Nishi-Shimmachi Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private Sanyo Electric Railway. Nishi-Shimmachi is situated 620 metres north of Shoutoku-ji Temple.

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 1¼ km northeast of Shoutoku-ji Temple.

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 7 km east of Shoutoku-ji Temple.

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 9 km north of Shoutoku-ji Temple.

Shoutoku-ji Temple

Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Akashi, Hyogo, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

34.64433° or 34° 38′ 40″ north

Longitude

134.98291° or 134° 58′ 59″ east

Open location code

8Q6PJXVM+P5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6869424501

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

Wikidata ID

Q130733898

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In Other Languages

From Indonesian to Japanese—“Shoutoku-ji Temple” goes by many names.

Indonesian: “Wihara Shoutoku-ji”
Japanese: “正徳寺”

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