Nishiyama-ku

Places of Interest

Shimonoseki

Railway station

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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. Shimonoseki is situated 2½ km northeast of Nishiyama-ku.

Sea Mall

Shopping center

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Sea Mall is a shopping center, which is situated 3 km northeast of Nishiyama-ku.

Ōtoshi Shrine

Shinto shrine

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Ōtoshi Shrine is a Shinto shrine, which is situated 3 km northeast of Nishiyama-ku.

Places in the Area

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.

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. Karato is situated 5 km northeast of Nishiyama-ku.

Moji-ku

Suburb

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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 6 km east of Nishiyama-ku.

Nishiyama-ku

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Localities in the Area

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