Saku, Nagano
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This article is about the city in Nagano, Japan. For the town in Minamisaku District, Nagano see Saku, Nagano (Minamisaku). For the boroughtown and the rural municipality in Estonia see Saku Commune. For the Estonian beer label see Saku (beer).
Saku (佐久市; -shi) is a city located in Nagano, Japan.
Due to the refounding of Saku back on April 1, 2005, the city became the fifth city in Nagano Prefecture to go over 100,000. The current population is now 100,979 and the total area is now expanded to 423.99km²-as of December 1, 2005.
Since the opening of the Sakudaira station of the Hokuriku Shinkansen (super express train), many people have moved to Saku and commute to Tokyo by Shinkansen. It takes about one hour to get to Tokyo. Saku is regarded as a comfortable city in which to live.
Saku holds the distinction of being the location in Japan furthest from any sea.
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[edit] Municipal timeline
- April 1, 1961-The city was founded by merging with numbers of villages and towns.
- April 1, 2005-The city merged with Usuda from Minamisaku District and Mochizuki and Asashina from Kitasaku District to form the city of Saku.
[edit] Sister Cities or Town Twinning
[edit] From the former city of Saku
- Sister Cities
- Friendship Cities
- Yurihonjo (Akita Prefecture)
- From the former town of Yashima
- Shizuoka (Shizuoka Prefecture)
- From the former city of Shimizu
- Kozushima (Tokyo)
- Miyamae-ku (Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture)
- Wako (Saitama Prefecture)
- Yurihonjo (Akita Prefecture)
[edit] Education
College
- Shinshu Junior College
High school
- Iwamurada Highschool (900 students)
- Nozawa-kita Highschool
- Nozawa-minami Highschool
- Kitasaku-nougyou Highschool
- Saku-chosei Highschool
- Usuda Highschool
- Mochizuki Highschool
- Earth environment Highschool
Junior highschool
- Nakagomi Junior Highschool
- Asama Junior Highschool
- Nozawa Junior highschool
- Saku-higashi Junior highschool
- Asashina Junior highschool
- Usuda Junior highschool
- Mochizuki Junior highschool
- Saku-chosei Junior highschool
[edit] External links
- Saku official website in Japanese
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| Azumino | Chikuma | Chino | Iida | Iiyama | Ina | Komagane | Komoro | Matsumoto | Nagano | Nakano | Okaya | Omachi | Saku | Shiojiri | Suwa | Suzaka | Tomi | Ueda | |||
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| Chiisagata | Hanishina | Higashichikuma | Kamiina | Kamiminochi | Kamitakai | Kiso | Kitaazumi | Kitasaku | Minamisaku | Shimoina | Shimominochi | Shimotakai | Suwa | |||
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