Shimonoseki
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.Photo: Hirosin41, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Shimonoseki Eki”, “Shimonoseki Station”, and “Shimonoseki-eki”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sea Mall and Ōtoshi Shrine.
Sea Mall
Shopping center
Photo: なしはな, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sea Mall is a shopping center, which is situated 170 metres east of Shimonoseki.
Ōtoshi Shrine
Shinto shrine
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ōtoshi Shrine is a Shinto shrine, which is situated 410 metres northeast of Shimonoseki.
Haikara’t Yokocho
Theme park
Photo: TT mk2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Haikara’t Yokocho is a theme park, which is situated 2 km east of Shimonoseki.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karato and Moji-ku.
Karato
Quarter
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Karato is the downtown area of the city of Shimonoseki, Japan. Located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, it is known for its fish market.
Moji-ku
Suburb
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. Moji-ku is situated 3½ km east of Shimonoseki.
Kitakyushu
Photo: Krauser levyl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kitakyūshū is a large city in Fukuoka prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Kokura, the heart of Kitakyushu, is an ancient feudal castle town guarding the Straits of Shimonoseki.
Shimonoseki
- Categories: elevated station, general station, union station, station, and transportation
- Location: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.94939° or 33° 56′ 58″ northLongitude
130.92179° or 130° 55′ 18″ eastElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
8Q5GWWXC+QPOpenStreetMap ID
node 6872871854OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationGeoNames ID
1852224Wikidata ID
Q1130253
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Shimonoseki” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “下关市”
- Chinese: “下关站”
- Chinese: “下關站”
- Chinese: “下關車站”
- Dutch: “Shimonoseki”
- Dutch: “station Shimonoseki”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة شيمونوسيكى”
- Estonian: “Shimonoseki”
- Finnish: “Shimonoseki”
- French: “gare de Shimonoseki”
- French: “Gare de Shimonoseki”
- French: “Shimonoseki”
- German: “Shimonoseki”
- Italian: “stazione di Shimonoseki”
- Italian: “Stazione di Shimonoseki”
- Japanese: “JA53”
- Japanese: “しものせき”
- Japanese: “しものせきえき”
- Japanese: “下関”
- Japanese: “下関市”
- Japanese: “下関駅”
- Japanese: “馬関駅”
- Korean: “시모노세키 시”
- Korean: “시모노세키”
- Korean: “시모노세키역”
- Polish: “Dworzec Shimonoseki”
- Polish: “Shimonoseki”
- Portuguese: “Shimonoseki”
- Spanish: “Shimonoseki”
- Ukrainian: “Шімоносекі”
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