Takachiho

Takachiho is a town in , Kyushu. Both a natural wonder and an important religious site, Takachiho draws over a million Japanese tourists yearly, but few foreigners make it this far.
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  • Type: Town with 12,800 residents
  • Description: town in Nishiusuki district, Miyazaki prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Takachiho Cho”, “Takachiho Chō”, “Takachiho-machi”, “Takachiho, Miyazaki”, and “Takatiho”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Manai Falls and Takachiho.

Waterfall
Photo: Hiroaki Kaneko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a waterfall.

Railway station
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is a railway station.

Shinto shrine
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Takachiho-jinja is a Shinto shrine located in Takachiho, Miyazaki prefecture, . It is dedicated to Takachihosumegami and Jisha Daimyojin and Mikeiri no Mikoto.

Takachiho

Latitude
32.7117° or 32° 42′ 42″ north
Longitude
131.3076° or 131° 18′ 28″ east
Population
12,800
Elevation
549 metres (1,801 feet)
Open location code
8Q4HP865+M3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 739203621
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1851171
Wiki­data ID
Q1350939
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Satellite Map

Discover Takachiho from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Takachiho” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تاكاتشيهو”
  • Asturian: “Takachiho”
  • Belarusian: “Такатыха”
  • Breton: “Takachiho”
  • Catalan: “Takachiho”
  • Chinese: “高千穗町”
  • Czech: “Takačiho”
  • Dutch: “Takachiho”
  • Esperanto: “Takaĉiho”
  • French: “Takachiho”
  • German: “Takachiho”
  • Hungarian: “Takacsiho”
  • Indonesian: “Takachiho, Miyazaki”
  • Indonesian: “Takachiho”
  • Irish: “Takachiho”
  • Italian: “Takachiho”
  • Japanese: “Takachiho-chō”
  • Japanese: “たかちほちょう”
  • Japanese: “タカチホチョウ”
  • Japanese: “高千穂村”
  • Japanese: “高千穂町”
  • Korean: “다카치호정”
  • Korean: “다카치호초”
  • Malay: “Takachiho, Miyazaki”
  • Malay: “Takachiho”
  • Persian: “تاکاچیهو، میازاکی”
  • Persian: “تاکاچیهو”
  • Polish: “Takachiho”
  • Portuguese: “Takachiho”
  • Russian: “Такатихо”
  • Slovenian: “Takačino”
  • Spanish: “Takachiho”
  • Swedish: “Takachiho, Miyazaki”
  • Swedish: “Takachiho”
  • Tagalog: “Takachiho, Miyazaki”
  • Tagalog: “Takachiho”
  • Thai: “ทากาจิโฮะ”
  • Turkish: “Takachiho”
  • Ukrainian: “Такатіхо”
  • Ukrainian: “Такачіхо”
  • Urdu: “ٹاکاچیہو، میازاکی”
  • Vietnamese: “Takachiho”
  • Yue Chinese: “高千穗町”

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