Kawashiri Station
Kawashiri Station is a passenger railway station located in the Minami-ku ward of the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.The station was used as a filming location for the 2011 film "I Wish" by the Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include 川尻郵便局 and 市立城南中学校.
川尻郵便局
Post office
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川尻郵便局 is a post office, which is situated 450 metres southeast of Kawashiri Station.
市立城南中学校
School
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市立城南中学校 is a school, which is situated 710 metres east of Kawashiri Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nishi-ku and Uto.
Nishi-ku
Suburb
Photo: 瑞穂の国, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nishi-ku is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, Japan. Meaning literally "west ward," it is bordered by the Kita-ku, Chūō-ku, Minami-ku and also by the city of Tamana and the town of Gyokutō. Nishi-ku is situated 4½ km northwest of Kawashiri Station.
Uto
Uto is a city located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 July 2024, the city had an estimated population of 36,149 in 16127 households, and a population density of 490 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 74.30 km2.
Chūō-ku
Suburb
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Chūō-ku is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, Japan. The ward is located in the center of the city. As of 2012, it has a population of 183,497 people and an area of 25.33 km2. Chūō-ku is situated 7 km north of Kawashiri Station.
Kawashiri Station
- Type: Railway stop
- Also known as: “Kawashiri”, “Kawashiri Eki”, and “Kawashiri-eki”
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Minami-ku, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
32.74381° or 32° 44′ 38″ northLongitude
130.6797° or 130° 40′ 47″ eastElevation
2 metres (7 feet)Operator
九州旅客鉄道Network
JR鹿児島本線Open location code
8Q4GPMVH+GVOpenStreetMap ID
node 2014358978OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stopGeoNames ID
7563162
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Kawashiri Station” goes by many names.
- French: “Kawashiri”
- Japanese: “かわしり”
- Japanese: “かわしりえき”
- Japanese: “カワシリエキ”
- Japanese: “川尻”
- Japanese: “川尻駅”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kawashiri Station”. Photo: くまもと急行鉄道, CC BY-SA 4.0.