Furukawa
Furukawa is a neighborhood in Kamogawa-shi, Chiba. Furukawa is situated nearby to the neighborhood 奥米台, as well as near the quarter Okugome.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kameiwa cave and Roadside station Fureai-park Kimitsu.
Kameiwa cave
Photo: Tetsuji Sakakibara, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kameiwa cave and the Nōmizo waterfall that flows through it are located near the city of Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. While referred to as a cave, the Kameiwa cave is a tunnel bored during the Edo period to provide water for local agriculture.
Mishima Dam
Dam
Mishima Dam is an earthfill dam located in Chiba Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation. The catchment area of the dam is 26.1 km2. The dam impounds about 72 ha of land when full and can store 5400 thousand cubic meters of water. Mishima Dam is situated 2½ km northwest of Furukawa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Okugome.
Okugome
Quarter
Photo: ThermostatMan2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Okugome is a mountainous area located in Kimitsu, Chiba, Japan. The town is situated in the middle of the mountains of the Bōsō Peninsula. There are no major towns or villages in Okugome, just isolated farms.
Furukawa
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Kamogawa-shi, Chiba, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.2002° or 35° 12′ 1″ northLongitude
140.04328° or 140° 2′ 36″ eastElevation
230 metres (755 feet)Open location code
8R72622V+38OpenStreetMap ID
node 9104669371OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
11171693
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In Other Languages
“Furukawa” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “ふるかわ”
- Japanese: “フルカワ”
- Japanese: “古川”
- Japanese: “字旧川”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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