Matsushima

Matsushima is a small town in , northeastern . The town faces Matsushima Bay, famous for some 260 tiny islands covered in pines — hence the name — and ranked as one of Japan's Three Great Views.
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  • Type: Town with 12,900 residents
  • Description: town in Miyagi district, Miyagi prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Matsushima, Miyagi”, “Matsusima”, “Matsusyima”, and “松島村”
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Matsushima-Kaigan Station and Takagimachi Station.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the town of Matsushima, , Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the town of Matsushima, Miyagi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the town of Matsushima, Miyagi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company. This station is about 1 km from and about 2 km away from on the Senseki Line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Matsushima.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Matsushima

Latitude
38.3802° or 38° 22′ 49″ north
Longitude
141.0671° or 141° 4′ 2″ east
Population
12,900
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
Established
January 1st, 1928
UN/LOCODE
JP MRA
Open location code
8RC393J8+3V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3168465694
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2111964
Wiki­data ID
Q1349082
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Matsushima” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ماتسوشيما”
  • Asturian: “Matsushima”
  • Burmese: “မဆွတ်ရှိမမြို့၊ မိယဂိ”
  • Cebuano: “Matsushima Machi”
  • Chinese: “松岛町”
  • Chinese: “松島町”
  • Czech: “Macušima”
  • Dutch: “Matsushima”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ماتسوشيما”
  • French: “Matsushima”
  • German: “Matsushima”
  • Hungarian: “Macusima”
  • Indonesian: “Matsushima, Miyagi”
  • Irish: “Matsushima”
  • Italian: “Matsushima”
  • Japanese: “Matsushima-machi”
  • Japanese: “まつしま”
  • Japanese: “マツシマ”
  • Japanese: “まつしままち”
  • Japanese: “松島”
  • Japanese: “松島町”
  • Korean: “마쓰시마마치”
  • Korean: “마쓰시마정”
  • Malay: “Matsushima, Miyagi”
  • Persian: “ماتسوشیما، میاگی”
  • Persian: “ماتسوشیما”
  • Polish: “Matsushima”
  • Portuguese: “Matsushima”
  • Russian: “Мацусима”
  • Spanish: “Matsushima”
  • Swedish: “Matsushima, Miyagi”
  • Tagalog: “Matsushima, Miyagi”
  • Tagalog: “Matsushima”
  • Thai: “มัตสึชิมะ”
  • Turkish: “Matsushima”
  • Ukrainian: “Мацусіма”
  • Ukrainian: “Мацушіма”
  • Urdu: “ماتسوشیما، میاگی”
  • Uzbek: “Matsushima”
  • Vietnamese: “Matsushima, Miyagi”
  • Yue Chinese: “松島町”

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