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Taisha

Taisha was a town located in Hikawa District, , .
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: dissolved municipality in Hikawa district, Shimane prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Taisha, Shimane” and “大社町役場”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Izumo Taisha-mae and Izumo Grand Shrine.

Railway station
Photo: Nesnad, CC BY 4.0.
Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of , , . It is operated by the private transportation company, Ichibata Electric Railway and is the closest train station to the Izumo Taisha Shrine.

Shinto shrine
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Izumo-taisha, officially Izumo Ōyashiro, is one of the most ancient and important Shinto shrines in . No record gives the date of establishment. Located in , , it is home to two major festivals.

Photo: 永尾信幸, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Taisha Station was a railway station in the city of , , , operated by West Japan Railway Company. The station opened on June 1, 1912 and closed on April 1, 1990 due to lack of ridership along with the entire line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Izumo and Koryō.

Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in Prefecture with a population of around 150,000 people and a land area of 543.43km². It's located near .

Suburb
was a town located in Hikawa District, , . As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,843 and a density of 262.49 persons per km2. is situated 8 km south of Taisha.

Taisha

Latitude
35.39069° or 35° 23′ 27″ north
Longitude
132.6861° or 132° 41′ 10″ east
Open location code
8Q7J9MRP+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6329806900
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q7676403
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Persian—“Taisha” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Taisha”
  • Czech: “Taiša”
  • French: “Taisha”
  • Hebrew: “טאישה”
  • Irish: “Taisha”
  • Japanese: “たいしゃまち”
  • Japanese: “大社町”
  • Korean: “다이샤정”
  • Persian: “تایشا، شیمانه”

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