Uwajima

Uwajima is a slice of small town life on the west coast of — nothing much out of the ordinary, if you don't count an ancient fertility shrine and the occasional sumo match between two bulls.
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  • Type: City with 70,800 residents
  • Description: city in Ehime Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: Uwajima, Ehime” and “Uwazima
  • Neighbors: and
Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Uwajima Castle and Kita-Uwajima Station.

Castle
Photo: Vickerman625, Public domain.
is a hirayama-jiro Japanese castle located in the city of Uwajima, , . An alternate name for this castle is Tsurushima-jō. The castle is one of twelve Japanese castles to still have its historical tenshu.

Railway station
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Uwajima, , Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku.

Museum
The opened in Uwajima, , Japan in 1992. The Western-style building in which the museum is housed dates to 1884 and is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property.

Uwajima

Latitude
33.2232° or 33° 13′ 24″ north
Longitude
132.5607° or 132° 33′ 38″ east
Population
70,800
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP UWA
Open location code
8Q5J6HF6+77
Open­Street­Map ID
node 691562998
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1926020
Wiki­data ID
Q845857
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Uwajima” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: يواجيما، إهيمه
  • Arabic: يواجيما
  • Armenian: Ուվաջիմա
  • Asturian: Uwajima
  • Azerbaijani: Uvacima
  • Basque: Uwajima
  • Belarusian: Увадзіма
  • Bengali: উয়াজিমা
  • Catalan: Uwajima
  • Cebuano: Uwajima
  • Chechen: Увадзима
  • Chinese: Uwazima-chhī
  • Chinese: 宇和岛市
  • Chinese: 宇和島
  • Chinese: 宇和島市
  • Czech: Itadžima
  • Czech: Uwadžima
  • Danish: Uwajima
  • Dutch: Uwajima
  • Esperanto: Uŭaĝima
  • Finnish: Uwajima
  • French: Uwajima
  • Galician: Uwajima
  • German: Uwajima
  • Greek: Ουβατζίμα
  • Gujarati: ઉવાજિમા
  • Hindi: उवाजिमा
  • Hungarian: Uvadzsima
  • Hungarian: Uwajima
  • Indonesian: Uwajima, Ehime
  • Indonesian: Uwajima
  • Irish: Uwajima
  • Italian: Uwajima
  • Japanese: Uwajima-Shi
  • Japanese: うわじまし
  • Japanese: 宇和島
  • Japanese: 宇和島市
  • Kannada: ಉವಾಜಿಮಾ
  • Korean: 우와지마 시
  • Korean: 우와지마시
  • Latvian: Uvadžima
  • Literary Chinese: 宇和島市
  • Lithuanian: Uvadžima
  • Malagasy: Uwajima
  • Malay: Uwajima, Ehime
  • Malay: Uwajima
  • Marathi: उवाजामा
  • Mazanderani: اواجیما، اهیمه
  • Min Nan Chinese: Uwazima-chhī
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Uwajima
  • Persian: اواجیما، اهیمه
  • Polish: Uwajima
  • Portuguese: Uwajima
  • Romanian: Uwajima
  • Russian: Увадзима
  • Serbian: Увађима
  • Sinhala: උවජිමා
  • Slovenian: Uvadžima
  • South Azerbaijani: اواجیما، اهیمه
  • Spanish: Uwajima
  • Swedish: Uwajima
  • Tagalog: Uwadyima
  • Tagalog: Uwajima
  • Tajik: Uvaçima
  • Tajik: Уваҷима
  • Tamil: உவாஜிம
  • Tatar: Увадзима
  • Telugu: ఉవాజిమ
  • Thai: อูวาจิมะ
  • Tumbuka: Uwajima
  • Turkish: Uwajima
  • Ukrainian: Уваджіма
  • Ukrainian: Увадзіма
  • Urdu: اواجیما، اہیمے
  • Uzbek: Uvadzima
  • Vietnamese: Uwajima, Ehime
  • Vietnamese: Uwajima
  • Waray (Philippines): Uwajima, Ehime
  • Waray (Philippines): Uwajima
  • Welsh: Uwajima
  • Wu Chinese: 宇和島市
  • Yue Chinese: 宇和島

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