Awazu
Awazu is a railway stop in Otsu, Shiga. Awazu is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple 西念寺, as well as near the railway stop Kawaragahama Station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Highlights include Awazu and 西念寺.
Awazu
Railway stop
Photo: Marikino2522, Public domain.
Awazu Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keihan Electric Railway.
西念寺
Buddhist temple
Photo: 運動会プロテインパワー, CC BY-SA 4.0.
西念寺 is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 260 metres west of Awazu.
Kawaragahama Station
Railway stop
Photo: Marikino2522, Public domain.
Kawaragahama Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keihan Electric Railway. Kawaragahama Station is situated 410 metres north of Awazu.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kusatsu and Yamashina-ku.
Kusatsu
Photo: Hiroshige, Public domain.
Kusatsu is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The city lies on Lake Biwa, Japan's largest freshwater lake. As of 31 January 2024, the city had an estimated population of 139,913 in 63,942 households and a population density of 2100 persons per km2.
Yamashina-ku
Suburb
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yamashina is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It lies in the southeastern part of the city, and Yamashina Station is one stop away from Kyoto Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line. Yamashina-ku is situated 8 km west of Awazu.
Awazu
- Type: Railway stop
- Also known as: “Awazu-eki”
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Otsu, Shiga, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.98503° or 34° 59′ 6″ northLongitude
135.89554° or 135° 53′ 44″ eastElevation
89 metres (292 feet)Operator
京阪電気鉄道Network
石山坂本線Open location code
8Q6QXVPW+26OpenStreetMap ID
node 339092540OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stopGeoNames ID
7560957
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In Other Languages
“Awazu” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “あわず”
- Japanese: “あわづえき”
- Japanese: “粟津”
- Japanese: “粟津駅”
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