Shimosuwa [town] - Shimosuwa

Japanese: 下諏訪[町] - しもすわ

A town in Suwa County, central Nagano Prefecture. Located on the north shore of Lake Suwa, the central settlement developed as a temple town for the Shimosha shrine of Suwa Taisha, a post town on the Nakasendo, Koshu Kaido, and Ina Kaido roads, and a hot spring town. Before the war, it prospered as a silk-reeling town, and in recent years, precision machinery manufacturing has flourished. The Chuo Main Line passes through the town. Shimo-Suwa Onsen on the lakeside has a simple spring water temperature of 44°C, and is a tourist base for the Yatsugatake Chushin Kogen Quasi-National Park. Wada Pass is on the northern border. 66.87 ^km2 . Population 21,532 (2010).

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Japanese:

長野県中部，諏訪郡の町。諏訪湖の北岸にあり，中心集落は諏訪大社の下社の門前町，中山道，甲州街道，伊那街道の宿場町，温泉町として発展。戦前は製糸業で栄え，近年は精密機械工業が盛ん。中央本線が通じる。湖畔の下諏訪温泉は単純泉，44℃，八ヶ岳中信高原国定公園の観光基地。北境に和田峠がある。66.87km²。２万1532人（2010）。

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