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 Mangetsu Temple and 大津北警察署.

Mangetsu Temple

Buddhist temple

Mangetsu Temple

Photo: z tanuki, CC BY 3.0.

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.

大津北警察署

Police station

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

大津北警察署 is a police station, which is situated 740 metres north of Katata Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karasuma Peninsula and Ōhara.

Karasuma Peninsula

Locality

Karasuma Peninsula

Photo: Haruno Akiha, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Karasuma Peninsula is a locality, which is situated 6 km south of Katata Station.

Ōhara

Hamlet

Photo: kajikawa, CC BY 3.0.

Ōhara is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km west of Katata Station.

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
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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

node 5137567384

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=stop

GeoNames ID

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Satellite Map

Discover Katata Station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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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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