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Shin'etsu region
Geographical region of Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shin'etsu (信越地方, Shin'etsu Chihō) is a geographical region of Japan.[1]
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The area encompasses the old provinces of Shinano and Echigo. Though the name is a combination of those two provinces, the region also contains Sado Island from Sado Province. It is located in the modern-day prefectures of Nagano and Niigata.