Shimonoseki District

Shimonoseki District is a harbor in Yamaguchi, Chugoku. Shimonoseki District is situated nearby to the quarter Hosoeshinmachi, as well as near the locality Nishikaigan.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shimonoseki and Sea Mall.

Shimonoseki

Railway station

Photo: Hirosin41, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Shimonoseki Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company. The station is a freight depot of the Japan Freight Railway Company.

Sea Mall

Shopping center

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Sea Mall is a shopping center.

Haikara’t Yokocho

Theme park

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Haikara’t Yokocho is a theme park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karato and Shimonoseki.

Karato

Quarter

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Karato is the downtown area of the city of Shimonoseki, Japan. Located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, it is known for its fish market.

Shimonoseki

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Shimonoseki is a city in Yamaguchi prefecture and the westernmost municipality on Honshu, home to a quarter million inhabitants. The city has been at the center of Japanese history for centuries, but it's best known to culinary daredevils as the home of fugu, a pufferfish as cute looking as it is potentially lethal.

Moji-ku

Suburb

Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Moji-ku is a Japanese ward of the city of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture. It is the former city of Moji which was one of five merged to create Kitakyūshū in 1963.

Shimonoseki District

Type: Harbor
Also known as: “Shimonoseki”, “Shimonoseki Kō”, “Shimonoseki-kō”, “Shimonoseki-ku”, “Shimonoseki-minato”, and “Simo-no-seki Ko”
Category: transportation
Location: Yamaguchi, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

33.94173° or 33° 56′ 30″ north

Longitude

130.93672° or 130° 56′ 12″ east

Elevation

1 metre (3 feet)

Open location code

8Q5GWWRP+MM

GeoNames ID

1852223

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In Other Languages

“Shimonoseki District” goes by many names.

Japanese: “下関港”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hosoeshinmachi and Nishikaigan.

Notable Places Nearby

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