Kansai
Kyoto
Nishikyō-ku

Katsura Station

Katsura Station is a passenger railway station located in Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, and is about 15 kilometers from the center of , near the . It is operated by the private transportation company Hankyu Railway.
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  • Type: Railway stop
  • Description: railway station in Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Katsura” and “Katsura-eki”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Katsura Imperial Villa and Hongan-ji Nishiyama-betsu-in Temple.

Castle
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The or Katsura Detached Palace is an Imperial residence with associated gardens and outbuildings in the western suburbs of , . is situated 1 km northeast of Katsura Station.

Buddhist temple
Photo: 運動会プロテインパワー, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 240 metres south of Katsura Station.

Buddhist temple
Photo: 運動会プロテインパワー, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 290 metres south of Katsura Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ukyō District and Minami.

Suburb
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Ukyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in , . is situated 3½ km north of Katsura Station.

Suburb
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is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in , Japan. Its name means "South Ward." It was established in 1955 when it was separated from Shimogyo-ku. is situated 4 km east of Katsura Station.

Photo: Grialte, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Southern Kyoto covers a large part of Japan's , stretching from the Ōharano area in the west to Fushimi-ku, Daigo, and the southern tip of Higashiyama-ku in the east.

Katsura Station

Latitude
34.97943° or 34° 58′ 46″ north
Longitude
135.70328° or 135° 42′ 12″ east
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Open location code
8Q6QXPH3+Q8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7795996196
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­stop_position
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­stop
Geo­Names ID
7560793
Wiki­data ID
Q944556
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Ukrainian—“Katsura Station” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ခဆွတ်ရဘူတာ”
  • Chinese: “桂站”
  • Dutch: “station Katsura”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة كاتسورا”
  • Esperanto: “Stacio Katsura”
  • French: “gare de Katsura”
  • French: “Gare de Katsura”
  • French: “Katsura eki”
  • French: “Katsura”
  • German: “Bahnhof Katsura”
  • Italian: “stazione di Katsura”
  • Italian: “Stazione di Katsura”
  • Japanese: “Katsura”
  • Japanese: “かつら”
  • Japanese: “かつらえき”
  • Japanese: “桂”
  • Japanese: “桂駅”
  • Korean: “가쓰라”
  • Korean: “가쓰라역”
  • Ukrainian: “Кацура”

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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 “Katsura Station”. Photo: Onagadori, CC BY 3.0.