Kita-suidō

Kita-suidō is a marine channel in Japan. Kita-suidō is situated nearby to the quarter Tachinoura-kaigan, as well as near the locality Chōfu-miyazakichō.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Manjushima and Kanjushima and Shimonoseki City Art Museum.

Manjushima and Kanjushima

Islet

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Manjushima and Kanjushima is an islet.

Shimonoseki City Art Museum is a public museum that opened in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in 1983. The collection of some 2,200 items includes works by Kanō Hōgai, Kishida Ryūsei, Matsumoto Shunsuke, Takashima Hokkai, Oka Shikanosuke, and Kazuki Yasuo, as well as a New Kingdom Egyptian shawabti and Late Period image of Horus in the guise of a falcon. Shimonoseki City Art Museum is situated 2½ km west of Kita-suidō.

Hesaki Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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Hesaki Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the Kiku Peninsula in Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was constructed in December 1870; the lighthouse was lit on 22 January 1871. Hesaki Lighthouse is situated 2½ km south of Kita-suidō.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moji-ku and Karato.

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. Moji-ku is situated 7 km southwest of Kita-suidō.

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 7 km southwest of Kita-suidō.

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.

Kita-suidō

Type: Marine channel
Also known as: “Kita-seto” and “Kita-suido”
Category: body of water
Location: Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

33.98333° or 33° 59′ north

Longitude

131.01667° or 131° 1′ east

Open location code

8Q5HX2M8+8M

GeoNames ID

1859271

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