Iwabuchi Lock Gate
Iwabuchi Lock Gate is a building in Tokyo, Kanto. Iwabuchi Lock Gate is situated nearby to the Shinto shrine Kumano Shrine, as well as near the public building Arakawa Karyu River Office.- Type: Building
- Description: Historic sluice gates in Tokyo. No longer in srvice, the gate structure acts as a bridge to an island where the Suminda River branches from the Arakawa river in Tokyo.
- Also known as: “Old Iwabuchi Sluice Gates” and “Old Iwabuchi Watergate”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kumano Shrine and Akabane Station.
Kumano Shrine
Shinto shrine
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
Kumano Shrine is a Shinto shrine, which is situated 230 metres southwest of Iwabuchi Lock Gate.
Akabane Station
Railway station
Photo: MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Akabane Station is a railway station in Kita, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company. Akabane Station is situated 1½ km southwest of Iwabuchi Lock Gate.
西蓮寺
Buddhist temple
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
西蓮寺 is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 400 metres south of Iwabuchi Lock Gate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Higashi-Jūjō and Kawaguchi.
Kawaguchi
Photo: Katorisi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kawaguchi is a city in Saitama prefecture. It's great for getting into central Tokyo but because it's in Saitama the rents and costs are proportionally lower.
Toshima City
Quarter
Toshima City is a quarter, which is situated 3 km southeast of Iwabuchi Lock Gate.
Iwabuchi Lock Gate
- Categories: sluice, footbridge, and floodgate
- Location: Tokyo, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.78543° or 35° 47′ 8″ northLongitude
139.73355° or 139° 44′ 1″ eastOpen location code
8Q7XQPPM+5COpenStreetMap ID
way 249166942OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=flow_controlWikidata ID
Q11475353
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Iwabuchi Lock Gate” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “新岩淵水門”
- Chinese: “新巖淵水門”
- Dutch: “Old Iwabuchi Sluice Gates”
- Japanese: “ガンブッチ”
- Japanese: “岩淵水門”
- Japanese: “新岩淵水門”
- Japanese: “旧岩淵水門”
- Japanese: “赤水門”
- Japanese: “青水門”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Arakawa Karyu River Office and 志茂ゆりの木公園.
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