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