Karuizawa
Sign in to savetown in Kitasaku district, Nagano prefecture, Japan
Key facts
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Chūbu ( Kōshin'etsu )
- Prefecture
- Nagano
- District
- Kitasaku
- Total
- 156.03 km (60.24 sq mi)
- Density
- 139.93/km (362.43/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+9 ( Japan Standard Time )
- Phone number
- 0267-45-8111
- Address
- 2381-1 Nagakura, Karuizawa-machi, Kitasaku-gun, Nagano-ken 389-0192
- Climate
- Dfb
- Website
- Official website
- Bird
- Brown-headed thrush
- Flower
- Sakurasō ( Primula sieboldii )
- Tree
- Magnolia kobus
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town of Japan
- Official name
- 東長倉村
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Kitasaku district
- Population
- 19018
- Area
- 156.03
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Shares border with
- Tsumagoi
- Highest point
- Mount Asama
- Official website
- www.town.karuizawa.lg.jp
- Image
- Shiraito Falls, Karuizawa 2014-08-04 (15250317335).jpg
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- name in kana
- かるいざわまち
- Commons category
- Karuizawa, Nagano
- topic's main category
- Category:Karuizawa, Nagano
- Commons gallery
- Karuizawa
- native label
- 軽井沢町
- inception
- 1923-08-01
- replaces
- Miyota
- Köppen climate classification
- wet continental climate
- replaced by
- Miyota
- external data available at URL
- www.town.karuizawa.lg.jp/www/genre/1612866048453
- official symbol
- Japanese squirrel
- twinned administrative body
- Whistler
- associated electoral district
- Nagano 3rd district
- number of viewers/listeners
- 4549824
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Encyclopedic overview
Karuizawa (軽井沢町, Karuizawa-machi) is a resort town in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2025, it had an estimated population of 21,834 in 11,285 households, and a population density of 139 persons per km. The total area of the town is 156.03 km (60.24 sq mi).
Originally, there was a stage station (shukuba) called Karuisawa-shuku on the Nakasendō. The Shin'etsu Line opened in 1888 and the town became popular as a Western-style hill station around that time.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karuizawa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.