Suwa

Suwa is a city positioned in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2016, the metropolis had an estimated population of 49,354, and a populace density of 452 men and women in line with km². Its overall area is 109.17 square kilometres. The shorelines of Lake Suwa were inhabited considering as a minimum the Japanese Paleolithic length. The Suwa clan dominated the location since the Nara period, and the location evolved as a fort metropolis for Suwa Domain beneath the Edo length Tokugawa shogunate and as a put up station on the Koshu Kaido toll road.

In the submit-Meiji healing cadastral reforms of April 1, 1889, the village of Kamisuwa was hooked up. Kawasuwa turned into elevated to metropolis reputation on April 20, 1891. After merger with the villages of Shiga and Toyoda from Suwa District, Kamisuwa became extended to city status on August 10, 1941, converting its call to Suwa.

The Suwa area is the leading commercial location of Nagano and changed into once referred to as "The Oriental Switzerland" in Japan for its exceptionally evolved precision equipment enterprise. Suwa has seven public simple faculties and 5 public middle colleges operated via the town authorities, and three public excessive colleges operated by using the Nagano Prefectural Board of Education. The Japanese Red Cross Society Suwa School of Nursing is also placed in the town.