Shinano
Shinano is a Japanese toponym with several prominent uses in geography and history. The term most commonly refers to Shinano Province, a former province in central Honshu that roughly corresponds to the modern Nagano Prefecture. It is also associated with the Shinano River, Japan’s longest river, and with the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Shinano, a World War II vessel.
Shinano Province existed from the early history of Japan until the Meiji period, and its territory largely
The Shinano River (Shinano-gawa) flows through central Honshu from the Japanese Alps to the Sea of Japan,
In naval history, the name Shinano was given to the Imperial Japanese Navy’s aircraft carrier Shinano. Built