Gongen Yama

Gongen Yama is a mountain in Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka and has an elevation of 614 metres. Gongen Yama is situated nearby to the locality Kawachi, as well as near the quarter Ogura.

Type: Mountain with an elevation of 614 metres
Description: mountain in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan; geonames ID = 1929112
Also known as: “Gongen-yama”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kawachi Wisteria Garden and Mount Sarakura.

Kawachi Wisteria Garden

Garden

Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kawachi Wisteria Garden is a private garden located in Kitakyushu founded by Higuchi Masao. The garden contains over 20 kinds of wisterias in a 10,000m2 area.

Mount Sarakura

Peak

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Mount Sarakura is a 622 m mountain in Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. This mountain is a part of Kitakyūshū Quasi-National Park.

福岡県立八幡中央高等学校

School

Photo: Kugel, Public domain.

福岡県立八幡中央高等学校 is a school.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yahatanishi-ku and Higashida.

Yahatanishi-ku is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It covers 83.04 square kilometres, and had a population of 260,318 in January, 2005. The ward contains JR Kurosaki Station, and JR Orio Station on the Kagoshima Main Line. Yahatanishi-ku is situated 4 km northwest of Gongen Yama.

Higashida

Quarter

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Higashida is a quarter, which is situated 4 km northeast of Gongen Yama.

Tobata-ku

Suburb

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Tobata-ku is a ward of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the smallest ward of the city at 16.66 km2. The population was 64,330 as of the national census in 2000. Tobata-ku is situated 7 km northeast of Gongen Yama.

Gongen Yama

Categories: mountain and landform
Location: Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

33.84002° or 33° 50′ 24″ north

Longitude

130.7902° or 130° 47′ 25″ east

Elevation

614 metres (2,014 feet)

Open location code

8Q5GRQRR+23

GeoNames ID

1929112

Wikidata ID

Q31709117

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Japanese—“Gongen Yama” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Gongen Yama”
Japanese: “権現山”

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