Shōnan

Shōnan is the name of a region along the coast of Sagami Bay in Kanagawa Prefecture, central Japan. Centered on Sagami River, about 60 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, the Shōnan region stretches from Ninomiya in the west to Fujisawa in the east, including Ōiso, Hiratsuka, and Chigasaki.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Enoshima and Katase-Enoshima.

Enoshima

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Enoshima is both a small island and a small seaside town next to the island in Kanagawa prefecture Fujisawa city, to the south of Tokyo. It's a popular beach destination and, on a nice summer day, has a bit of a laid-back California surfer vibe.

Katase-Enoshima

Railway station

Photo: Bmazerolles, CC BY 4.0.

Katase-Enoshima Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan and operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway.

Katase Eastside Beach

Swimming area

Photo: Miyuki Meinaka, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Katase Eastside Beach is a swimming area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kamakura and Yamanouchi.

Kamakura

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Kamakura is a small city in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, Japan. It is a very popular destination among Tokyoites for its beaches, lively center and many temples. It is the perfect place to take a day off from Tokyo's stress.

Yamanouchi

Neighborhood

Photo: Syced, CC0.

Yamanouchi is a neighborhood of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Because of the presence of East Japan Railway Company's Kita-Kamakura Station, it is better known as Kita-Kamakura. Yamanouchi is situated 7 km northeast of Shōnan.

Nikaidō

Neighborhood

Nikaidō is the name of one of the administrative units of Kamakura, a city located in Kanagawa, Japan, about 50 km south-south-west of Tokyo. Nikaidō lies immediately to the east of Nishi Mikado and Yukinoshita, and used to be called Higashi Mikado. Nikaidō is situated 8 km east of Shōnan.

Shōnan

Type: Locality
Description: region of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Category: region of Japan
Location: Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

35.30715° or 35° 18′ 26″ north

Longitude

139.48503° or 139° 29′ 6″ east

Open location code

8Q7X8F4P+V2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7601340495

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

Wikidata ID

Q1204742

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Thai—“Shōnan” goes by many names.

Arabic: “شونان”
Chinese: “Syônan”
Chinese: “湘南”
Dutch: “Shōnan”
French: “Shonan”
French: “Shōnan”
Greek: “Σόναν”
Italian: “Shonan”
Italian: “Shōnan”
Japanese: “湘南”
Japanese: “湘南地域”
Japanese: “湘南地方”
Korean: “쇼난”
Min Nan Chinese: “Syônan”
Portuguese: “Shonan”
Russian: “Сёнан”
Thai: “โชนัง”

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shōnan”. Photo: Quercus acuta, CC BY-SA 4.0.