Editing Matsumoto, Nagano (section)

==History==
Matsumoto is located in the former [[Shinano Province]] and was the [[kokufu|provincial capital]] from the [[Heian period]] onwards. The area developed as the [[castle town]] of [[Matsumoto Domain]] under the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] of the [[Edo period]]. Modern Matsumoto Town was established with the creation of the municipalities system on 1 April 1889. It was raised to city status on 1 May 1907.

On 1 February 1925, Matsumoto absorbed the village of Matsumoto (from [[Higashichikuma District, Nagano|Higashichikuma District]]).

The city expanded further by annexing  the Kanda hamlet of the village of Nakayama from [[Higashichikuma District, Nagano|Higashichikuma District]] on 1 April 1943, the villages of Nakayama, Shimadachi and Shimauchi (all from [[Higashichikuma District, Nagano|Higashichikuma District]]) on 1 April 1954, the villages of Wada, Niimura, Kanbayashi, Sasaga, Yoshikawa, Kotobuki, Okada, Iriyamabe, Satoyamabe and Imai (all from [[Higashichikuma District, Nagano|Higashichikuma District]]) on 1 August 1954. Kitauchida and Gakenoyu hamlets were annexed from the Minamiuchida ward of the village of Kataoka in the city of [[Shiojiri, Nagano|Shiojiri]] on 1 April 1960 and 1 April 1961. The village of Hongo (from Higashichikuma District) on 1 May 1974 and parts of Seba hamlet (the hamlet of Kukohigashi) were annexed from Shiojiri on 1 April 1982.
 
On 27 June 1994, the [[Matsumoto sarin attack]] occurred.

Matsumoto was proclaimed a [[Special cities of Japan|special city]] with increased local autonomy on 1 November 2000. Matsumoto annexed the villages of [[Azumi, Nagano|Azumi]], [[Azusagawa, Nagano|Azusagawa]] and [[Nagawa, Nagano (village)|Nagawa]] (all from [[Minamiazumi District, Nagano|Minamiazumi District]]), and the village of [[Shiga, Nagano|Shiga]] (from [[Higashichikuma District, Nagano|Higashichikuma District]]) on 1 April 2005. This was followed by the town of [[Hata, Nagano|Hata]] (from Higashichikuma District) on 31 March 2010. Matsumoto was proclaimed a [[Core cities of Japan|core city]] with increased local autonomy on 1 April 2021.