Asuka
Asuka refers to the south-eastern part of Nara Basin, which mostly overlaps with contemporary Asuka Village, in Nara Prefecture.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: capital of Japan
- Description: former imperial capital of Japan
- Also known as: “Asuka, Yamato”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Asuka-dera Temple and Ishibutai Kofun.
Asuka-dera Temple
Buddhist temple
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Asuka-dera, also known as Hōkō-ji, is a Buddhist temple located in the village of Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It currently belongs to the Shingon-shū Buzan-ha sect.
Ishibutai Kofun
Archaeological site
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Ishibutai kofun is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the village of Asuka, Nara in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1935.
Asuka Station
Railway station
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Asuka Station is a railway station located in Asuka, Takaichi, Nara, Japan, on the Kintetsu Railway Yoshino Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kashihara and Sakurai.
Kashihara
Photo: Terumasa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kashihara is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2024, the city had an estimated population of 118,674 in 56,013 households, and a population density of 3000 persons per km2.
Sakurai
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Sakurai is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 August 2024, the city had an estimated population of 54,384 in 25678 households, and a population density of 550 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 98.91 km2.
Takatori
Town
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Takatori is a town located in Takaichi District, Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 September 2024, the town had an estimated population of 6,081 in 2820 households, and a population density of 240 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 25.79 km2.
Asuka
- Category: archaeological site
- Location: Nara, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.4667° or 34° 28′ 0″ northLongitude
135.8167° or 135° 49′ 0″ eastOpen location code
8Q6QFR88+MMWikidata ID
Q752394
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Satellite Map
Discover Asuka from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Asuka” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Asuka-kyō”
- Afrikaans: “Asuka, Yamato”
- Arabic: “أسوكا”
- Asturian: “Asuka”
- Chinese: “飛鳥”
- Croatian: “Asuka, Yamato”
- Croatian: “Asuka”
- Czech: “Asuka”
- Dutch: “Asuka”
- Finnish: “Asuka-kyō”
- Finnish: “Asuka, Yamato”
- French: “Asuka-kyō”
- German: “Asuka no miyako”
- German: “Asuka no Miyako”
- German: “Asuka-kyo”
- German: “Asuka-kyō”
- German: “Asukakyo”
- German: “Asukakyō”
- Italian: “Asuka kyō”
- Italian: “Asuka-kyō”
- Japanese: “飛鳥”
- Japanese: “飛鳥京”
- Japanese: “飛鳥地方”
- Korean: “아스카”
- Korean: “아스카쿄”
- Persian: “آسوکا-کیو”
- Persian: “آسوکا، یاماتو”
- Polish: “Asuka-kyō”
- Polish: “Asukakyo”
- Portuguese: “Asuka”
- Romanian: “Asuka, yamato”
- Romanian: “Asuka, Yamato”
- Romanian: “Asuka”
- Russian: “Асука”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Asuka-kyō”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Asuka, Yamato”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Asuka”
- Slovenian: “Asuka”
- Spanish: “Asuka kyo”
- Spanish: “Asuka kyō”
- Spanish: “Asuka-kyo”
- Spanish: “Asuka-kyō”
- Swedish: “Asuka”
- Turkish: “Asuka-kyō”
- Ukrainian: “Асука”
- “Asuka”
- “Asuka, Yamato”
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