Wangetsu
Wangetsu is a quarter in Akkeshi Chō, Akkeshi district, Hokkaido. Wangetsu is situated nearby to the neighborhood 湾月二丁目, as well as near 湾月三丁目.Places of Interest
Highlights include Akkeshi Town Historical Museum and Kokutai-ji.
Akkeshi Town Historical Museum
Museum
Akkeshi Town Historical Museum opened in Akkeshi, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1967. Situated in the immediate vicinity of Kokutai-ji and Akkeshi Jinja, the collections document the history of the area and include Jōmon and Zoku-Jōmon ceramics; Ainu materials…
Kokutai-ji
Buddhist temple
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Kokutai-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the Wangetsu-cho neighborhood of the town of Akkeshi, Hokkaido, Japan. It belongs to the Nanzen-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen.
Shōgyō-ji
Buddhist temple
Shōgyō-ji is a Jōdo Shinshū temple in Akkeshi, Hokkaidō, Japan. Founded in 1879, the Hondō of 1799, relocated from Itoigawa in Niigata Prefecture in 1910, has been designated an Important Cultural Property.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Akkeshi.
Akkeshi
Town
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Akkeshi is a town located in Kushiro Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan. As of 31 October 2025, the town had an estimated population of 8059 in 4251 households, and a population density of 10.9 people per km2. The total area of the town is 739.12 km2.
Wangetsu
- Type: Quarter
- Category: locality
- Location: Akkeshi Chō, Akkeshi district, Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
43.0338° or 43° 2′ 2″ northLongitude
144.84242° or 144° 50′ 33″ eastElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
8RM62RMR+GXOpenStreetMap ID
node 7929645296OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
11473496
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In Other Languages
“Wangetsu” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “Wangetsu”
- Japanese: “わんげつ”
- Japanese: “ワンゲツ”
- Japanese: “湾月”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 湾月町児童公園 and Akkeshi Shoyo High School.
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