Nagano is the capital and largest city of Nagano Prefecture, located in the Nagano Basin in the central Chūbu region of Japan. Nagano is categorized as a core city of Japan. Nagano City is the highest prefectural capital in Japan, with an altitude of 371.4 meters (1,219 ft). The city is surrounded by mountains, the highest of which is Mount Takatsuma (2,353 m), and is near the confluence of the Chikuma River - the longest and widest river in Japan - and the Sai River. As of 1 July 2023, the city had an estimated population of 365,296 in 160,625 households, and a population density of 438 persons per km². The total area of the city is 834.81 square kilometres (322.32 sq mi).
Matsumoto Yamaga Football Club or simply Matsumoto Yamaga FC is a Japanese football (soccer) club based in the city of Matsumoto, located in the Nagano Prefecture. The club currently plays in the J3 League, Japanese third tier of professional football.
Matsumoto Airport (松本空港), also known as Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport, is an airport located 5 NM southwest of central Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
The bj league was a professional basketball league in Japan that began in November 2005 as a six-team league. The league was operated as a competitor to the established Japan Super League which was run by the Japan Basketball Association, the official governing body of basketball in Japan. Over the next ten years the league saw continual expansion, with at least one new team joining every season, reaching 24 teams divided into two conferences in its final season in 2015–16. Turkish Airlines was the major sponsor of the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons.
Mizuho Ōta was the pen-name of Teiichi Ōta, a Japanese poet and scholar of Japanese literature, active in Shōwa period Japan. He also occasionally used another pen name, Mizuhonoya.
AC Nagano Parceiro is a Japanese football club based in Nagano, capital of Nagano Prefecture. They play in the J3 League, Japanese third tier of professional football.
Matsumoto Agatagaoka High School is a senior high school in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The school is located in Agata 2 Chome.
Chikuma City Togura Gymnasium is an arena in Chikuma, Nagano, Japan. It is the former home arena of the Shinshu Brave Warriors of the B.League, Japan's professional basketball league. Warriors also play at the Matsumoto City Gymnasium, White Ring and Big Hat in the prefecture.
Kotobuki Arena Chikuma is an arena in Chikuma, Nagano, Japan. It is the home arena of the Shinshu Brave Warriors of the B.League, Japan's professional basketball league. Warriors also play at the Matsumoto City Gymnasium, White Ring and Big Hat in the prefecture.
Matthew Irvine Marlou Aquino is a Filipino-Japanese professional basketball player for Shinshu Brave Warriors of the Japanese B.League. Listed at 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 m) and 220 pounds (100 kg), he plays the power forward and center positions.
