Yoshiwara Red Light District
Yoshiwara is a red-light district in Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1617, Yoshiwara was one of three licensed and well-known famous yūkaku created during the early 17th century by the Tokugawa shogunate, alongside Shimabara in Kyoto in 1640 and Shinmachi in Osaka.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: red-light district of Edo
- Also known as: “Shin-Yoshiwara”, “Yoshiwara”, and “葦原”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yoshiwara Park and Tokyo National Museum.
Tokyo National Museum
Museum
Photo: Wiiii, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tokyo National Museum or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the four museums operated by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan. Tokyo National Museum is situated 2 km west of Yoshiwara Red Light District.
Taito Hospital
Hospital
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Taito Hospital is situated 270 metres southwest of Yoshiwara Red Light District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Senzoku and Higashi-Asakusa.
Yoshiwara Red Light District
- Categories: red-light district and tourism
- Location: Taito, Tokyo, Tokyo, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.72377° or 35° 43′ 26″ northLongitude
139.79536° or 139° 47′ 43″ eastOpen location code
8Q7XPQFW+G4OpenStreetMap ID
node 13983231457OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1859550
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Yoshiwara Red Light District” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Joshivara”
- Albanian: “Yoshiwara”
- Arabic: “شارع يوشيوارا”
- Arabic: “يوشيوارا”
- Catalan: “Yoshiwara”
- Central Bikol: “Yoshiwara”
- Chinese: “吉原”
- Czech: “Jošiwara”
- Dutch: “Yoshiwara (district)”
- Dutch: “Yoshiwara”
- French: “Yoshiwara”
- German: “Yoshiwara”
- Hungarian: “Josivara”
- Indonesian: “Yoshiwara”
- Italian: “Yoshiwara”
- Japanese: “吉原”
- Japanese: “新吉原”
- Korean: “요시와라”
- Malay: “Yoshiwara”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yoshiwara”
- Persian: “یوشیوارا”
- Portuguese: “Yoshiwara”
- Russian: “Ёсивара”
- Slovenian: “Jošivara”
- Spanish: “Yoshiwara”
- Swedish: “Yoshiwara”
- Turkish: “Yoshiwara”
- Ukrainian: “Йосівара”
- Ukrainian: “Йошівара”
- Welsh: “Yoshiwara”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 吉原優良店 無料案内所 and Yoshiwara kaikan.
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