Hitoyoshi

Hitoyoshi is the southernmost city of prefecture, . It is famous for its river fog from late autumn to early spring, kuma shochu spirits, and ayu or sweetfish.
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  • Type: City with 31,100 residents
  • Description: city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto”, “Hitoyosi”, and “Хітойосі”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Hitoyoshi Castle and Hitoyoshi Station.

Castle
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was an Edo period flatlands-style…

Railway station
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is a railway station on the Hisatsu…

Shinto shrine
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is a Shinto shrine in Hitoyoshi, , .

Hitoyoshi

Latitude
32.2057° or 32° 12′ 20″ north
Longitude
130.7601° or 130° 45′ 37″ east
Population
31,100
Elevation
130 metres (427 feet)
UN/LOCODE
JP HTY
Open location code
8Q4G6Q46+73
Open­Street­Map ID
node 739281294
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1862352
Wiki­data ID
Q861292
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Hitoyoshi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هيتويوشي، كوماموتو”
  • Arabic: “هيتويوشي”
  • Asturian: “Hitoyoshi”
  • Bengali: “হিতোয়োশি”
  • Catalan: “Hitoyoshi”
  • Cebuano: “Hitoyoshi Shi”
  • Chechen: “Хитоёси”
  • Chinese: “人吉市”
  • Czech: “Hitojoši”
  • Danish: “Hitoyoshi”
  • Dutch: “Hitoyoshi”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هيتويوشى”
  • Finnish: “Hitoyoshi”
  • French: “Hitoyoshi”
  • Galician: “Hitoyoshi”
  • German: “Hitoyoshi”
  • Greek: “Χιτογιόσι”
  • Gujarati: “હીટોયોશી”
  • Hindi: “हितोयोशी”
  • Hungarian: “Hitojosi”
  • Indonesian: “Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto”
  • Indonesian: “Hitoyoshi”
  • Irish: “Hitoyoshi”
  • Italian: “Hitoyoshi”
  • Japanese: “Hitoyoshi-shi”
  • Japanese: “ひとよしし”
  • Japanese: “人吉”
  • Japanese: “人吉市”
  • Kannada: “ಹಿಟಾಯ್ಶಿ”
  • Korean: “히토요시 시”
  • Korean: “히토요시시”
  • Latvian: “Hitojoši”
  • Literary Chinese: “人吉市”
  • Lithuanian: “Hitojošis”
  • Malagasy: “Hitoyoshi”
  • Malay: “Hitoyoshi”
  • Marathi: “हिट्योशी”
  • Mazanderani: “هیتویوشی، کوماموتو”
  • Mazanderani: “هیتویوشی”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hitoyosi-chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hitoyoshi”
  • Persian: “هیتویوشی، کوماموتو”
  • Persian: “هیتویوشی”
  • Polish: “Hitoyoshi”
  • Portuguese: “Hitoyoshi”
  • Romanian: “Hitoyoshi”
  • Russian: “Хитоёси”
  • Sinhala: “හිටියෝෂි”
  • South Azerbaijani: “هیتویوشی، کوماموتو”
  • South Azerbaijani: “هیتویوشی”
  • Spanish: “Hitoyoshi”
  • Swedish: “Hitoyoshi”
  • Tagalog: “Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto”
  • Tagalog: “Hitoyosyi”
  • Tajik: “Hitojoşi”
  • Tajik: “Ҳитоёши”
  • Tamil: “ஹிடோயோஷி”
  • Tatar: “Хитоёси”
  • Telugu: “హితోయోషి”
  • Thai: “ฮิโตโยชิ”
  • Turkish: “Hitoyoshi”
  • Ukrainian: “Хітойоші”
  • Urdu: “حیتویوشی”
  • Urdu: “ہیتویوشی، کوماموتو”
  • Vietnamese: “Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto”
  • Vietnamese: “Hitoyoshi”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Hitoyoshi”
  • Welsh: “Hitoyoshi”
  • Yue Chinese: “人吉”

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