Biei

Biei is a town in , . Beautiful flowers, rivers, trees, and snow are all what astonishes visitors. Biei is one of the most popular sightseeing spots in Hokkaido.
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  • Type: Town with 9,670 residents
  • Description: town in Kamikawa district, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Also known as: Biei, Hokkaido
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Biei Station and Ken & Mary Tree.

Railway station
is a railway station on the Furano Line in Biei, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company.

Photo: Wikimedia, Copyrighted free use.

Biei

Latitude
43.5882° or 43° 35′ 18″ north
Longitude
142.4669° or 142° 28′ 1″ east
Population
9,670
Elevation
238 metres (781 feet)
Inception
April 1st, 1940
Open location code
8RM4HFQ8+7Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 389385675
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2130531
Wiki­data ID
Q1355491
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Biei” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بيي
  • Asturian: Biei
  • Basque: Biei
  • Burmese: ဘိအဲအိမြို့၊ ဟော့ကိုင်းဒိုး
  • Catalan: Biei
  • Cebuano: Biei-chō
  • Chinese: 美瑛
  • Chinese: 美瑛町
  • Czech: Biei
  • Dutch: Biei
  • Egyptian Arabic: بيى
  • French: Biei-chō
  • French: Biei-mura
  • French: Biei
  • German: Biei
  • Hebrew: ביאיי ובריכת התכלת
  • Hebrew: ביאיי
  • Hungarian: Biei
  • Ido: Biei, Hokkaido
  • Ido: Biei
  • Indonesian: Biei, Hokkaido
  • Indonesian: Biei
  • Irish: Biei
  • Italian: Biei
  • Japanese: Biei-chō
  • Japanese: びえいちょう
  • Japanese: 美瑛村
  • Japanese: 美瑛町
  • Korean: 비에이정
  • Korean: 비에이초
  • Malay: Biei, Hokkaidō
  • Malay: Biei
  • Persian: بیئی، هوکایدو
  • Polish: Biei-chō
  • Polish: Biei
  • Portuguese: Biei
  • Russian: Биэй
  • Slovenian: Biei
  • Spanish: Biei
  • Swedish: Biei
  • Thai: บิเอ
  • Turkish: Biei
  • Ukrainian: Біей
  • Ukrainian: Бієй
  • Vietnamese: Biei, Hokkaidō
  • Vietnamese: Biei
  • Yue Chinese: 美瑛町

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Biei”. Photo: Soica2001, Public domain.