Benten

Benten is a quarter in Chūō-ku, Niigata, Niigata. Benten is situated nearby to the neighborhood Minamibandaicho, as well as near the quarter Higashiodori.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Niigata Station and Tsurui Museum of Art.

Niigata Station

Railway station

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Niigata Station is a major railway station in Hanazono 1-chome, Chūō-ku, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company. The station is in the center of Niigata City, the largest city on the Sea of Japan coast in Honshu.

Tsurui Museum of Art

Museum

Photo: DAI-nk, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Niigata Chuo Post Office

Post office

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sekiya and Higashi-ku.

Sekiya

Neighborhood

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Sekiya is a neighborhood, which is situated 4 km west of Benten.

Higashi-ku

Suburb

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Higashi-ku is one of the eight wards of Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. As of 1 September 2016, the ward had an estimated population of 136,224 in 60,830 households and a population density of 3500 persons per km2. Higashi-ku is situated 4½ km northeast of Benten.

Kōnan-ku

Suburb

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Kōnan-ku is one of the eight wards of Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. As of 1 September 2018, the ward had an estimated population of 68,413 in 27,027 households and a population density of 913 persons per km2. Kōnan-ku is situated 6 km southeast of Benten.

Benten

Type: Quarter
Category: locality
Location: Chūō-ku, Niigata, Niigata, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

37.91398° or 37° 54′ 50″ north

Longitude

139.05885° or 139° 3′ 32″ east

Elevation

9 metres (30 feet)

Open location code

8Q9XW375+HG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7555097107

OpenStreetMap feature

place=quarter

GeoNames ID

11838139

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Benten” goes by many names.

Japanese: “べんてん”
Japanese: “弁天”

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