Yoshiwara
Yoshiwara was a city located in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture. On November 1, 1966, Yoshiwara was merged with the city of Fuji. During the Edo period, Yoshiwara was a post town known as Yoshiwara-juku on the Tōkaidō.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: dissolved municipality in Shizuoka prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Yoshiwara, Shizuoka”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yoshiwara-honchō Station and Hon-Yoshiwara Station.
Yoshiwara-honchō Station
Railway station
Photo: Bakkai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yoshiwara-honchō Station is a railway station in the city of Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Gakunan Railway.
Hon-Yoshiwara Station
Railway station
Photo: 流風, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hon-Yoshiwara Station is a railway station in the city of Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Gakunan Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fujinomiya.
Fujinomiya
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fujinomiya is a city located in central Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2019, the city had an estimated population of 132,507 in 56,655 households, and a population density of 340 persons per km2.
Yoshiwara
- Category: dissolved municipality of Japan
- Location: Fuji, Shizuoka, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Yoshiwara” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “吉原市”
- French: “Yoshiwara”
- Irish: “Yoshiwara”
- Japanese: “吉原”
- Japanese: “吉原市”
- Japanese: “吉原町”
- Korean: “요시와라시”
- Persian: “یوشیوارا، شیزوئوکا”
- Persian: “یوشیوارا”
- Urdu: “یوشوارہ، شزوکا”
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Highlights include Jatco Mae Station and Gakunan-Harada Station.
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