Hitoyoshi
Hitoyoshi is the southernmost city of Kumamoto prefecture, Japan. It is famous for its river fog from late autumn to early spring, kuma shochu spirits, and ayu or sweetfish.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Hitoyoshi Castle and Hitoyoshi Station.
Hitoyoshi Castle
Castle
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Hitoyoshi Castle was an Edo period flatlands-style Japanese castle located in the city of Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1961.
Hitoyoshi Station
Railway station
Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
Hitoyoshi Station is a railway station on the Hisatsu Line and Yunomae Line in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company and Kumagawa Railroad.
Aoi Aso Shrine
Shinto shrine
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Aoi Aso Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is colloquially known as Aoi-san. It was originally established as a prefectural shrine, but is currently designated as a national shrine.
Hitoyoshi
- Categories: city of Japan and locality
- Location: Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
32.2057° or 32° 12′ 20″ northLongitude
130.7601° or 130° 45′ 37″ eastPopulation
31,100Elevation
130 metres (427 feet)United Nations Location Code
JP HTYOpen location code
8Q4G6Q46+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 739281294OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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Satellite Map
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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: “Hitoyosi-chhī”
- Chinese: “人吉”
- 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: “Hitoyoshi”
- Tagalog: “Hitoyosyi”
- Tajik: “Hitojoşi”
- Tajik: “Ҳитоёши”
- Tamil: “ஹிடோயோஷி”
- Tatar: “Хитоёси”
- Telugu: “హితోయోషి”
- Thai: “ฮิโตโยชิ”
- Turkish: “Hitoyoshi”
- Ukrainian: “Хітойосі”
- Ukrainian: “Хітойоші”
- Urdu: “حیتویوشی”
- Vietnamese: “Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto”
- Vietnamese: “Hitoyoshi”
- Waray (Philippines): “Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto”
- Waray (Philippines): “Hitoyoshi”
- Welsh: “Hitoyoshi”
- Yue Chinese: “人吉”
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