2) Ida. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Nagano prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Tenryu River. It is an agricultural market and railway junction....

3) Ina. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Nagano prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Tenryu River. It is an agricultural and industrial center with a famous agricultural school....

4) Matsumoto. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Nagano prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is a market for silkworms and raw silk. Industries include computer components, food processing, machine-building, and...

5) Hata, Tsutomu. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...After 10 years in Japan's private sector, he was elected (1969) to parliament as a member of the Liberal Democrat party (LDP) from Nagano prefecture, and was consistently...