Shinano River

Shinano River (Shinanogawa) is largest river of Japan. It stretches all the way from Nagano Prefecture to Niigata Prefecture.

It rises at the foot of Mt Kobushi, in the Japanese Alps in Honshu island, and flows north-northeast until it enters Sea of Japan in Niigata.

Shinano River is called Chikuma River on the Nagano prefecture side.

The Shinano River is notorious of it's flooding. It has repeatedly flown over it's banks, causing severe destruction.

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Japanese Rivers | See also: Tone, Ishikari, Shinano, Kitakami, Kiso, Tokati, Yodo, Agano, Mogami, Tesio, Abukuma, Tenryu, Omono, Yonesiro, Fuzi

Japanese Geography | See also: Rivers of Japan, Mt.Fuji, Lake Biwa, Maps of Japan, Islands of Japan, Japan Fact Sheet