Katsura River
The Katsura River is a tributary of the Yodo River in the Kyoto Prefecture, Honshu island, Japan. Traditionally it was regarded as the Western border of Kyoto city.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Japan
- Also known as: “Katsura-gawa” and “Katsuragawa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Iwashimizu-hachimangū Station and Yodo.
Iwashimizu-hachimangū Station
Railway station
Photo: KishujiRapid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Iwashimizu-hachimangū Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private transportation company, Keihan Electric Railway.
Yodo
Railway stop
Photo: KishujiRapid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yodo Station is a train station located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kumiyama and Fushimi-ku.
Kumiyama
Town
Photo: Ignis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kumiyama is a town located in Kuse District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 August 2023, the town has an estimated population of 15,444 in 7353 households and a population density of 1100 persons per km2. Kumiyama is situated 3½ km southeast of Katsura River.
Fushimi-ku
Suburb
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Fushimi is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Famous places in Fushimi include the Fushimi Inari Shrine, with thousands of torii lining the paths up and down a mountain; Fushimi Castle, originally built by Toyotomi… Fushimi-ku is situated 6 km northeast of Katsura River.
South Kyoto
Photo: Grialte, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Southern Kyoto covers a large part of Japan's former capital, stretching from the Ōharano area in the west to Fushimi-ku, Daigo, and the southern tip of Higashiyama-ku in the east.
Katsura River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Katsura River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Katsura”
- Burmese: “ခဆွတ်ရမြစ်”
- Catalan: “riu Katsura”
- Chinese: “桂川”
- Czech: “Kacuragawa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كاتسورا”
- Finnish: “Katsurajoki”
- French: “Katsura-gawa”
- French: “rivière Katsura”
- Galician: “río Katsura”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Katsura”
- Irish: “Abhainn Katsura”
- Italian: “Katsura (fiume)”
- Italian: “Katsura”
- Japanese: “保津川”
- Japanese: “大井河”
- Japanese: “大堰川”
- Japanese: “桂川”
- Korean: “가쓰라강”
- Latin: “Catura”
- Lithuanian: “Kacura”
- Lithuanian: “Kacuragava”
- Lithuanian: “Kacuros upė”
- Persian: “رود کاتسورا”
- Russian: “Кацура”
- Slovenian: “Katsura”
- Thai: “คัตสึระงาวะ”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำคัตสึระ”
- Ukrainian: “Кацура”
- Welsh: “Afon Katsura”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Yodo and Shoryuji.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Yodo-eki and Kyoto Racecourse.
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