Yasu
Yasu is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2021, the city had an estimated population of 50,695 in 20695 households and a population density of 630 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 80.14 square kilometres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: City with 49,900 residents
- Description: city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Yasu, Shiga”
- Neighbors: Omihachiman and Ryuo
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Mikami and Moriyama.
Mount Mikami
Peak
Photo: Haruno Akiha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Mikami is a mountain, 432 metres above sea level, located in Yasu City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. In spite of its relatively low altitude, it is also called "Ōmi Fuji", that is Mount Fuji of Ōmi Province, the old name of Shiga Prefecture, because of its conical shape standing out in the flat area on the shores of Lake Biwa.
Moriyama
Railway station
Photo: 運動会プロテインパワー, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Moriyama Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company.
Yasu City History Folk Museum · Bronze Museum
Museum
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yasu City History and Folklore Museum, also known as the Dōtaku Museum, opened in Yasu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan in 1988. Originally the town museum, with the merger of the former Yasu Town with Chūzu to form Yasu City on 1 October 2004, the museum was renamed accordingly.
Yasu
- Categories: city of Japan and locality
- Location: Yasu-shi, Shiga, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.0675° or 35° 4′ 3″ northLongitude
136.0259° or 136° 1′ 33″ eastPopulation
49,900Elevation
87 metres (285 feet)Open location code
8Q7R328G+X9OpenStreetMap ID
node 541402985OpenStreetMap feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
11611475Wikidata ID
Q611642
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Yasu” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ياسو”
- Armenian: “Յասու”
- Asturian: “Yasu”
- Bengali: “ইয়াসু”
- Catalan: “Yasu”
- Cebuano: “Yasu-shi”
- Chechen: “Ясу”
- Chinese: “Yasu-chhī”
- Chinese: “野洲”
- Chinese: “野洲市”
- Czech: “Jasu”
- Danish: “Yasu”
- Dutch: “Yasu”
- Finnish: “Yasu”
- French: “Yasu”
- Galician: “Yasu”
- German: “Yasu”
- Greek: “Γιάσου”
- Gujarati: “યાસુ”
- Hindi: “यासु”
- Hungarian: “Jaszu”
- Indonesian: “Yasu, Shiga”
- Indonesian: “Yasu”
- Irish: “Yasu”
- Italian: “Yasu”
- Japanese: “Yasu-shi”
- Japanese: “やすし”
- Japanese: “野洲”
- Japanese: “野洲市”
- Kannada: “ಯಾಸು”
- Korean: “야스시”
- Latvian: “Jasu”
- Literary Chinese: “野洲市”
- Lithuanian: “Jasu”
- Malay: “Yasu”
- Marathi: “यासु”
- Mazanderani: “یاسو، شیگا”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Yasu-chhī”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yasu”
- Persian: “یاسو، شیگا”
- Polish: “Yasu”
- Portuguese: “Yasu”
- Romanian: “Yasu”
- Russian: “Ясу”
- Sinhala: “යසු”
- Slovenian: “Jasu”
- South Azerbaijani: “یاسو، شیقا”
- Spanish: “Yasu”
- Swedish: “Yasu, Shiga”
- Swedish: “Yasu”
- Tagalog: “Yasu, Shiga”
- Tagalog: “Yasu”
- Tajik: “Ясу”
- Tamil: “யாசு”
- Tatar: “Ясу”
- Telugu: “యసు”
- Thai: “ยาซุ”
- Turkish: “Yasu”
- Ukrainian: “Ясу”
- Urdu: “یاسو، شگا”
- Vietnamese: “Yasu, Shiga”
- Vietnamese: “Yasu”
- Waray (Philippines): “Yasu, Shiga”
- Waray (Philippines): “Yasu”
- Yue Chinese: “野洲”
- Yue Chinese: “野洲市”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 野洲市役所 and 野洲市役所 西別館.
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