Yodo River
The Yodo River, also called the Seta River and the Uji River at portions of its route, is the principal river in Osaka Prefecture on Honshu, Japan. The source of the river is Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture to the north.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Japan
- Also known as: “Seta River”, “Shin-yodo-gawa”, “Sin-Yodo Kawa”, “Uji River”, and “Yodo Gawa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Konohana ōhashi Bridge and Tsuneyoshi Ohashi Bridge.
Konohana ōhashi Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Hiroshi Nakai, CC BY 2.0.
The Konohana Bridge is a self-anchored suspension bridge located in Osaka, Japan. Opened for traffic in 1990, it has a main span of 300 metres. The bridge's unusual design has only a single main cable.
Osaka City MAISHIMA Sports Center for Persons with Disabilities Amity Maishima
Sports venue
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Osaka City MAISHIMA Sports Center for Persons with Disabilities Amity Maishima is a sports venue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Konohana-ku and Universal Studios Japan.
Konohana-ku
Suburb
Konohana-ku is one of 24 wards of Osaka city, Japan. It stands at the mouth of the Yodo River. It is home to the popular western-style theme park of Universal Studios Japan. It was the site of Expo 2025, a World's Fair held in 2025.
Universal Studios Japan
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Universal Studios Japan is a theme park located in Osaka, Japan. Opened on March 31, 2001, it is one of six Universal Studios theme parks worldwide and was the first to open outside the United States.
Minato-ku
Suburb
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Minato is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It has an area of 7.9 km2, and a population of 84,961. Literally translated, Minato-ku means "Harbor Ward". Minato-ku is situated 4 km southeast of Yodo River.
Yodo River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Yodo River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر يودو”
- Asturian: “Ríu Yodo”
- Basque: “Yodo ibaia”
- Catalan: “riu Yodo”
- Cebuano: “Yodo-gawa”
- Chinese: “淀川”
- Czech: “Jodogawa”
- Czech: “Setagawa”
- Czech: “Udžigawa”
- Czech: “宇治川”
- Czech: “淀川”
- Czech: “瀬田川”
- Dutch: “Yodo-rivier”
- Dutch: “Yodo”
- Dutch: “Yodogawa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر يودو”
- Esperanto: “rivero Jodo”
- Esperanto: “rivero Seta”
- Esperanto: “rivero Uĝi”
- Esperanto: “Seta”
- Esperanto: “Uji”
- Esperanto: “Yodo”
- Estonian: “Yodo jõgi”
- Finnish: “Yodogawa”
- Finnish: “Yodojoki”
- French: “rivière Seta”
- French: “rivière Yodo”
- French: “Seta-gawa”
- French: “Yodo-gawa”
- Galician: “Río Yodo”
- German: “Seta-gawa”
- German: “Setagawa”
- German: “Shin-Yodo-gawa”
- German: “Shin-Yodo”
- German: “Shinyodo-gawa”
- German: “Shinyodo”
- German: “Shinyodogawa”
- German: “Uji-gawa”
- German: “Ujigawa”
- German: “Yodo-gawa”
- German: “Yodo”
- German: “Yodogawa”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Yodo”
- Irish: “Abhainn Yodo”
- Italian: “Yodo”
- Japanese: “宇治川”
- Japanese: “宇治川派流”
- Japanese: “新淀川”
- Japanese: “淀川”
- Japanese: “澱川”
- Japanese: “瀬田川”
- Korean: “세타 강”
- Korean: “요도 강”
- Korean: “요도가와강”
- Korean: “우지 강”
- Latin: “Iodovius”
- Malay: “Sungai Yodo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yodo”
- Norwegian: “Yodo”
- Persian: “رود یودو”
- Polish: “Yodo”
- Portuguese: “Rio Yodo”
- Russian: “Едо”
- Russian: “Йодо”
- Russian: “Сэта”
- Slovenian: “Jodo”
- Spanish: “Rio Seta”
- Spanish: “Río Seta”
- Spanish: “Rio Uji”
- Spanish: “Río Uji”
- Spanish: “Rio Yodo”
- Spanish: “Río Yodo”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำเซตะ”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำโยโดะ”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำอูจิ”
- Turkish: “Yodo Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Йодо”
- Welsh: “Afon Yodo”
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