Yanaka
Yanaka is a sector of Taito, Tokyo, Japan and, along with nearby Nezu and Sendagi neighborhoods in Bunkyo ward, together called Yanesen, is one of the few Tokyo neighborhoods in which the old Shitamachi atmosphere can still be felt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Quarter with 8,410 residents
- Description: neighborhood in Taitō city, Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as: “Yanaka, Tokyo”
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Tokyo National Museum and Jōzai-ji Temple.
Tokyo National Museum
Museum
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The Tokyo National Museum or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the four museums operated by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan.
Kudokurin-ji Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
Kudokurin-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nezu and Sendagi.
Yanaka
Latitude
35.72479° or 35° 43′ 29″ northLongitude
139.76856° or 139° 46′ 7″ eastPopulation
8,410Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
8Q7XPQF9+WCOpenStreetMap ID
node 6793554270OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
1848543Wikidata ID
Q11632597
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Yanaka” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Yanaka”
- Chinese: “谷中”
- Czech: “Janaka”
- Dutch: “Yanaka”
- Finnish: “Yanaka”
- French: “Yanaka”
- Galician: “Yanaka”
- Indonesian: “Yanaka, Tokyo”
- Japanese: “Yanaka”
- Japanese: “やなか”
- Japanese: “谷中”
- Korean: “야나카”
- Slovak: “Janaka”
- Spanish: “Yanaka”
- Turkish: “Yanaka (Taito, Tokyo)”
- Turkish: “Yanaka (Taitō, Tokyo)”
- Turkish: “Yanaka (Tokyo)”
- Turkish: “Yanaka”
- Ukrainian: “Янака (Токіо)”
- Ukrainian: “Янака, Токіо”
- Ukrainian: “Янака”
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