Urusanmachi Eki

Urusanmachi Eki is a tram stop in Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, Kumamoto. Urusanmachi Eki is situated nearby to Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art, as well as near the park Kumamoto Castle.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Urusanmachi and Kumamoto Castle.

Urusanmachi

Tram stop

Photo: Hyolee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Urusanmachi 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 1 km east of Urusanmachi Eki.

Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art

Museum

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Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art opened in the precincts of Kumamoto Castle, Kumamoto, Japan in 1976. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture. Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art is situated 540 metres northeast of Urusanmachi Eki.

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 6 km southwest of Urusanmachi Eki.

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 7 km east of Urusanmachi Eki.

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 9 km southeast of Urusanmachi Eki.

Urusanmachi Eki

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

32.80354° or 32° 48′ 13″ north

Longitude

130.69697° or 130° 41′ 49″ east

Elevation

11 metres (36 feet)

Open location code

8Q4GRM3W+CQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 270867070

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=tram_stop

GeoNames ID

7563180

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In Other Languages

“Urusanmachi Eki” goes by many names.

Japanese: “うるさんまちえき”
Japanese: “ウルサンマチエキ”
Japanese: “蔚山町（護国神社前）”
Japanese: “蔚山町駅”

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