Arai
Arai was a town located in Hamana District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of March 31, 2010, the town had an estimated population of 16,975 and a population density of 910 persons per km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood with 17,000 residents
- Description: dissolved municipality in Hamana district, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Arai-cho Arai” and “Arai, Shizuoka”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Araimachi Station and Kosai Police Station.
Araimachi Station
Railway stop
Photo: MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Araimachi Station is a railway station in the city of Kosai, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company.
Arai Barrier
City gate
Photo: A10ml, Public domain.
The Arai Barrier was a security checkpoint which was established by the Tokugawa Shogunate on the Tōkaidō highway connecting the capital of Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kanzanji Onsen.
Kanzanji Onsen
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kanzanji Onsen is a locality, which is situated 9 km northeast of Arai.
Arai
- Categories: dissolved municipality of Japan and locality
- Location: Kosai, Shizuoka, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.68784° or 34° 41′ 16″ northLongitude
137.57321° or 137° 34′ 24″ eastPopulation
17,000Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
8Q6VMHQF+47OpenStreetMap ID
node 7809827878OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
1865209Wikidata ID
Q853194
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Arai” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “新居町”
- French: “Arai”
- Irish: “Arai”
- Japanese: “Arai-chō”
- Japanese: “あらいちょうあらい”
- Japanese: “新居町”
- Japanese: “新居町新居”
- Korean: “아라이정”
- Persian: “آرای، شیزوئوکا”
- Persian: “آرای”
- Russian: “Арай (посёлок)”
- Russian: “Арай”
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Localities in the Area
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