Akashi
Akashi Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company.Photo: MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Akashi, Hyogo prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Akashi Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sanyo-Akashi and Akashi Castle.
Sanyo-Akashi
Railway station
Akashi Castle
Castle
Photo: KishujiRapid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Akashi Castle is an Edo period Japanese castle located in the city of Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It was also known as Kiharu Castle or Kinkō Castle. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1957. Akashi Castle is situated 410 metres north of Akashi.
Daiichi Baseball Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Kanko3131, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Daiichi Baseball Stadium is situated 390 metres northwest of Akashi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarumi-ku and Nishi-ku.
Tarumi-ku
Suburb
Photo: T.shima, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tarumi is one of nine wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 26.89 km2, and a population of 219,958. Tarumi is a suburban area in western Kobe, providing residential towns for commuters to downtown Kobe and even Osaka. Tarumi-ku is situated 6 km east of Akashi.
Nishi-ku
Suburb
Nishi is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 137.86 km2, and a population of 248,407. Nishi in Japanese means west. Nishi-ku occupies the northwestern part of the city. Nishi-ku is situated 8 km north of Akashi.
Akashi
- Categories: elevated station, station, and transportation
- Location: Akashi, Hyogo, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.6491° or 34° 38′ 57″ northLongitude
134.99275° or 134° 59′ 34″ eastOperator
西日本旅客鉄道Open location code
8Q6PJXXV+J3OpenStreetMap ID
node 265910879OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationWikidata ID
Q1155118
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Urdu—“Akashi” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “အခရှိဘူတာ”
- Chinese: “明石站”
- Dutch: “station Akashi”
- Dutch: “Station Akashi”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة اكاشى”
- Esperanto: “Stacio Akashi”
- French: “Akashi”
- French: “gare d’Akashi”
- French: “Gare d’Akashi”
- German: “Bahnhof Akashi”
- Hakka Chinese: “Akashi Chhàm”
- Italian: “stazione di Akashi”
- Italian: “Stazione di Akashi”
- Japanese: “JR-A73”
- Japanese: “明石”
- Japanese: “明石駅”
- Korean: “아카시”
- Korean: “아카시역”
- Russian: “Акаси”
- Ukrainian: “Акаші”
- Urdu: “اکاشی اسٹیشن”
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