Mitsushima
Mitsushima, also known as Matsushima, Tokyo No. 2 Detached Camp, Tokyo #3B, and Tokyo 20, was a prisoner of war camp that provided labour to build the Hiraoka Dam on the Tenryū River in the Central Highlands in Japan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hiraoka Station and Ugusu Station.
Hiraoka Station
Railway station
Hiraoka Station is a railway station on the Iida Line in the village of Tenryū, Shimoina, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company.
Ugusu Station
Railway station
Photo: ButuCC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ugusu Station is a railway station on the Iida Line in the village of Tenryū, Shimoina, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company. Ugusu Station is situated 2½ km southwest of Mitsushima.
Hiraoka Dam
Dam
Photo: Qurren, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hiraoka Dam is a dam in Tenryū, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, completed in 1951. It is located on the Tenryū River upstream from the Sakuma Dam. During the Second World War prisoners of war held at Tokyo #2D Prisoner of War Camp provided labour to build the penstock tunnel to the powerstation, collect aggregate, and mix cement for the construction of the dam between November 1942 and August 1945.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anan.
Anan
Town
Photo: Opqr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Anan is a town located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2019, the town had an estimated population of 4,616 in 2058 households, and a population density of 38 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 123.07 square kilometres. Anan is situated 6 km northwest of Mitsushima.
Mitsushima
- Type: Neighborhood with 1,180 residents
- Also known as: “Hiraoka” and “Tenryū”
- Categories: concentration camp and locality
- Location: Tenryu, Shimoina-gun, Nagano, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.27756° or 35° 16′ 39″ northLongitude
137.85809° or 137° 51′ 29″ eastPopulation
1,180Elevation
530 metres (1,739 feet)Open location code
8Q7V7VH5+26OpenStreetMap ID
node 6373459308OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
1856860Wikidata ID
Q6883364
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In Other Languages
From Hebrew to Japanese—“Mitsushima” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “מיטסושימה”
- Japanese: “満島”
- Japanese: “満島俘虜収容所”
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