Nishisato Station

Nishisato Station is a passenger railway station located in the Kita-ku ward of the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.

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Type: Railway stop
Description: railway station in Kumamoto, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan
Also known as: “Nishisato”, “Nishisato Eki”, and “Nishisato-eki”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Horikawa Station and Hakenomiya Station.

Horikawa Station

Railway station

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Horikawa Station is a passenger railway station located in the Kita-ku ward of the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Kumamoto Electric Railway. Horikawa Station is situated 2½ km east of Nishisato Station.

Hakenomiya Station

Railway station

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Hakenomiya Station is a passenger railway station located in the Kita-ku ward of the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Kumamoto Electric Railway. Hakenomiya Station is situated 2½ km southeast of Nishisato Station.

Kamei Station

Railway station

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Kamei Station is a passenger railway station located in the Kita-ku ward of the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Kumamoto Electric Railway. Kamei Station is situated 3 km southeast of Nishisato Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chūō-ku and Gyokuto.

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 2020, it has a population of 187,502 people and an area of 25.33 km2. Chūō-ku is situated 6 km south of Nishisato Station.

Gyokuto

Town

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Gyokutō is a town located in Tamana District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan on the island of Kyushu. As of 31 July 2024, the town had an estimated population of 5,181 in 2113 households, and a population density of 210 persons per km2. Gyokuto is situated 10 km northwest of Nishisato Station.

Nishi-ku

Suburb

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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 10 km southwest of Nishisato Station.

Nishisato Station

Categories: railway station, railway station above ground, passenger railway station, unmanned station, transport stop, and transportation
Location: Kita-ku, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

32.85438° or 32° 51′ 16″ north

Longitude

130.70027° or 130° 42′ 1″ east

Elevation

28 metres (92 feet)

Operator

九州旅客鉄道

Network

JR鹿児島本線

Open location code

8Q4GVP32+Q4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8222352049

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=stop

GeoNames ID

7563205

Wikidata ID

Q5358723

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“Nishisato Station” goes by many names.

Chinese: “西里站”
Chinese: “西里車站”
French: “Nishisato”
Indonesian: “Stasiun Nishisato”
Japanese: “にしさと”
Japanese: “にしさとえき”
Japanese: “ニシサトエキ”
Japanese: “西里”
Japanese: “西里信号場”
Japanese: “西里駅”
Korean: “니시사토역”
Ukrainian: “Нішісато”
Urdu: “نیشیساٹو اسٹیشن”

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Nearby Places

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