Kawaramachi

Kawaramachi is a tram stop in Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, Kumamoto. Kawaramachi is situated nearby to the shopping center SAKURA MACHI Kumamoto, as well as near the suburb Nishi-ku.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kawaramachi and Kumamoto Castle.

Kawaramachi

Tram stop

Photo: BjeUtHsRhX, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kawaramachi is a tram stop.

Kumamoto Castle is a hilltop Japanese castle located in Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, in Kumamoto Prefecture. It was a large and well-fortified castle. The castle keep is a concrete reconstruction built in 1960, but a number of ancillary wooden buildings remain of the original castle. Kumamoto Castle is situated 1¼ km north of Kawaramachi.

SAKURA MACHI Kumamoto

Shopping center

Photo: MaedaAkihiko, CC0.

SAKURA MACHI Kumamoto is a shopping center, which is situated 650 metres northeast of Kawaramachi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nishi-ku and Higashi-ku.

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 5 km west of Kawaramachi.

Higashi-ku

Suburb

Higashi-ku is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, Japan. Meaning literally "east ward," it is bordered by the Kita-ku, Chūō-ku, Minami-ku and also by the towns of Kikuyō, Mashiki and Kashima. Higashi-ku is situated 6 km east of Kawaramachi.

Kashima

Town

Kashima is a town located in Kamimashiki District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 July 2024, the town had an estimated population of 10,203 in 4135 households, and a population density of 24 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 16.65 km2. Kashima is situated 8 km southeast of Kawaramachi.

Kawaramachi

Type: Tram stop
Also known as: “Kawaramachi Eki” and “Kawaramachi-eki”
Categories: railway stop, transport stop, and transportation
Location: Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

32.79487° or 32° 47′ 42″ north

Longitude

130.70093° or 130° 42′ 3″ east

Elevation

14 metres (46 feet)

Open location code

8Q4GQPV2+W9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12507150388

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=tram_stop

GeoNames ID

7563177

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In Other Languages

“Kawaramachi” goes by many names.

Japanese: “かわらまちえき”
Japanese: “カワラマチエキ”
Japanese: “河原町”
Japanese: “河原町駅”

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