Shin'etsu (信越地方, Shin'etsu Chihō) is a geographical region of Japan.[1]
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.
- ^ Hashimoto, Mitsuo. (1990). Geology of Japan, p. 94., p. 94, at Google Books