Mikata Station
Mikata Station is a railway station in the town of Wakasa, Mikatakaminaka District, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway stop
- Description: railway station in Wakasa, Mikatakaminaka district, Fukui prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Mikata” and “Mikata-eki”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum and Mikatagoko parking area.
Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum
Museum
Photo: Yasunorihayashi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum is an archeological museum located in the town of Wakasa, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It is dedicated to the exhibition of Torihama shell mound as well as varve, oldest of which dating back to 70,000 years ago, discovered in the bottom of Lake Suigetsu, one of the Five Lakes of Mikata. Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum is situated 1¼ km west of Mikata Station.
Mikatagoko parking area
Rest area
Photo: Mti, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mikatagoko parking area is a rest area, which is situated 1 km northwest of Mikata Station.
三方石観世音
Buddhist temple
Photo: Opqr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
三方石観世音 is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 1 km northeast of Mikata Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mihama and Hayase.
Mihama
Town
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mihama is a town located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 May 2018, the city had an estimated population of 9,643 in 3175 households and the population density of 63 persons per km2. The total area of the town was 152.35 square kilometres. Mihama is situated 6 km northeast of Mikata Station.
Hayase
Quarter
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hayase is a quarter, which is situated 7 km north of Mikata Station.
Mikata Station
- Categories: railway station, transport stop, and transportation
- Location: Wakasa, Mikatakaminaka, Fukui, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.55574° or 35° 33′ 21″ northLongitude
135.90939° or 135° 54′ 34″ eastElevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
8Q7QHW45+7QOpenStreetMap ID
node 267297923OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stopGeoNames ID
7560068Wikidata ID
Q6845725
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Mikata Station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “三方站”
- Chinese: “三方車站”
- French: “gare de Mikata”
- French: “Mikata”
- Japanese: “Mikata”
- Japanese: “みかた”
- Japanese: “みかたえき”
- Japanese: “三方”
- Japanese: “三方駅”
- Javanese: “Setatsiyun Mikata”
- Korean: “미카타”
- Korean: “미카타역”
- Ukrainian: “Міката”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mikata Station”. Photo: SONIC BLOOMING, CC BY-SA 4.0.