Yokogawa Station

Yokogawa Station is a railway station in Yokogawa-cho, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company and Hiroshima Electric Railway.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include 横川シネマ and Hiroshima Castle.

横川シネマ

Movie theater

Photo: Taisyo, CC BY 3.0.

横川シネマ is a movie theater, which is situated 140 metres east of Yokogawa Station.

Hiroshima Castle, sometimes called Carp Castle, is a castle in Hiroshima, Japan that was the residence of the daimyō of the Hiroshima Domain. The castle was originally constructed in the 1590s, but much of it was dismantled in the Meiji era, and what remained was largely destroyed by the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945. Hiroshima Castle is situated 1¼ km southeast of Yokogawa Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nagarekawacho and Naka-ku.

Nagarekawacho

Neighborhood

Photo: Miyuki Meinaka, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nagarekawacho is a neighborhood, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Yokogawa Station.

Naka-ku

Suburb

Photo: Taisyo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Naka-ku is the heart of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Naka-ku is home to Hiroshima's central business district and Peace Memorial Park. Major attractions include the Hondori shopping arcade, a covered mall-like street of shops extending east from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park to Hatchobori. Naka-ku is situated 2½ km south of Yokogawa Station.

Higashi-ku

Suburb

Photo: Taisyo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Higashi-ku is one of the eight wards located in Hiroshima, Japan. It is located on the uppermost delta of the Ōta River. Within Higashi-ku is the Fudoin Temple in Ushita-shinmachi. Higashi-ku is situated 3½ km southeast of Yokogawa Station.

Yokogawa Station

Type: Railway stop
Also known as: “Yokogawa” and “Yokogawa-eki”
Categories: transport stop and transportation
Location: Nishi-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

34.41019° or 34° 24′ 37″ north

Longitude

132.45052° or 132° 27′ 2″ east

Elevation

9 metres (30 feet)

Operator

西日本旅客鉄道

Open location code

8Q6JCF62+36

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8068926895

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=stop

GeoNames ID

1848359

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In Other Languages

From French to Korean—“Yokogawa Station” goes by many names.

French: “Gare de Yokogawa”
Japanese: “よこがわえき”
Japanese: “横川”
Japanese: “横川駅”
Korean: “요코가와”

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