Filipinos in Nagano Prefecture have a registered population of 5,029 individuals as of 2022, the 16th largest group of Filipinos in Japan by prefecture, ahead of Kumamoto and behind Tochigi.[1]
Major cities
The Filipino population in Nagano Prefecture is concentrated in the two cities of Matsumoto (589) and Iida (439), with significant numbers in the capital city of Nagano (372), Ina (363), Shiojiri (326) and Suwa (270).[1:1]
Cities of Nagano Prefecture with sizable Filipino population.[1:2][2] Darker color indicates higher population.
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Nagano Prefecture
Nagano Prefecture (長野県, Nagano-ken) is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,007,682 (as of 1 July 2023) and has a geographic area of 13,561.56 square kilometers. Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the northeast, Saitama Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the southeast, Shizuoka Prefecture and Aichi Prefecture to the south, and Gifu Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture to the west.[3]
Nagano is the capital and largest city of Nagano Prefecture, with other major cities including Matsumoto, Ueda, and Iida.[3:1]
Map of Japan with Nagano Prefecture in red.[4]
Population by city, town and village
Filipinos can be found in all cities and towns of Nagano Prefecture, except for the town of Obuse and a few villages.[1:3]
| City, town or village | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| All | 5,029 | 4,693 |
| Matsumoto | 589 | 548 |
| Iida | 439 | 436 |
| Nagano | 372 | 364 |
| Ina | 363 | 345 |
| Shiojiri | 326 | 306 |
| Suwa | 270 | 224 |
| Ueda | 235 | 210 |
| Minamimaki Village | 188 | 151 |
| Okaya | 183 | 170 |
| Chino | 152 | 162 |
| Azumino | 142 | 138 |
| Minowa Town | 137 | 118 |
| Miyada Village | 121 | 87 |
| Nakano | 110 | 103 |
| Saku | 108 | 102 |
| Tatsuno Town | 98 | 98 |
| Ōmachi | 80 | 81 |
| Shimosuwa Town | 76 | 82 |
| Komoro | 75 | 75 |
| Komagane | 75 | 77 |
| Minamiminowa Village | 75 | 70 |
| Fujimi Town | 66 | 58 |
| Sakaki Town | 66 | 52 |
| Kiso Town | 55 | 58 |
| Chikuma | 53 | 52 |
| Iijima Town | 48 | 50 |
| Agematsu Town | 46 | 36 |
| Kawakami Village | 41 | 40 |
| Iiyama | 32 | 31 |
| Tōmi | 29 | 25 |
| Hakuba Village | 28 | 19 |
| Toyooka Village | 24 | 20 |
| Suzuka | 21 | 21 |
| Matsukawa Village | 21 | 17 |
| Yamagata Village | 20 | 17 |
| Matsukawa Town | 19 | 20 |
| Yamanouchi Town | 19 | 17 |
| Takamori Town | 18 | 16 |
| Ikeda Town | 18 | 13 |
| Miyota Town | 17 | 17 |
| Achi Village | 15 | 13 |
| Karuizawa Town | 14 | 11 |
| Sakuho Town | 10 | 8 |
| Ōkuwa Village | 10 | 10 |
| Asahi Village | 9 | 7 |
| Koumi Town | 8 | 7 |
| Tateshina Town | 8 | 7 |
| Iizuna Town | 8 | 8 |
| Hara Village | 7 | 6 |
| Anan Vilage | 7 | 8 |
| Shimojō Village | 6 | 7 |
| Takagi Village | 6 | 5 |
| Nagiso Town | 6 | 6 |
| Sakae Village | 6 | 7 |
| Nakagawa Village | 5 | 7 |
| Kiso Village | 5 | 5 |
| Chikuhoku Village | 5 | 5 |
| Shinano Town | 5 | 5 |
| Nagawa Town | 4 | 4 |
| Kijimadaira Village | 4 | 4 |
| Minamiaiki Village | 3 | 3 |
| Neba Village | 3 | 3 |
| Yasuoka Village | 3 | 3 |
| Takayama Village | 3 | 3 |
| Aoki Village | 2 | 2 |
| Tenryū Village | 2 | 2 |
| Ōtaki Village | 2 | 2 |
| Omi Village | 2 | 2 |
| Ikusaka Village | 2 | 3 |
| Otari Village | 2 | 2 |
| Ogawa Village | 2 | 2 |
| Kitaaiki Village | 0 | 0 |
| Hiraya Village | 0 | 0 |
| Urugi Village | 0 | 0 |
| Ōshika Village | 0 | 0 |
| Obuse Town | 0 | 0 |
| Nozawaonsen Village | 0 | 0 |
Historical population
The Filipino population of Nagano has seen a moderate increase during the last 50 years with the present numbers not much different from the mid-2000s.
Population of Filipinos in Nagano Prefecture and Tokyo from 1984 up to present.[5][6]
People, news and events
The Nagano Prefecture Intercultural Consultation Center in Nagano City has a mini-profile of Jocelyn Kikuchi, who first came to Japan in 1990 as a migrant worker, eventually married a local and settled down to family life. She now keeps herself busy by assisting elementary and middle school students and doing translation and interpreting work in various fields.[7]
References
第３表 市区町村別 国籍・地域別 在留外国人 (Table 3: Foreign Residents by City, Ward, Town, Village and by Nationality/Region. 3 December 2022) (XLSX). e-Stat政府統計の総合窓口. Immigration Services Agency of Japan (7 July 2023). Retrieved 13 December 2023. ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Cities of Nagano Prefecture with sizable Filipino population. © reon (Timog.net) CC-BY-SA-3.0. Original graphic © lincun (Wikipedia Commons) CC-BY-SA-3.0. Data used: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan. ↩︎
Nagano Prefecture. Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia. Retrieved 18 December 2023. ↩︎ ↩︎
Map of Japan with Nagano Prefecture in red. © lincun (Wikipedia Commons) CC-BY-SA-3.0. Data used: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan. ↩︎
都道府県別 国籍（出身地）別 外国人登録者 (Registered Foreigners by Prefecture and Nationality (Place of Birth) 1984 to 2023) e-Stat政府統計の総合窓口. Immigration Services Agency of Japan. Retrieved 18 December 2023. No available data for the years 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1993. ↩︎
Population of Filipinos in Nagano and Tokyo. © reon (Timog.net) CC-BY-SA-3.0. ↩︎
“菊池 ジョセリンさん”. Nagano Prefecture Intercultural Consultation Center. Retrieved 19 December 2023. “Jocelyn Kikuchi San” (Machine-translated page) ↩︎
