Yūbikan
The Yūbikan is an Edo period structure located in what is now the city of Ōsaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It served as a han school for the Date clan of Sendai Domain, and is the oldest existing educational structure in Japan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: Japanese structure of the Edo period
- Also known as: “Former Yubikan and Garden” and “Former Yubikan and Its Garden”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yūbikan Station and Kankaku Museum.
Yūbikan Station
Railway station
Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yūbikan Station is a railway station on the Rikuu East Line in the city of Ōsaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.
Kankaku Museum
Museum
Photo: Yauchi, Public domain.
Kankaku Museum is situated 630 metres east of Yūbikan.
Iwadeyama Station
Railway station
Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Iwadeyama Station is a railway station on the Rikuu East Line in the city of Ōsaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company. Iwadeyama Station is situated 1 km southeast of Yūbikan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kami.
Kami
Town
Photo: Highten31, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kami is a town located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 May 2020, the town had an estimated population of 22,804 and a population density of 50 persons per km2 in 8119 households. The total area of the town is 460.67 square kilometres. Kami is situated 10 km south of Yūbikan.
Yūbikan
- Categories: han school and historic building
- Location: Ōsaki Shi, Miyagi, Tohoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
38.65769° or 38° 39′ 28″ northLongitude
140.86361° or 140° 51′ 49″ eastOpen location code
8RC2MV57+3COpenStreetMap ID
way 1019367978OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q2655960
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Yūbikan” goes by many names.
- French: “Yūbikan”
- Japanese: “旧有備館”
- Japanese: “旧有備館及び庭園”
- Japanese: “有備館”
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Highlights include 旧有備館 and 御中島.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Yūbikan”. Photo: Asasa198, CC BY-SA 4.0.