Iwa Yama
Iwa Yama is a hill in Moji-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka and has an elevation of 78 metres. Iwa Yama is situated nearby to the quarter Tachinoura-kaigan, as well as near the neighborhood Tanoura 3-chome.Places of Interest
Highlights include Hesaki Lighthouse and Shiranoe Botanical Gardens.
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.
Shiranoe Botanical Gardens
Park
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Shiranoe Botanical Gardens is a park, which is situated 2½ km south of Iwa Yama.
Shimonoseki City Art Museum
Museum
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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 3½ km north of Iwa Yama.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karato and Shimonoseki.
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 6 km west of Iwa Yama.
Shimonoseki
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.
Iwa Yama
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 78 metres
- Also known as: “Iwa-yama”
- Category: landform
- Location: Moji-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Iwa Yama” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Iwa Yama”
- Dutch: “Iwa Yama”
- Japanese: “岩山”
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