Hitomarumae Station
Hitomarumae Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private Sanyo Electric Railway. It is the only station that the meridian of the Japan Standard Time passes through.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway stop
- Description: railway station in Akashi, Hyogo prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Hitomarumae” and “Hitomarumae-eki”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tenjin-sha and Akashi Municipal Planetarium.
Akashi Municipal Planetarium
Museum
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Akashi Municipal Planetarium is a museum, which is situated 210 metres north of Hitomarumae Station.
Kakinomoto Shrine
Shinto shrine
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Kakinomoto Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Akashi, Hyōgo. It is also referred to as Hitomaru-san. The shrine's principal deity is Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, a historical figure who is reputed to have passed through the Akashi area during his life, and who was deified in the centuries following his death, as a god of literature, scholarship, fire safety, and childbirth. Kakinomoto Shrine is situated 270 metres north of Hitomarumae Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarumi-ku and Nishi-ku.
Tarumi-ku
Suburb
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Tarumi is one of nine wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 26.89 km2, and a population of 219,958. Tarumi is a suburban area in western Kobe, providing residential towns for commuters to downtown Kobe and even Osaka. Tarumi-ku is situated 5 km east of Hitomarumae Station.
Nishi-ku
Suburb
Nishi is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 137.86 km2, and a population of 248,407. Nishi in Japanese means west. Nishi-ku occupies the northwestern part of the city. Nishi-ku is situated 8 km north of Hitomarumae Station.
Hitomarumae Station
- Categories: railway station, transport stop, and transportation
- Location: Akashi, Hyogo, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.64759° or 34° 38′ 51″ northLongitude
135.00211° or 135° 0′ 8″ eastElevation
5 metres (16 feet)Operator
山陽電気鉄道Open location code
8Q6QJ2X2+2ROpenStreetMap ID
node 4044961644OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Venetian—“Hitomarumae Station” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ဟိတိုမရုမအဲဘူတာ”
- Chinese: “人丸前站”
- Chinese: “人丸前車站”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة هيتوماروماى”
- French: “gare de Hitomarumae”
- French: “Gare de Hitomarumae”
- French: “Hitomarumae”
- Japanese: “ひとまるまええき”
- Japanese: “人丸前”
- Japanese: “人丸前駅”
- Javanese: “Setatsiyun Hitomarumae”
- Korean: “히토마루마에”
- Korean: “히토마루마에역”
- Ukrainian: “Хітомарумае”
- Venetian: “stasion de Hitomarumae”
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