Matsushima
Matsushima is a small town in Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 12,900 residents
- Description: town in Miyagi district, Miyagi prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Matsushima, Miyagi” and “Matsusima”
Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Takagimachi Station and Matsushima-Kaigan Station.
Takagimachi Station
Railway station
Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Takagimachi Station is a railway station in the town of Matsushima, Miyagi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.
Matsushima-Kaigan Station
Railway station
Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Matsushima-Kaigan Station is a railway station in the town of Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.
Zuigan-ji
Buddhist temple
Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zuigan-ji is a Buddhist temple in located in the town of Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Belonging to the Myōshin-ji branch of Rinzai school of Japanese Zen, its honzon is a statue of Shō Kannon Bosatsu.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Matsushima.
Matsushima
- Categories: town of Japan and locality
- Location: Miyagi District, Miyagi, Tohoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.3802° or 38° 22′ 49″ northLongitude
141.0671° or 141° 4′ 2″ eastPopulation
12,900Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)Inception
January 1st, 1928United Nations Location Code
JP MRAOpen location code
8RC393J8+3VOpenStreetMap ID
node 3168465694OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2111964Wikidata ID
Q1349082
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Satellite Map
Discover Matsushima from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Matsushima” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ماتسوشيما”
- Asturian: “Matsushima”
- Burmese: “မဆွတ်ရှိမမြို့၊ မိယဂိ”
- Cebuano: “Matsushima Machi”
- Cebuano: “Matsushima”
- Chinese: “松岛町”
- Chinese: “松島町”
- Czech: “Macušima”
- Dutch: “Matsushima”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ماتسوشيما”
- French: “Matsushima-machi”
- 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: “松島村”
- Japanese: “松島町”
- Korean: “마쓰시마마치”
- Korean: “마쓰시마정”
- Malay: “Matsushima, Miyagi”
- Persian: “ماتسوشیما، میاگی”
- Polish: “Matsushima”
- Portuguese: “Matsushima”
- Russian: “Мацусима”
- Spanish: “Matsushima”
- Swedish: “Matsushima, Miyagi”
- Tagalog: “Matsushima, Miyagi”
- Tagalog: “Matsushima”
- Tagalog: “Matsusyima”
- Thai: “มัตสึชิมะ”
- Turkish: “Matsushima”
- Ukrainian: “Мацусіма”
- Ukrainian: “Мацушіма”
- Uzbek: “Matsushima”
- Vietnamese: “Matsushima, Miyagi”
- Yue Chinese: “松島町”
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