"514.0"^^ . . "367000.0"^^ . "1.19e+10"^^ . . "16.0"^^ . "2475.0"^^ . . "The Shinano River (\u4FE1\u6FC3\u5DDD, Shinano-gawa) is the longest and largest river in Japan. It flows from Nagano Prefecture to Niigata Prefecture. It is called the Chikuma River (\u5343\u66F2\u5DDD Chikuma-gawa) in Nagano Prefecture.The river rises from Mount Kobushi on the border of Saitama, Yamanashi and Nagano, and flows northwest to meet the Sai River from Matsumoto. Kawanakajima (\u5DDD\u4E2D\u5CF6), the junction of the Chikuma and the Sai, is the historic site where the Battles of Kawanakajima broke out."@en . . .