Yugawa

Yugawa is a quarter in Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka. Yugawa is situated nearby to the quarter Abeyama, as well as near the neighborhood Kirigaoka 2-chome.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Abeyamakōen and Jōno.

Abeyamakōen

Railway station

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Abeyama-kōen Station is a passenger railway station located in Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company.

Jōno

Railway stop

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Jōno Station is a passenger railway station located in Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.

Kokura Racecourse is located in Kokura Minami-ku Kitakyushu, Japan. It is used for horse racing. It was built in 1994. It has a capacity of 20,000, including 1,192 seats. Kokura Racecourse is situated 3½ km west of Yugawa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kokurakita-ku and Tobata-ku.

Kokurakita-ku

Suburb

Kokurakita-ku is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the north part of what used to be Kokura City before the merger of five cities to create the new city of Kitakyūshū in 1963. Kokurakita-ku is situated 4½ km northwest of Yugawa.

Tobata-ku

Suburb

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Tobata-ku is a ward of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the smallest ward of the city at 16.66 km2. The population was 64,330 as of the national census in 2000. Tobata-ku is situated 9 km northwest of Yugawa.

Yahatahigashi-ku

Suburb

Photo: JKT-c, CC BY 3.0.

Yahatahigashi-ku is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the second smallest ward in Kitakyūshū after Tobata ward at only 36.36 square kilometres. Yahatahigashi-ku is situated 9 km west of Yugawa.

Yugawa

Type: Quarter
Also known as: “大字湯川”
Category: locality
Location: Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

33.85439° or 33° 51′ 16″ north

Longitude

130.90879° or 130° 54′ 32″ east

Elevation

21 metres (69 feet)

Open location code

8Q5GVW35+QG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8487541681

OpenStreetMap feature

place=quarter

GeoNames ID

10317698

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In Other Languages

“Yugawa” goes by many names.

Japanese: “ゆがわ”
Japanese: “湯川”

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Localities in the Area

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