Shimoda
Shimoda is a city on the Izu Peninsula in Japan. It is famous as the place where Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. Navy arrived with his "black ships" in 1853.
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Notable Places in the Area
Izukyushimoda
Railway station
Izukyū-Shimoda Station is a railway station in the city of Shimoda, Shizuoka, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Izukyū Corporation. Photo: Nyao148, CC BY-SA 3.0.
RYOSENJI
Buddhist temple
Ryōsen-ji is a Nichiren-sect Buddhist temple in the city of Shimoda, Japan. Photo: Geomr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rendaiji Station
Railway station
Rendaiji Station is a railway station in the city of Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the privately owned Izu Kyūkō Line. Rendaiji Station is situated 2½ km north of Shimoda. Photo: Nyao148, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Localities in the Area
Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park
Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park is a national park in Yamanashi, Shizuoka, and Kanagawa Prefectures, and western Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. Photo: Clind, CC BY-SA 3.0.Shimoda
- Type: City
- Description: city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
- Category: city of Japan
- Location: Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- Population: 22,000
- United Nations Location Code: JP SMD
- Latitude: 34.6795° or 34° 40' 46.4" north
- Longitude: 138.9454° or 138° 56' 43.4" east
- Elevation: 11 metres (36 feet)
- OpenStreetMap ID: node 2377927287
- GeoNames ID: 1852357
Also Known As
- Arabic: شيمودا
- Arabic: شيمودا، شيزوكا
- Asturian: Shimoda
- Azerbaijani: Şimoda
- Bengali: শিমোডা
- Bulgarian: Шимода
- Catalan: Shimoda
- Cebuano: Shimoda
- Chechen: Симода
- Chinese: Simoda-chhī
- Chinese: 下田
- Chinese: 下田市
- Danish: Shimoda
- Dutch: Shimoda
- English: Shimoda, Shizuoka
- English: Simoda
- Esperanto: Shimoda
- Esperanto: Ŝimoda
- Estonian: Shimoda
- Finnish: Shimoda
- French: Shimoda
- Galician: Shimoda
- German: Shimoda
- Greek: Σιμόντα
- Gujarati: શિમોડા
- Hindi: शिमोदा
- Indonesian: Shimoda, Shizuoka
- Indonesian: Shimoda
- Italian: Shimoda
- Japanese: Shimoda-shi
- Japanese: 下田
- Japanese: 下田市
- Japanese: 下田町
- Kannada: ಶಿಮೊಡಾ
- Korean: 시모다시
- Korean: 시모다 시
- Latvian: Šimoda
- Literary Chinese: 下田市
- Lithuanian: Šimoda
- Malay: Shimoda
- Marathi: शिमोडा
- Mazanderani: شیمودا، شیزوئوکا
- Min Nan Chinese: Simoda-chhī
- Norwegian: Shimoda
- Norwegian Bokmål: Shimoda
- Persian: شیمودا، شیزوئوکا
- Polish: Shimoda
- Portuguese: Shimoda
- Romanian: Shimoda
- Russian: Симода
- Sinhala: ශිමොඩා
- South Azerbaijani: شیمودا، شیزوئوکا
- Spanish: Shimoda
- Swedish: Shimoda, Shizuoka
- Tagalog: Shimoda
- Tagalog: Syimoda
- Tajik: Şimoda
- Tajik: Шимода
- Tamil: ஷிமோடா
- Tatar: Симода
- Telugu: షిమోద
- Thai: ชิโมะดะ
- Turkish: Shimoda, Shizuoka
- Turkish: Shimoda
- Ukrainian: Сімода
- Urdu: شیمودا
- Vietnamese: Shimoda
- Waray (Philippines): Shimoda, Shizuoka
- Waray (Philippines): Shimoda
- Yue Chinese: 下田
In the Area
Localities
- KawazuTown, 9 km northeast
- MinamiizuTown, 9 km southwest
- 石廊崎Locality, 13 km southwest
- MatsuzakiTown, 15 km northwest
- HigashiizuTown, 16 km northeast
- 岩地Quarter, 18 km west
Landmarks
- Izu Kyūshimoda-ekiRailroad station
- Inubashiri JimaIsland
- Shimoda KōHarbor, 1½ km southeast
- Akane JimaLand-tied island, 1½ km south
- Ebisu JimaIsland, 3½ km southeast
- Cape TsumekiCape, 4½ km southeast
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. - Lǎozǐ
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