Nishi-Hiroshima Station is a passenger railway station located in Nishi-ku in the city of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company. The station connects to Hiroden-nishi-hiroshima Station on the Hiroden Lines. Nishi-Hiroshima Station is situated 290 metres east of Asahiyama Shrine.

Hiroden Nishi-Hiroshima

Tram stop

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Hiroden-Nishi-Hiroshima Station is a Hiroden terminal station on Hiroden Main Line and Hiroden Miyajima Line, located south side of the JR Nishi-Hiroshima Station in Koi-hon-machi, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima. Hiroden Nishi-Hiroshima is situated 300 metres east of Asahiyama Shrine.

Kankō Bridge

Bridge

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Kankō Bridge is situated 290 metres southeast of Asahiyama Shrine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Naka-ku and Nagarekawacho.

Naka-ku

Suburb

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Naka-ku is the heart of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Naka-ku is home to Hiroshima's central business district and Peace Memorial Park. Major attractions include the Hondori shopping arcade, a covered mall-like street of shops extending east from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park to Hatchobori. Naka-ku is situated 3 km southeast of Asahiyama Shrine.

Nagarekawacho

Neighborhood

Photo: Miyuki Meinaka, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nagarekawacho is a neighborhood, which is situated 3½ km east of Asahiyama Shrine.

Minami-ku

Suburb

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Minami-ku is one of the eight wards of the city of Hiroshima, Japan. As of March 1, 2012, the ward had an estimated population of 138,471, with 66,706 households and a population density of 5,307.44 persons per km2. The total area was 26.09 km2. Minami-ku is situated 4½ km southeast of Asahiyama Shrine.

Asahiyama Shrine

Type: Shinto shrine
Description: Shinto shrine in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Nishi-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

34.39765° or 34° 23′ 52″ north

Longitude

132.42484° or 132° 25′ 29″ east

Open location code

8Q6J9CXF+3W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1459345659

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

Wikidata ID

Q11511676

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In Other Languages

From French to Japanese—“Asahiyama Shrine” goes by many names.

French: “sanctuaire d’Asahiyama”
French: “Sanctuaire d’Asahiyama”
Indonesian: “Kuil Asahiyama”
Japanese: “旭山神社”

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