Menashi district
Menashi is a district located in Nemuro Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of 2010, its population is estimated at 6,069 and its area is 397.88 km2, with a population density of 15.3/km2 The origin of the name "Menashi" comes from the Ainu word menashi, meaning "to the east".| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: district of Japan
- Description: district in Hokkaido, Japan
- Also known as: “Menashi” and “Menashi District, Hokkaido”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Rausu and Mount Tenchō.
Mount Rausu
Volcano
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Mount Rausu is a stratovolcano on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaidō, Japan. It sits on the border between the towns of Shari and Rausu. Mount Rausu is the northeasternmost Holocene volcano on Hokkaidō. Mount Rausu is situated 3½ km northwest of Menashi district.
Mount Tenchō
Volcano
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Mount Tenchō is a volcano, which is situated 4½ km west of Menashi district.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rausu.
Rausu
Photo: Captain76, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rausu is a town in Nemuro, Hokkaido, and is one of the gateways to the Shiretoko National Park. The town occupies the southern half of the Shiretoko Peninsula facing Kunashir, Russia across the Nemuro Strait.
Menashi district
- Location: Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Menashi district” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقاطعة ميناشي”
- Cebuano: “Menashi-gun”
- Chinese: “目梨郡”
- Dutch: “Menashi District”
- French: “district de Menashi”
- French: “District de Menashi”
- German: “Menashi”
- Hungarian: “Menasi körzet”
- Iloko: “Distrito ti Menash”
- Iloko: “Distrito ti Menashi, Hokkaido”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Menashi, Hokkaido”
- Italian: “Distretto di Menashi”
- Japanese: “めなしぐん”
- Japanese: “メナシグン”
- Japanese: “目梨郡”
- Korean: “메나시군”
- Polish: “Powiat Menashi”
- Portuguese: “Distrito de Menashi”
- Russian: “Менаси”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Menashi”
- Thai: “อำเภอเมนาชิ”
- Ukrainian: “Менасі”
- Ukrainian: “Повіт Менасі”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tomariba and Yunosawacho.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Satomi Dai and Hai Matsubara.
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