Matsumae
Matsumae is a town located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. The former home of the Matsumae Han, it has an Edo period castle, Matsumae Castle, the only one in Hokkaido, and Ryūun-in. The total area of the town is 293.11 square kilometres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 6,260 residents
- Description: town in Matsumae district, Hokkaido, Japan
- Also known as: “Fukuyama”, “Hukuyama”, and “Matsumae, Hokkaido”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Matsumae Castle and Matsumae Town Historical Museum.
Matsumae Castle
Castle
Matsumae Castle is a castle located in Matsumae, Hokkaido, Japan, and is the northernmost castle in Japan. The only traditional style Edo period castle in Hokkaidō, it was the chief residence of the han of the Matsumae clan.
Matsumae Town Historical Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Matsumae Town Historical Museum opened in Matsumae, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1975. The display documents the area's geology and natural history alongside displays related to the histories of the Ainu and of the Matsumae Domain.
Matsumae
- Categories: town of Japan and locality
- Location: Matsumae district, Southern Circuit, Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
41.43° or 41° 25′ 48″ northLongitude
140.1104° or 140° 6′ 37″ eastPopulation
6,260Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)United Nations Location Code
JP MTMOpen location code
8RH2C4J6+25OpenStreetMap ID
node 420194984OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Matsumae” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Matsumae”
- Burmese: “မဆွတ်မအဲမြို့၊ ဟော့ကိုင်းဒိုး”
- Catalan: “Matsumae”
- Cebuano: “Matsumae-chō”
- Chinese: “松前町”
- Czech: “Macumae”
- Dutch: “Matsumae”
- French: “Matsumae”
- Georgian: “მაცუმაე”
- German: “Matsumae”
- Hungarian: “Macumae”
- Ido: “Matsumae, Hokkaido”
- Ido: “Matsumae”
- Indonesian: “Matsumae, Hokkaido”
- Indonesian: “Matsumae”
- Irish: “Matsumae”
- Italian: “Matsumae”
- Japanese: “Matsumae-chō”
- Japanese: “まつまえちょう”
- Japanese: “松前町”
- Japanese: “福山”
- Japanese: “福山町”
- Korean: “마쓰마에정”
- Korean: “마쓰마에초”
- Malay: “Matsumae, Hokkaidō”
- Malay: “Matsumae”
- Persian: “ماتسومائه، هوکایدو”
- Polish: “Matsumae”
- Russian: “Мацумаэ”
- Spanish: “Matsumae”
- Swedish: “Matsumae”
- Thai: “ฟูกูยามะ”
- Thai: “มัตสึมาเอะ”
- Turkish: “Matsumae”
- Ukrainian: “Мацумае”
- Vietnamese: “Matsumae, Hokkaidō”
- Vietnamese: “Matsumae”
- Yue Chinese: “松前町”
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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 Wikipedia page “Matsumae”. Photo: Kazu777 hokkaido, CC BY-SA 3.0.