Shin Kawa
Shin Kawa is a canal in Hyogo, Kansai. Shin Kawa is situated nearby to the locality Nakanoshima, as well as near Shimagamichō.Places of Interest
Highlights include Nōfuku Temple and Hyogo Prefectural Hyogo-no-Tsu Museum.
Nōfuku Temple
Buddhist temple
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Nōfuku-ji is a Buddhist temple that, from the legend, was founded in 805 by the monk Saichō, in Kita Sakasegawa, Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Chūōichibamae
Metro station
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Chūō-Ichibamae Station is a train station in Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As reflected in its name, the station is located in front of the Kobe central markets.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hyogo-ku and Nagata-ku.
Hyogo-ku
Suburb
Photo: Pastern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hyogo is one of nine wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 14.68 km2 and a population of 109,144. The area's location with a natural harbour near the Akashi Strait which links Osaka Bay and the Seto inland sea has been an important location throughout the history of Japan.
Nagata-ku
Suburb
Photo: 松岡明芳, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nagata is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 11.46 km2, and a population of 96,072. This region suffered the largest number of casualties in the Great Hanshin earthquake.
Shin Kawa
- Type: Canal
- Also known as: “Shin-kawa”, “Shinkawa Canal”, “Shinkawa-unga”, and “Sinkawa Unga”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Hyogo, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.66544° or 34° 39′ 56″ northLongitude
135.17317° or 135° 10′ 23″ eastElevation
-2 metres (-7 feet)Open location code
8Q6QM58F+57GeoNames ID
1852078
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In Other Languages
“Shin Kawa” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “新川”
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Localities in the Area
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