Esashi

Esashi is a town in , , . It is the capital of Hiyama Subprefecture. One of the oldest towns in Hokkaido, the name Esashi comes from the Ainu word for kombu, a type of edible kelp well known in Japan.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Town with 7,430 residents
  • Description: town in Hiyama district, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Also known as: “Esa”, “Esashi, Hokkaido”, “Esasi”, and “Ksashi”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hokkaido Hiyama Subprefectural Bereau and 江差郵便局.

Government building
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Hiyama Subprefecture is a subprefecture of , located on the on the side. It includes . It was established in 1897.

Post office
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is a post office.

Shinto shrine
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is a Shinto shrine in Esashi, Hokkaidō, . Its foundation date is uncertain but its existence is documented from the Edo period. It is considered the oldest Shinto Shrine in Hokkaido.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaminokuni and Assabu.

Town
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is a town located in , , Japan. As of September 2016, the town had an estimated population of 5,161, and a density of 9.4 per km2. The total area is 547.58 km2. is situated 8 km south of Esashi.

Town
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is a small town located in , , Japan. is situated in the of southern Hokkaido near the . is situated 10 km northeast of Esashi.

Esashi

Latitude
41.86907° or 41° 52′ 9″ north
Longitude
140.12722° or 140° 7′ 38″ east
Population
7,430
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP ESI
Open location code
8RH2V49G+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 420175148
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2130365
Wiki­data ID
Q1348738
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Esashi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إساشي”
  • Asturian: “Esashi”
  • Burmese: “အဲဆရှိမြို့၊ ဟော့ကိုင်းဒိုး (ဟိယာမ)”
  • Burmese: “အဲဆရှိမြို့၊ ဟော့ကိုင်းဒိုး”
  • Catalan: “Esashi”
  • Cebuano: “Esashi-chō (subdistrito sa Hapon)”
  • Cebuano: “Esashi-chō”
  • Chinese: “江差町”
  • Chinese: “江差町公所”
  • Czech: “Esaši”
  • Dutch: “Esashi”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اساشى”
  • French: “Esashi”
  • German: “Esashi”
  • Hungarian: “Eszasi”
  • Ido: “Esashi, Hokkaido”
  • Ido: “Esashi”
  • Indonesian: “Esashi, Hokkaido (Hiyama)”
  • Indonesian: “Esashi, Hokkaido”
  • Irish: “Esashi”
  • Italian: “Esashi”
  • Japanese: “Esashi-chō”
  • Japanese: “えさしちょう”
  • Japanese: “枝幸”
  • Japanese: “江差町”
  • Korean: “에사시정”
  • Korean: “에사시초”
  • Lithuanian: “Esašis”
  • Malay: “Esashi, Hokkaidō”
  • Malay: “Esashi”
  • Persian: “اساشی، هوکایدو”
  • Polish: “Esashi”
  • Portuguese: “Esashi”
  • Russian: “Эсаси”
  • Slovenian: “Esashi”
  • Spanish: “Esashi”
  • Swedish: “Esashi”
  • Thai: “เอซาชิ”
  • Turkish: “Esashi, Hiyama”
  • Ukrainian: “Есасі”
  • Urdu: “ایساشی، ہوکائیڈو (ہیاما)”
  • Urdu: “ایساشی، ہوکائیڈو”
  • Vietnamese: “Esashi, Hokkaidō”
  • Yue Chinese: “江差町”

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