Yamagata
Higashitagawa district
Shōnai Machi

Shonai

Shōnai is a town located in , . As of 29 February 2020, the town has an estimated population of 20,940 in 7108 households, and a population density of 87.5 per km². The total area of the town is 249.17 square kilometres.
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  • Type: Town with 21,700 residents
  • Description: town in Higashitagawa District, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Shōnai”, “Shonai Town”, “Shonai-machi”, “Shōnai-machi”, and “Shōnai, Yamagata”
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Naito Shuin Memorial Museum of Watercolors and Amarume Station.

Museum
Photo: Ebiebi2, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Railway station
Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a junction railway station in the town of Shōnai, Yamagata, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company.

Theater building
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is a theater building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mikawa and Sakata.

Town
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is a town located in , . As of 31 March 2023, the town had an estimated population of 7,282 in 2478 households, and a population density of 220 persons per km². is situated 8 km southwest of Shonai.

Photo: kiwa dokokano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in . Due to its location on the Sea of Japan, the city has a large fishing industry. There is a fish market and many seafood restaurants, where one can enjoy freshly caught fish from the Sea of Japan.

Shonai

Latitude
38.84993° or 38° 50′ 60″ north
Longitude
139.90424° or 139° 54′ 15″ east
Population
21,700
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Inception
July 1st, 2005
IATA airport code
SYO
Open location code
8QCXRWX3+XM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 752206816
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
10630004
Wiki­data ID
Q1348827
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Shonai” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شوناي”
  • Asturian: “Shōnai”
  • Burmese: “ရှေားနိုင်းမြို့၊ ယာမာဂါတ”
  • Catalan: “Shōnai”
  • Cebuano: “Shōnai Machi”
  • Chinese: “庄內町”
  • Chinese: “庄内町”
  • Czech: “Šónai”
  • Dutch: “Shōnai”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شوناى”
  • French: “Shonai”
  • French: “Shōnai”
  • German: “Shonai”
  • German: “Shōnai”
  • Hungarian: “Sónai”
  • Indonesian: “Shōnai, Yamagata”
  • Irish: “Shōnai”
  • Italian: “Shōnai”
  • Japanese: “Shōnai-machi”
  • Japanese: “しょうないまち”
  • Japanese: “庄内町”
  • Korean: “쇼나이마치”
  • Korean: “쇼나이정”
  • Malay: “Shōnai, Yamagata”
  • Marathi: “शोनाइ, यामागाता”
  • Marathi: “शोनाइ”
  • Persian: “شونای، یاماگاتا”
  • Polish: “Shonai”
  • Polish: “Shōnai”
  • Portuguese: “Shōnai”
  • Russian: “Сёнай”
  • Spanish: “Shōnai”
  • Swedish: “Shōnai”
  • Tagalog: “Shōnai, Yamagata”
  • Tagalog: “Shōnai”
  • Thai: “โชไน”
  • Turkish: “Shonai”
  • Turkish: “Shōnai”
  • Ukrainian: “Сьонай”
  • Ukrainian: “Шьонай”
  • Uzbek: “Shōnai, Yamagata”
  • Uzbek: “Shōnai”
  • “Shōnai”
  • “Shōnai-machi”
  • “しょうないまち”
  • “庄内町”

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