[nah-gah-naw] 
| a city on central Honshu, in central Japan. 324,360. |
| Na·ga·no (nä-gä'nō, nä'gä-nō') A city of central Honshu, Japan, northwest of Tokyo. It is a religious center with diverse industries in a silk-producing region. Population: 378,000. |
Nagano
landlocked ken (prefecture), central Honshu, Japan. Most of the prefecture is more than 2,600 feet (790 m) in elevation, and 15 peaks, mostly volcanic, rise to more than 9,800 feet (3,000 m). Such large rivers as the Tenryu, Kiso, Chikuma, and Shinano have been harnessed for hydroelectricity.
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