Yakuin
Yakuin is a railway stop in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka. Yakuin is situated nearby to the metro station Watanabe-dōri Station, as well as near the quarter Tenjin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yakuin and Watanabe-dōri Station.
Yakuin
Railway station
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Yakuin Station is a passenger railway station located in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka. The above ground portion is operated by the private transportation company Nishi-Nippon Railroad, and has station number T02, and the underground portion is operated by the Fukuoka City Subway The subway station's symbol mark is a mortar and pestle, because 薬院 means medicinal plant botanical garden in Japanese.
Watanabe-dōri Station
Metro station
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Watanabe-dōri Station is a train station located in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka. Watanabe-dōri means "Mr. Watanabe's avenue" in Japanese, to commemorate Yohatirō Watanabe 's efforts to establish the tram line here in 1911. Watanabe-dōri Station is situated 390 metres northeast of Yakuin.
Yakuin-ōdōri Station
Metro station
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Yakuin-ōdōri Station is a train station located in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka. This station's symbol mark is an elephant's head and a flower because it's near the Zoo and Botanical Garden. Yakuin-ōdōri Station is situated 490 metres west of Yakuin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tenjin and Nakasu.
Nakasu
Quarter
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nakasu is the red-light district of Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is an island between the sandbank of the Naka River and the Hakata River.
Yakuin
- Type: Railway stop
- Also known as: “Yakuin-eki”
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
33.58173° or 33° 34′ 54″ northLongitude
130.40183° or 130° 24′ 7″ eastElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
8Q5GHCJ2+MPOpenStreetMap ID
node 495499693OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stopGeoNames ID
7562836
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In Other Languages
“Yakuin” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “やくいんえき”
- Japanese: “薬院”
- Japanese: “薬院駅”
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