Hikawa
Hikawa was a town located in Hikawa District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 27,246 and a density of 337.87 persons per km2.Photo: Bakkai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Suburb with 27,600 residents
- Description: dissolved municipality in Hikawa district, Shimane prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Hikawa, Shimane” and “斐川町役場”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shōbara Station and Kōjindani Site.
Shōbara Station
Railway station
Photo: Ff2249, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shōbara Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company.
Kōjindani Site
Archaeological site
Photo: Reggaeman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kōjindani Site is an archaeological site consisting of the remains of a Yayoi period ritual site located in the Hikawa-cho neighborhood of the city of Izumo, Shimane Prefecture in the San'in region of Japan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hirata and Shinji.
Hirata
Locality
Hirata was a city located in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on January 1, 1955. As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 28,506 and a density of 200.68 persons per km2. Hirata is situated 5 km north of Hikawa.
Shinji
Suburb
Shinji was a town located in Yatsuka District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 9,483 and a density of 157.60 per km2. Shinji is situated 6 km east of Hikawa.
Izumo
Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Izumo is a city in Shimane Prefecture with a population of around 150,000 people and a land area of 543.43km². It's located near Matsue.
Hikawa
- Categories: dissolved municipality of Japan and locality
- Location: Izumo Shi, Shimane, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.39301° or 35° 23′ 35″ northLongitude
132.84297° or 132° 50′ 35″ eastPopulation
27,600Open location code
8Q7J9RVV+65OpenStreetMap ID
node 6329819105OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q1132034
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Tagalog—“Hikawa” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Hikawa”
- Chinese: “斐川町”
- Danish: “Hikawa”
- French: “Hikawa”
- Irish: “Hikawa”
- Japanese: “ひかわちょう”
- Japanese: “斐川村”
- Japanese: “斐川町”
- Korean: “히카와정”
- Russian: “Хикава”
- Tagalog: “Hikawa, Shimane”
- Tagalog: “Hikawa”
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Notable Places Nearby
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