Hōraioka

Hōraioka Station is a funicular railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Hieizan Railway.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cable Sakamoto Station and Hiyoshi Tōshō-gū.

Cable Sakamoto Station

Railway station

Photo: PekePON, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cable Sakamoto Station is a funicular railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Hieizan Railway. Cable Sakamoto Station is situated 320 metres northeast of Hōraioka.

Hiyoshi Tōshō-gū

Buddhist temple

Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.

Hiyoshi Tōshō-gū is a Shinto shrine in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the first Shōgun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu. It was established in 1623. Hiyoshi Tōshō-gū is situated 320 metres east of Hōraioka.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ōhara and Karasuma Peninsula.

Ōhara

Hamlet

Photo: kajikawa, CC BY 3.0.

Ōhara is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km northwest of Hōraioka.

Karasuma Peninsula

Locality

Photo: Haruno Akiha, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Karasuma Peninsula is a locality, which is situated 7 km east of Hōraioka.

Sakyō-ku

Suburb

Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sakyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is located in the northeastern part of the city. Sakyō-ku is situated 8 km west of Hōraioka.

Hōraioka

Type: Railway station
Also known as: “ほうらい丘”
Categories: station and transportation
Location: Otsu, Shiga, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

35.0681° or 35° 4′ 5″ north

Longitude

135.86093° or 135° 51′ 39″ east

Open location code

8Q7Q3V96+69

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7831593077

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Hōraioka” goes by many names.

Korean: “호라이오카”

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Highlights include 山上グランド and Nanzenbo Temple.

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