Honmachi

Honmachi is a locality in , and has about 123,000 residents. Honmachi is situated nearby to the quarter , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yatsushiro Castle and Yatsushiro-gū.

Park
Photo: Emeraldgreen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the remains of a castle structure in , , . In 1619, Mugishima Castle collapsed due to a large earthquake then Katō Kiyomasa's son Kato Tadahiro ordered his vassal Katō Masataka to build a new castle.

Shinto shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. Its main festival is held annually on August 3. It was founded in 1884, and enshrines the kami of Prince Kaneyoshi.

Museum
Photo: Wiiii, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Honmachi

Latitude
32.5044° or 32° 30′ 16″ north
Longitude
130.5995° or 130° 35′ 58″ east
Population
123,000
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP YAT
Open location code
8Q4GGH3X+QR
Geo­Names ID
1848445
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Honmachi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ياتسوشيرو”
  • Chinese: “八代市”
  • Czech: “Jacuširo”
  • Georgian: “იაცუსირო”
  • Japanese: “ほんまち”
  • Japanese: “ホンマチ”
  • Japanese: “八代市”
  • Japanese: “本町”
  • Korean: “야쓰시로 시”
  • Mazanderani: “یاتسوشیرو، کوماموتو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Yatusiro-chhī”
  • Persian: “یاتسوشیرو، کوماموتو”
  • Russian: “Яцусиро”
  • Serbian: “Јацуширо”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jatsushiro”
  • Tajik: “Ятсуширо”
  • Turkish: “Yatsuşiro”
  • Ukrainian: “Яцушіро”
  • Urdu: “یتسھیرو، کمموٹو”

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Localities in the Area

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