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Matsumoto (松本市, Matsumoto-shi) is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. [1] Matsumoto is designated as a core city since 1 April 2021. [2] As of 1 March 2019, the city had a population of 239,466 in 105,207 households [3] and a population density of 240 persons per km 2. The total area of the city is 978.47 square kilometres (377.79 ...
Aoi Yamada was born on June 24, 2000 in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] She was a shy and introverted child. [ 5 ] Yamada became interested in dance and fashion at the age of five.
To the south is the city of Matsumoto, Nagano prefecture's second largest city. To the north lies the city of Ōmachi, and north of Ōmachi is the village of Hakuba. Hakuba was the site of many of the ski events during the 1998 Winter Olympic Games. Mount Jōnen at 2,857 metres (9,373 ft) is the highest elevation in the city.
Nagano Prefecture (長野県, Nagano-ken) is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. [2] Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,007,682 (as of 1 July 2023 [update] ) and has a geographic area of 13,561.56 square kilometres (5,236.15 sq mi ).
This was the third Olympic Games and second Winter Olympic Games to be held in Japan, after the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo (the first Winter Games ever held in Asia). As of 2019, Nagano was the southernmost host of the Winter Olympic Games.
The opening ceremony of the 1998 Winter Olympics took place at Nagano Olympic Stadium, Nagano, Japan, on 7 February 1998. It began at 11:00 JST and finished at approximately 14:00 JST .
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event held in Nagano, Japan, from 7 to 22 February 1998. [1] A total of 2,176 athletes representing 72 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the Games in 68 events across 14 disciplines. [2]
The 1998 Nagano story is one that is retold before every subsequent Winter Olympics in Japan and had inspired ski jumpers such as Sara Takanashi and Ryōyū Kobayashi. [12] Hakuba Ski Jumping Stadium. Jump!! The Heroes Behind The Gold was first announced in November 2019, with Kei Tanaka as lead actor. [13]