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Hongu

Hongu is a mountain village in Prefecture. It belongs to the city of but is 60 km distant from the city center, so it is covered here as a separate destination.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: dissolved municipality in Higashimuro district, Wakayama prefecture, Japan (1956-2005)
  • Also known as: “Hongū” and “Hongū, Wakayama”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kumano Hongū Taisha and Yunomine Onsen Public Bath.

Shinto shrine
Photo: Douglaspperkins, CC BY 4.0.
is a Shinto shrine located in the jurisdiction of , deep in the rugged mountains of the southeast of .

Hot spring
Photo: Nekosuki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yunomine Onsen is a hot spring system and resort town in , near Hongu Town in southern , Japan. The Tsuboyu bath is located there, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Bittercup, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Buddhist temple.

Hongu

Latitude
33.838° or 33° 50′ 17″ north
Longitude
135.7731° or 135° 46′ 23″ east
Elevation
206 metres (676 feet)
Open location code
8Q5QRQQF+57
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2539532711
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1862208
Wiki­data ID
Q2251838
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Hongu” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Hongu”
  • French: “Hongū”
  • Irish: “Hongū”
  • Japanese: “Hongū-chō”
  • Japanese: “Hongū-ｃｈō”
  • Japanese: “ほんぐうちょう”
  • Japanese: “本宮町”
  • Korean: “혼구정”
  • Slovenian: “Hongu”
  • Slovenian: “Hongū”
  • Welsh: “Hongū”

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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 “Hongu”. Photo: Douglaspperkins, CC BY 4.0.