Matsushiro

Japanese: 松代 - まつしろ

The area is located in the north of Nagano Prefecture, southeast of Nagano City, and was formerly on the right bank of the Chikuma River. It was merged with Nagano City in 1966. It was the site of Kaizu Castle, built by Takeda Shingen at the end of the Sengoku period, and in the early modern period it became the residence of the Sanada clan, and flourished as a castle town of the Matsushiro Domain, the largest domain in Shinano Province. Since the Meiji period, it has stagnated due to the development of Nagano City, but the appearance of a castle town remains. It is home to the site of Kaizu Castle (Matsushiro Castle), a national historic site, the Matsushiro Domain Literary and Military School, as well as Sakuma Shozan Shrine, Chokokuji Temple, and Sairakuji Temple. It was the epicenter of the Matsushiro earthquake that occurred in 1965, and the underground bunker dug in preparation for the evacuation of the Imperial Headquarters at the end of World War II is now the Matsushiro Earthquake Observatory of the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Matsudai

This is the former area of Tokamachi City in the northwest of the Higashikubiki Hills in southern Niigata Prefecture. In 1954, the villages of Matsushiro and Yamadaira were merged to form a town. In 1959, Nunagawa Village was incorporated. In 2005, Tokamachi City, Kawanishi Town, Nakazato Village, and Matsunoyama Town were merged to form Tokamachi City. Most of the area is mountainous, but there is a small amount of flat land along the Shibumi River, a tributary of the Shinano River that flows east through the center. Cultivated land is laid out in terraced rice paddies on the mountainside. This is one of the areas with the heaviest snowfall in Japan. It is designated as a landslide prevention area. The main hall of the ancient Matsuo Shrine is designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan.

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Japanese:

長野県北部，長野市南東部，千曲川右岸の旧町域。 1966年長野市と合体。戦国時代末に武田信玄が築いた海津城があり，近世は真田氏の居城となって，信濃国一の松代藩の城下町として栄えた。明治以後は長野市の発展によって停滞したが，城下町の様相が残っている。国の史跡の海津城址 (松代城址) ，松代藩文武学校があるほか，佐久間象山神社，長国寺，西楽寺などがある。 1965年に起こった松代地震の震源地で，第2次世界大戦末期に大本営の疎開に備えて掘られた地下壕が気象庁松代地震観測所となっている。

松代
まつだい

新潟県南部，東頸城丘陵にある十日町市北西部の旧町域。 1954年松代村と山平村が合体して町制。 1959年奴奈川村を編入。 2005年十日町市，川西町，中里村，松之山町と合体して十日町市となる。大部分を山地が占めるが，中央部を東流する信濃川の支流渋海川に沿い，わずかに平地がある。耕地は山腹に棚田状に開かれる。日本有数の豪雪地域。地すべり防止区域指定がある。古社の松苧 (まつお) 神社の本殿は国の重要文化財に指定。

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