Kamaishi

Kamaishi is an ex-steeltown in , . Hashino Iron Mine was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2015.
Tap on a place
to explore it
  • Type: City with 32,100 residents
  • Description: city in Iwate Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: Kamaischi”, “Kamaishi, Iwate”, and “Kamaisi
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kamaishi Station and AEON TOWN Kamaishi.

Railway station
is a junction railway station in the city of Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company and the Third-sector Sanriku Railway.

Shopping center
is a shopping center.

Kamaishi

Latitude
39.2757° or 39° 16′ 33″ north
Longitude
141.8858° or 141° 53′ 9″ east
Population
32,100
Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP KIS
Open location code
8RF37VGP+78
Open­Street­Map ID
node 691229933
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2112444
Wiki­data ID
Q329790
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Kamaishi from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kamaishi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كامايشي، إيواته
  • Arabic: كامايشي
  • Asturian: Kamaishi
  • Bengali: কামাইশি
  • Catalan: Kamaishi
  • Cebuano: Kamaishi
  • Chechen: Камаиси
  • Chinese: Kamaisi-chhī
  • Chinese: 釜石
  • Chinese: 釜石市
  • Croatian: Kamaishi
  • Czech: Kamaiši
  • Danish: Kamaishi
  • Dutch: Kamaishi
  • Egyptian Arabic: كامايشى, ايواته
  • Estonian: Kamaishi
  • Finnish: Kamaishi
  • French: Kamaishi
  • Galician: Kamaishi
  • German: Kamaishi
  • Greek: Καμαΐσι
  • Gujarati: કામિશી
  • Hindi: कामाईशी
  • Hungarian: Kamaisi
  • Indonesian: Kamaishi, Iwate
  • Indonesian: Kamaishi
  • Irish: Kamaishi
  • Italian: Kamaishi
  • Japanese: Kamaishi-shi
  • Japanese: かまいしし
  • Japanese: 釜石
  • Japanese: 釜石市
  • Japanese: 釜石町
  • Kannada: ಕಾಮಾಶಿ
  • Korean: 가마이시 시
  • Korean: 가마이시시
  • Latvian: Kamaiši
  • Literary Chinese: 釜石市
  • Lithuanian: Kamaishi
  • Lithuanian: Kamaiši
  • Lithuanian: Kamaišis
  • Macedo-Romanian: Kamaishi
  • Malagasy: Kamaishi
  • Malay: Kamaishi, Iwate
  • Malay: Kamaishi
  • Marathi: कामाशिष
  • Mazanderani: کاماایشی، ایواته
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kamaisi-chhī
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kamaishi
  • Persian: کاماایشی، ایواته
  • Polish: Kamaishi
  • Portuguese: Kamaishi
  • Romanian: Kamaishi
  • Russian: Камаиси
  • Silesian: Kamaishi
  • Sinhala: කමයිෂි
  • South Azerbaijani: کاماایشی، ایواته
  • Spanish: Kamaishi
  • Swedish: Kamaishi
  • Tagalog: Kamaishi, Iwate
  • Tagalog: Kamaishi
  • Tagalog: Kamaisyi
  • Tajik: Kamaişi
  • Tajik: Камаиши
  • Tamil: காமேஷி
  • Tatar: Камаиси
  • Telugu: కామయిషీ
  • Thai: คามาอิชิ
  • Turkish: Kamaishi
  • Ukrainian: Камаїсі
  • Ukrainian: Камаїші
  • Urdu: کامایشی
  • Uzbek: Kamaishi
  • Vietnamese: Kamaishi, Iwate
  • Vietnamese: Kamaishi
  • Waray (Philippines): Kamaishi, Iwate
  • Waray (Philippines): Kamaishi
  • Yue Chinese: 釜石

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Kamaishi”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Tadakoecho 2-chome and Tadakoecho 3-chome.

Iwate: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Morioka, Hanamaki, Hachimantai, and Ichinoseki.

Explore These Curated Destinations

Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.
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 “Kamaishi”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.