Ōuchi-juku
Ōuchi-juku was a small post station in Japan's Edo period and part of the Aizu Nishi Kaidō. It is now located in the town of Shimogō in Minamiaizu District, Fukushima Prefecture, and is famous for the numerous traditional thatched buildings from the Edo Period that line its main street.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: Post station in Fukushima, Japan
- Also known as: “Ouchi” and “Ōuchi”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Ouchi Dam.
Ōuchi-juku
- Categories: shukuba and locality
- Location: Shimogo, Minamiaizu-gun, Fukushima, Tohoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
37.33363° or 37° 20′ 1″ north
Longitude
139.86066° or 139° 51′ 38″ east
Elevation
670 metres (2,198 feet)
Established
1643
Open location code
8Q9X8VM6+F7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Ōuchi-juku” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “大內宿”
- French: “Ōuchi-juku”
- German: “Ōuchi-juku”
- Italian: “Ōuchi-juku”
- Japanese: “Ōuchi-juku”
- Japanese: “おおうちじゅく”
- Japanese: “大内”
- Japanese: “大内宿”
- Spanish: “Ōuchi-juku”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Ōaza-ōchi and 大字小沼崎.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: 大内宿町並み展示館 and 正法寺.
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