Katata Station
Katata Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Katata Post Office and Mangetsu Temple.
Katata Post Office
Post office
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Mangetsu Temple
Buddhist temple
Mangetsu-ji is a temple beside Lake Biwa in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The Heian period statue of Shō Kannon is an Important Cultural Property. The temple, specifically the Ukimidō "floating temple" hall, features in one of the remaining views of the Eight Views of Ōmi, originally drawn by Hiroshige. Mangetsu Temple is situated 1¼ km southeast of Katata Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karasuma Peninsula and Ōhara.
Karasuma Peninsula
Locality
Katata Station
- Type: Railway stop
- Also known as: “Katata” and “Katata-eki”
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Otsu, Shiga, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.12088° or 35° 7′ 15″ north
Longitude
135.91498° or 135° 54′ 54″ east
Elevation
86 metres (282 feet)
Open location code
8Q7Q4WC7+9X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_position
OpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
GeoNames ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Korean—“Katata Station” goes by many names.
- French: “Gare de Katata”
- Japanese: “かたたえき”
- Japanese: “堅田”
- Japanese: “堅田駅”
- Korean: “가타타”
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