Minakami
Minakami is a town in Gunma prefecture. The town, which includes Minakami Hot Spring Village, commands superb views of Mt. Tanigawa, Mt. Hotaka, and Mt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Asasa198, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Qurren, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 19,300 residents
- Description: town in Tone district, Gunma prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Minakami-mura” and “Minakami, Gunma”
- Neighbors: Minami-Uonuma, Nakanojō, Numata, and Yuzawa
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gokan Station and Nagurumi Castle.
Gokan Station
Railway station
Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gokan Station is a passenger railway station in the town of Minakami, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company.
Nagurumi Castle
Castle
Photo: Qurren, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nagurumi Castle is a castle structure in Tone, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. The castle played historically important role because invasion of the castle by the Later Hōjō clan caused Siege of Odawara.
Jōmō-Kōgen Station
Railway station
Photo: Filler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jōmō-Kōgen Station is a railway station on the high-speed Joetsu Shinkansen in Minakami, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company.
Minakami
- Categories: town of Japan and locality
- Location: Tone district, Gunma, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.6786° or 36° 40′ 43″ northLongitude
138.9992° or 138° 59′ 57″ eastPopulation
19,300Elevation
925 metres (3,035 feet)Open location code
8Q8WMXHX+CMOpenStreetMap ID
node 1068823685OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1857212Wikidata ID
Q1345518
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 Minakami from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Minakami” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ميناكامي”
- Asturian: “Minakami”
- Burmese: “မိနခမိမြို့၊ ဂွန်းမ”
- Cebuano: “Minakami Machi”
- Chinese: “水上町”
- Czech: “Minakami”
- Dutch: “Minakami”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميناكامى”
- French: “Minakami”
- German: “Minakami”
- Hungarian: “Minakami”
- Indonesian: “Minakami, Gunma”
- Irish: “Minakami”
- Italian: “Minakami”
- Japanese: “Minakami-machi”
- Japanese: “みなかみまち”
- Japanese: “ミナカミマチ”
- Japanese: “みなかみ町”
- Korean: “미나카미마치”
- Korean: “미나카미정”
- Malay: “Minakami, Gunma”
- Persian: “میناکامی، گونما”
- Polish: “Minakami”
- Portuguese: “Minakami”
- Russian: “Минаками”
- Slovenian: “Minakami”
- Spanish: “Minakami”
- Swedish: “Minakami”
- Tagalog: “Minakami, Gunma”
- Tagalog: “Minakami”
- Thai: “มินากามิ”
- Turkish: “Minakami”
- Ukrainian: “Мінакамі”
- Uzbek: “Minakami (Gunma)”
- Uzbek: “Minakami”
- Vietnamese: “Minakami, Gunma”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Minakami”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Maniwa and Gokan.
Gunma: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Kiryu, Maebashi, Takasaki, and Isesaki.
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 “Minakami”. Photo: Qurren, CC BY-SA 3.0.