Yamakita
Yamakita is a town located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2023, the town had an estimated population of 9,468 and a population density of 42,1 persons per km². The total area of the town is 224.70 square kilometres.- Type: Town with 10,700 residents
- Description: town in Ashigarakami district, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Kawa” and “Yamakita, Kanagawa”
- Neighbors: Sagamihara
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yamakita Station and Yamakita Railway Park.
Yamakita Station
Railway stop
Yamakita Station is a passenger railway station located in south-east Yamakita, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company.
Shasui Falls
Waterfall
Shasui Falls is a waterfall on the Tanzawa River in Yamakita, Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The Shasui Falls is located in the precincts of Saishō-ji, a Buddhist temple, and has been used by yamabushi and Buddhist clergy for takegyo purification ceremonies, in which participants stand underneath the fall, allowing the water to strike their head and upper body.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kaisei and Matsuda.
Kaisei
Town
Kaisei is a town located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2021, the town had an estimated population of 18,335 and a population density of 2800 persons per km2. Kaisei is situated 4½ km southeast of Yamakita.
Matsuda
Town
Matsuda is a town located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2023, the town had an estimated population of 8,971 and a population density of 237,6 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 37.75 square kilometres. Matsuda is situated 5 km east of Yamakita.
Oi
Town
Ōi is a town located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2023, the town had an estimated population of 17,313 and a population density of 1201 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 14.41 square kilometres. Oi is situated 8 km southeast of Yamakita.
Yamakita
- Categories: town of Japan and locality
- Location: Yamakita Machi, Ashigarakami-gun, Kanagawa, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.36061° or 35° 21′ 38″ north
Longitude
139.08383° or 139° 5′ 2″ east
Population
10,700
Elevation
144 metres (472 feet)
Open location code
8Q7X936M+6G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Yamakita” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ياماكيتا”
- Asturian: “Yamakita”
- Catalan: “Yamakita”
- Chinese: “山北町”
- Czech: “Jamakita”
- Dutch: “Yamakita”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ياماكيتا”
- French: “Yamakita”
- German: “Yamakita”
- Hungarian: “Jamakita”
- Indonesian: “Yamakita, Kanagawa”
- Irish: “Yamakita”
- Italian: “Yamakita”
- Japanese: “Yamakita-machi”
- Japanese: “やまきたまち”
- Japanese: “山北”
- Japanese: “山北町”
- Japanese: “川村”
- Korean: “야마키타 정”
- Korean: “야마키타마치”
- Korean: “야마키타정”
- Malay: “Yamakita, Kanagawa”
- Persian: “یاماکیتا، کاناگاوا”
- Polish: “Yamakita”
- Portuguese: “Yamakita”
- Russian: “Ямакита”
- Slovenian: “Jamakita”
- Spanish: “Yamakita”
- Swedish: “Yamakita”
- Tagalog: “Yamakita, Kanagawa”
- Thai: “ยามากิตะ”
- Turkish: “Yamakita”
- Ukrainian: “Ямакіта”
- Urdu: “یاماکٹا، کناگوا”
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