Otaru

Otaru is a port city in , along the coast of the Sea of Japan. The city is near and it is a tourist destination for its food, its historical buildings and its shops.
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Photo: Soica2001, Public domain.
  • Type: City with 111,000 residents
  • Description: city in Hokkaido, Japan
  • Neighbors: and
Photo: Soica2001, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Otaru City General Museum and Otaru City Library.

Museum
The is a museum located in Temiya 1-chome, Otaru, , , which features exhibits related to the history and nature of Hokkaido, transportation in the area, and science.

Library
Photo: Tobosha, Public domain.

Otaru

Latitude
43.1907° or 43° 11′ 27″ north
Longitude
140.9946° or 140° 59′ 41″ east
Population
111,000
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
IATA airport code
QOT
United Nations Location Code
JP OTR
Open location code
8RM25XRV+7R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3012162160
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2128574
Wiki­data ID
Q242108
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Otaru” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أوتارو، هوكايدو
  • Arabic: أوتارو
  • Armenian: Օտարու
  • Asturian: Otaru
  • Azerbaijani: Otaru
  • Bashkir: Отару
  • Basque: Otaru
  • Belarusian: Атару
  • Bengali: ওঁতারু
  • Bulgarian: Отару
  • Catalan: Otaru
  • Cebuano: Otaru-shi
  • Chechen: Отару
  • Chinese: Otaru-chhī
  • Chinese: 小樽
  • Chinese: 小樽市
  • Czech: Otaru
  • Danish: Otaru
  • Dutch: Otaru
  • Esperanto: Otaru
  • Finnish: Otaru
  • French: Otaru
  • Galician: Otaru
  • German: Otaru
  • German: 小樽市
  • Greek: Οτάρου
  • Gujarati: ઓટરૂ
  • Hebrew: אוטארו
  • Hindi: उतारू
  • Hungarian: Otaru
  • Ido: Otaru
  • Indonesian: Otaru
  • Irish: Otaru
  • Italian: Otaru
  • Japanese: Otaru-shi
  • Japanese: おたるし
  • Japanese: 小樽
  • Japanese: 小樽内
  • Japanese: 小樽区
  • Japanese: 小樽市
  • Kannada: ಒಟರು
  • Korean: 오타루 시
  • Korean: 오타루
  • Korean: 오타루시
  • Latvian: Otaru
  • Literary Chinese: 小樽市
  • Lithuanian: Otaru
  • Malagasy: Otaru
  • Malay: Otaru
  • Marathi: ओतारू
  • Mazanderani: اوتارو، هوکایدو
  • Min Nan Chinese: Otaru-chhī
  • Mongolian: Отарү
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Otaru
  • Norwegian: Otaru
  • Pampanga: Otaru, Hokkaidō
  • Pampanga: Otaru
  • Persian: اوتارو، هوکایدو
  • Polish: Otaru (Hokkaido)
  • Polish: Otaru
  • Portuguese: Otaru
  • Romanian: Otaru
  • Russian: Отару Хоккайдо
  • Russian: Отару, Хоккайдо
  • Russian: Отару
  • Serbian: Otaru
  • Serbian: Отару
  • Serbian: 小樽市
  • Serbo-Croatian: Otaru
  • Sinhala: ඔටරු
  • Slovenian: Otaru
  • South Azerbaijani: اوتارو، هوکایدو
  • Spanish: Otaru
  • Swedish: Otaru
  • Tagalog: Otaru
  • Tajik: Otaru
  • Tajik: Отару
  • Tamil: ஒட்டாரு
  • Tatar: Отару
  • Telugu: వుతారు
  • Thai: โอตารุ
  • Thai: โอะตะรุ
  • Tumbuka: Otaru
  • Turkish: Otaru
  • Ukrainian: Отару
  • Urdu: وتارو
  • Venetian: Otaru
  • Vietnamese: Otaru
  • Waray (Philippines): Otaru, Hokkaidō
  • Waray (Philippines): Otaru
  • Wu Chinese: 小樽市
  • Yue Chinese: 小樽市
  • Otaru-shi

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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 Wikivoyage page “Otaru”. Photo: Soica2001, Public domain.