Kanayama-cho

Kanayama-cho is a tram stop in Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima. Kanayama-cho is situated nearby to the neighborhood Nagarekawacho, as well as near HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL ART MUSEUM.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hiroshima Castle and Hiroshima.

Hiroshima Castle

Park

Photo: Reggaeman, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hiroshima Castle, sometimes called Carp Castle, is a castle in Hiroshima, Japan that was the residence of the daimyō of the Hiroshima Domain. The castle was originally constructed in the 1590s, but much of it was dismantled in the Meiji era, and what remained was largely destroyed by the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945. Hiroshima Castle is situated 1¼ km northwest of Kanayama-cho.

Hiroshima

Railway station

Photo: ノボホショコロトソ, CC BY 4.0.

Hiroshima Station is a major railway station in Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company. Hiroshima Station is the terminal station for several lines, and all San'yō Shinkansen trains stop here. Hiroshima is situated 1 km northeast of Kanayama-cho.

HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL ART MUSEUM

Museum

Photo: Taisyo, CC BY 3.0.

The Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum is an art museum founded in 1968. It was reconstructed in 1996. It is located near Shukkei-en in Hiroshima, Japan. HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL ART MUSEUM is situated 760 metres north of Kanayama-cho.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nagarekawacho and Higashi-ku.

Nagarekawacho

Neighborhood

Photo: Miyuki Meinaka, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nagarekawacho is a neighborhood.

Higashi-ku

Suburb

Photo: Taisyo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Higashi-ku is one of the eight wards located in Hiroshima, Japan. It is located on the uppermost delta of the Ōta River. Within Higashi-ku is the Fudoin Temple in Ushita-shinmachi.

Minami-ku

Suburb

Photo: Lemon-s, Public domain.

Minami-ku is one of the eight wards of the city of Hiroshima, Japan. As of March 1, 2012, the ward had an estimated population of 138,471, with 66,706 households and a population density of 5,307.44 persons per km2. The total area was 26.09 km2.

Kanayama-cho

Type: Tram stop
Also known as: “Kanayamacho-eki” and “Kanayamachō-eki”
Categories: railway stop, transport stop, and transportation
Location: Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

34.3932° or 34° 23′ 36″ north

Longitude

132.46692° or 132° 28′ 1″ east

Elevation

16 metres (52 feet)

Open location code

8Q6J9FV8+7Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1785975673

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=tram_stop

GeoNames ID

7562283

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In Other Languages

From German to Korean—“Kanayama-cho” goes by many names.

German: “Kanayama-cho”
Japanese: “かなやまちょうえき”
Japanese: “銀山町”
Japanese: “銀山町駅”
Korean: “가나야마초”

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