🇯🇵 Saku (佐久市) is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
1History Saku is located in former Shinano Province, and by the Sengoku period it was home to the Ochiai clan, a samurai family that sided with Uesugi Kenshin during his conflict with Takeda Shingen in the 1550s. The Ochiai clan consequently fought for the Uesugi during the Siege of Katsurayama in March 1557; all Ochiai members who took part in the battle were killed in combat or committed suicide. During the Edo period the area of Saku developed as the castle town of Tatsuoka Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate and as a post town. Following the post-Meiji restoration cadastral reforms, the area was organised into Saku District, with the town of Asama, and the village of Higashi (from Kitasaku District) merging with the towns of Nozawa and Nakagomi (both from Minamisaku District) to create the city of Saku. On April 1, 2005 Saku absorbed the town of Usuda (from Minamisaku District), the town of Mochizuki, and the village of Asashina (both from Kitasaku District).
1Geography Saku is located in east-central Nagano Prefecture in the Saku Basin of the upper reaches of the Shinano River. The city claims the distinction of containing the point furthest from the sea within Honshu island (actually this point lies within the former town of Usuda). Since the opening of Sakudaira Station on the Nagano Shinkansen, many people commute to Tokyo, which is one hour away.
1Surrounding municipalities • Nagano Prefecture: ◦ Komoro, Chino, Tōmi ◦ Minamisaku District: Sakuho ◦ Kitasaku District: Karuizawa, Miyota, Tateshina • Gunma Prefecture ◦ Kanra District: Shimonita, Nanmoku.
1Economy The economy of Saku is largely agricultural, with rice, and carp fish farming as major components. The manufacturing sector includes electronics.
1Education: University • Saku University • Shinshu Junior College.
1Transport: Rail • East Japan Railway Company - Hokuriku Shinkansen ◦ Sakudaira • East Japan Railway Company - Koumi Line ◦ Aonuma - Usuda - Tatsuokajō - Ōtabe - Nakagomi - Namezu - Kita-Nakagomi - Iwamurada - Sakudaira - Nakasato.
1Transport: Road • Jōshin-etsu Expressway • Chūbu-Ōdan Expressway • National Route 141 • National Route 142 • National Route 254.
1Saku has a population of over 99,131 people. Saku also forms part of the wider Nagano Prefecture which has a population of over 2,052,493 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Saku has links with:
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🇦🇺 Victor Harbor 138.617
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Locations Near: Saku 138.492,36.257
🇯🇵 Ueda 138.257,36.402 d: 26.5
🇯🇵 Chino 138.161,35.996 d: 41.5
🇯🇵 Suzaka 138.312,36.648 d: 46.4
🇯🇵 Higashiagatsuma 138.817,36.567 d: 45.1
🇯🇵 Chikuma 138.134,36.534 d: 44.5
🇯🇵 Nagano 138.191,36.649 d: 51.2
🇯🇵 Takasaki 139.005,36.329 d: 46.7
🇯🇵 Matsumoto 137.967,36.233 d: 47.2
Antipodal to: Saku -41.508,-36.257
🇨🇱 La Reina -33.45,-33.45 d: 19216.7
🇧🇷 Tubarão -49,-28.467 d: 18899.9
🇧🇷 Criciúma -49.372,-28.678 d: 18896
🇧🇷 São José -48.617,-27.6 d: 18842.6
🇧🇷 Palhoça -48.667,-27.633 d: 18843
🇧🇷 Biguaçu -48.667,-27.5 d: 18830.6
🇧🇷 Viamão -51.023,-30.088 d: 18895.9
🇧🇷 Gravataí -50.983,-29.933 d: 18887.6
🇧🇷 Rio Grande -52.099,-32.041 d: 18934.5