Shinano may refer to: Shinano, Nagano, a town in Nagano prefecture, Japan Shinano River, the longest river in Japan Shinano Province, one of the old provinces of Japan (Nagano Prefecture now) Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano, an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy Shinano (train) named after the province of old Japan Shinano Maru (1900), armed merchantman of the Battle of Tsushima Shinano Kenshi