Aoi-ku
Aoi-ku is one of three wards of the city of Shizuoka in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, located in the northern part of the city. Aoi-ku borders Suruga-ku in the south and Shimizu-ku to the southeast; the west faces Shimada, Fujieda and Kawanehon and its northern tip extends into the border between Nagano Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 254,000 residents
- Description: ward of Japan
- Also known as: “Aoi Ward” and “Aoi-ku, Shizuoka”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yunoki and Shizuoka Sengen Shrine.
Yunoki
Railway station
Photo: Niba, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yunoki Station is a railway station in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company, Shizuoka Railway.
Shizuoka Sengen Shrine
Photo: Yoshizumi Endo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shizuoka Sengen Jinja is the name for a collective group of three Shinto shrines now forming a single religious corporation, located at Mount Shizuhata in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Mt. Shizuhata
Peak
Photo: Halowand, Public domain.
Mount Shizuhata is a mountain located in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It has a height of 171 metres. The southern half of the mountain is called Mount Asama. It is said to be the origin of "Shizu" in "Shizuoka".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Suruga-ku.
Suruga-ku
Suburb
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Suruga-ku is one of three wards of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan, located in the southern part of the city. The north east of Suruga-ku faces Aoi-ku; the north west faces Shimizu-ku; the south west faces Yaizu city and the south east faces Suruga Bay.
Aoi-ku
- Categories: ward of Japan and locality
- Location: Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.9752° or 34° 58′ 31″ northLongitude
138.3832° or 138° 22′ 60″ eastPopulation
254,000Elevation
284 metres (932 feet)Open location code
8Q6WX9GM+37OpenStreetMap ID
node 763118314OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
7418323Wikidata ID
Q1131483
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Aoi-ku” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أوي-كو”
- Catalan: “Aoi-ku”
- Catalan: “Aoi”
- Cebuano: “Aoi-ku”
- Chinese: “葵区”
- Chinese: “葵區”
- Dutch: “Aoi-ku”
- French: “Aoi-ku”
- French: “arrondissement d’Aoi”
- German: “Aoi-ku”
- Hungarian: “Aoi-ku”
- Indonesian: “Aoi-ku, Shizuoka”
- Indonesian: “Aoi-ku”
- Irish: “Aoi-ku”
- Italian: “Aoi-ku”
- Japanese: “あおいく”
- Japanese: “葵区”
- Japanese: “静岡市葵区”
- Korean: “아오이구”
- Persian: “آئویی-کو، شیزوئوکا”
- Persian: “آئویی-کو”
- Portuguese: “Aoi-ku”
- Russian: “Аой”
- Russian: “Аойу”
- Slovenian: “Aoi-ku”
- Spanish: “Aoi-ku”
- Swedish: “Aoi-ku”
- Thai: “เขตอาโออิ”
- Turkish: “Aoi”
- Ukrainian: “Аой-ку”
- Ukrainian: “Аой”
- Ukrainian: “Район Аой”
- Urdu: “آوی وارڈ، شیزوکا”
- Venetian: “Aoi-ku”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as 呉服町二丁目 and 追手町.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 静岡市役所・葵区役所 高層棟 and Shizuoka City Hall.
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