Shimoda

Shimoda is a city on the in . It is famous as the place where Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. Navy arrived with his "black ships" in 1853.
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  • Type: City with 22,000 residents
  • Description: city in Shizuoka prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: Shimoda, Shizuoka” and “Simoda
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Izukyushimoda and Shimoda Sea Aquarium.

Railway station
Izukyū-Shimoda Station is a railway station in the city of Shimoda, Shizuoka, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Izukyū Corporation.

Public aquarium
Photo: キッコーマソ, Public domain.
is a public aquarium.

Buddhist temple
Gyokusen-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Shimoda, , . It is noteworthy in that it served as the first American consulate in Japan. The temple and its grounds were designated as a National Historic Site of Japan in 1951.

Shimoda

Latitude
34.6795° or 34° 40′ 46″ north
Longitude
138.9454° or 138° 56′ 43″ east
Population
22,000
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP SMD
Open location code
8Q6WMWHW+R5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2377927287
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1852357
Wiki­data ID
Q653402
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Shimoda” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Shimoda
  • Arabic: شيمودا، شيزوكا
  • Arabic: شيمودا
  • Armenian: Սիմոդա
  • Asturian: Shimoda
  • Azerbaijani: Şimoda
  • Bengali: শিমোদা
  • Bulgarian: Шимода
  • Catalan: Shimoda
  • Cebuano: Shimoda
  • Chechen: Симода
  • Chinese: Simoda-chhī
  • Chinese: 下田
  • Chinese: 下田市
  • Czech: Šimoda
  • Danish: Shimoda
  • Dutch: Shimoda
  • Egyptian Arabic: شيمودا
  • Esperanto: Shimoda
  • Esperanto: Ŝimoda
  • Estonian: Shimoda
  • Finnish: Shimoda
  • French: Shimoda
  • Galician: Shimoda
  • German: Shimoda
  • Greek: Σιμόντα
  • Gujarati: શિમોડા
  • Hindi: शिमोदा
  • Hungarian: Simoda
  • Indonesian: Shimoda, Shizuoka
  • Indonesian: Shimoda
  • Irish: Shimoda
  • Italian: Shimoda
  • Japanese: Shimoda-shi
  • Japanese: 下田
  • Japanese: 下田市
  • Japanese: 下田町
  • Kannada: ಶಿಮೊಡಾ
  • Korean: 시모다 시
  • Korean: 시모다
  • Korean: 시모다시
  • Latvian: Šimoda
  • Literary Chinese: 下田市
  • Lithuanian: Šimoda
  • Malay: Shimoda
  • Marathi: शिमोडा
  • Mazanderani: شیمودا، شیزوئوکا
  • Mazanderani: شیمودا
  • Min Nan Chinese: Simoda-chhī
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Shimoda
  • Norwegian: Shimoda
  • Persian: شیمودا، شیزوئوکا
  • Persian: شیمودا
  • Polish: Shimoda
  • Portuguese: Shimoda
  • Romanian: Shimoda
  • Russian: Симода
  • Sinhala: ශිමොඩා
  • South Azerbaijani: شیمودا، شیزوئوکا
  • South Azerbaijani: شیمودا
  • Spanish: Shimoda
  • Swedish: Shimoda, Shizuoka
  • Swedish: Shimoda
  • Tagalog: Shimoda
  • Tagalog: Syimoda
  • Tajik: Şimoda
  • Tajik: Шимода
  • Tamil: ஷிமோடா
  • Tatar: Симода
  • Telugu: షిమోద
  • Thai: ชิโมดะ
  • Turkish: Shimoda
  • Turkish: Şimoda
  • Ukrainian: Сімода
  • Ukrainian: Шімода
  • Urdu: شیمودا
  • Vietnamese: Shimoda, Shizuoka
  • Vietnamese: Shimoda
  • Waray (Philippines): Shimoda, Shizuoka
  • Waray (Philippines): Shimoda
  • Yue Chinese: 下田

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