Wakai

Wakai is a quarter in Shimanto, Takaoka District, Kochi. Wakai is situated nearby to the quarter Omukai, as well as near Kuchigonokawa.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wakai Station and Iwamoto-ji.

Wakai Station

Railway station

Photo: Mitsuki-2368, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wakai Station is a junction passenger railway station located in the town of Shimanto, Takaoka District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway, for which it is station number "TK27" and is also used by the Shikoku Railway Company, for which it has the station number "G27".

Iwamoto-ji

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Iwamoto-ji is a Chisan Shingon temple in Shimanto, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. Temple 37 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, the deities that are worshipped at this temple are Fudō Myō-ō, Shō Kannon, Amida Nyōrai, Yakushi Nyorai, and Jizō Bosatsu. Iwamoto-ji is situated 3½ km northeast of Wakai.

窪川警察署

Police station

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窪川警察署 is a police station, which is situated 4 km northeast of Wakai.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kubokawa.

Kubokawa

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Kubokawa is a small town on the southern coast of the island of Shikoku, Japan. Part of Shimanto Town since 2006.

Wakai

Type: Quarter
Category: locality
Location: Shimanto, Takaoka District, Kochi, Shikoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

33.18646° or 33° 11′ 11″ north

Longitude

133.10741° or 133° 6′ 27″ east

Elevation

208 metres (682 feet)

Open location code

8Q5M54P4+HX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8442552742

OpenStreetMap feature

place=quarter

GeoNames ID

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In Other Languages

“Wakai” goes by many names.

Japanese: “わかい”
Japanese: “若井”

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