Nagaoka

Nagaoka (jap. 長岡, 永岡 lit. "length, hill", "eternity, hill") may refer to:

Places

• Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
• Nagaoka-kyō, the capital of Japan from 784 to 794
  • Nagaokakyō, Kyoto, Japan, a city at the location of Nagaoka-kyō
• Izunagaoka, Shizuoka, Japan, a former town in Izu Peninsula

People with the surname

• Go Nagaoka (長岡 郷, born 1984), Japanese footballer
• Hantaro Nagaoka (長岡 半太郎, 1865–1950), Japanese physicist responsible for the 1904 "Saturnian" model of atomic structure
• Masaru Nagaoka (長岡 勝, born 1962), Japanese ski jumper
• Moeko Nagaoka (長岡 萌映子, born 1993), Japanese women's basketball player
• Miyu Nagaoka (長岡 望悠, born 1991), Japanese volleyball player
• Nagako Nagaoka (長岡 良子), Japanese religious leader
• Shusei Nagaoka (長岡 秀星, born 1936), Japanese illustrator
• Yayoi Nagaoka (長岡 弥生, born 1974), Japanese speed skater
• Yūya Nagaoka (長岡 裕也, born 1985), Japanese shogi player
• Keiko Nagaoka (永岡 桂子, born 1953), Japanese politician
• Shuichi Nagaoka (永岡 秀一, born 1876), Japanese judoka

Other uses

• Nagaoka (crater), a lunar crater named after Hantaro Nagaoka