Nagano

[ nah-gah-naw ]

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noun

Nagano

/ nəˈɡɑːnəʊ /

a city in central Japan, on central Honshu: Buddhist shrine; two universities. Pop: 359 045 (2002 est)

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The last time Japan had hosted an Olympics was in 1998, when the winter games were held in Nagano and Osaka was a year old.

Trains run from Tokyo to Nagano (90 minutes); Nagano to Nozawa Onsen takes 75 minutes by bus.

Despite not really being prepared to host, Nagano won the bid.

While there, she first taught English in the Nagano Prefecture and then was hired on at a local school board in Yokohama.

Nagano is full of what someone called "a new rural type" of men who read and delight in going to lectures.

The other day in Nagano, a politician told a treacherous lie.

At Nagano-mura, a pottery produced ware with a streaky glaze, but not painted.

One of the most famous images of this Bodhisattva is at Zenkô-ji, Nagano.

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