title: Asashina, Nagano
text: # Asashina, Nagano
  
  Asashina (浅科村, Asashina-mura) was a village located in Kitasaku District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
  
  As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 6,423 and a density of 329.05 persons per km². The total area was 19.52 km².
  
  ## History
  
  * May 30, 1876 The village of Shionada absorbed the village of Ichizaemonshinden in Saku District.
  * c. 1879 Kitasaku District government enforced. The villages of Shionada, Mimayose, Gorobēshinden, Yawata, Yomogita, Kuwayama, and Yashima belongs to Kitasaku District.
  * April 1, 1889 The city, town, and village status enforced.
     * The villages of Shionada and Mimayose merged to form the village of Nakatsu.
     * The villages of Yawata, Yomogita, Kuwayama and Yashima merged to form the village of Minamimimaki.
  * January 15, 1955 The villages of Nakatsu, Gorobēshinden and Minamimimaki merged to form the village of Asashina.
  * April 1, 2005 Asashina, along with the town of Usuda (from Minamisaku District), and the town of Mochizuki (also from Kitasaku District), was merged into the expanded city of Saku.
  
  ## Sightseeing
  
  * Shionada-shuku
  * Michi-no-Eki Hotpark Asashina
  * Hotpark Asashina
  