Shimabara
Shimabara is a city in Nagasaki prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Shimabara is a castle town on a peninsula in the far south-east corner of Nagasaki Prefecture, on the flanks of Mt.Landmarks in the Area
Shimabara Castle
Museum
Shimabara Castle, also known as Moritake Castle and Takaki Castle, is a Japanese castle located in Shimabara, Hizen Province. Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Shimabara
Railway station
Shimabara Station is the railway station in Kata-machi, Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture. Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Shimabara-Kou
Railway station
Shimabara-Kou is situated 1½ km south of Shimabara. Photo: Jkr2255, CC BY 3.0.
Shimabara
- Location: Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- Population: 43,600
- United Nations Location Code: JP SMB
- Latitude: 32.7833° or 32° 47' north
- Longitude: 130.3667° or 130° 22' east
- Elevation: 11 meters (36 feet)
- GeoNames ID: 1852479
Also Known As
- Arabic: شيمبارا
- Chinese: 島原市
- French: Shimabara
- German: Shimabara
- Japanese: 島原
- Japanese: 島原市
- Korean: 시마바라 시
- Mazanderani: شیمابارا، ناگازاکی
- Min Nan Chinese: Simabara-chhī
- Persian: شیمابارا، ناگازاکی
- Portuguese: Shimabara
- Russian: Симабара
- Spanish: Shimabara
- Tajik: Шимабара
- Ukrainian: Шімабара
- Simabara
In the Area
Localities
- 有家町中須川Hamlet, 15 km southwest
- NagasuTown, 19 km northeast
- 南有馬町乙Hamlet, 20 km southwest
- 田町Hamlet, 20 km southwest
- 川向Hamlet, 20 km southwest
- 下町Hamlet, 20 km southwest
Landmarks
- 白土湖Water feature
- 島原郵便局Post office
- West Turret(Nishi-no-yagura)Museum
- Seibo Memorial HallMuseum
- Sightseeing Revival HallBuilding
- On-Uma-Misho (observation center of horse-riding training)Building
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