JGSDF Camp Katura

JGSDF Camp Katura is a military installation in Minami, Kyoto, Kyoto. JGSDF Camp Katura is situated nearby to the shopping center Fitness Building, as well as near the fitness club ルネサンス桂川24.

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Type: Military installation
Also known as: “JGSDF Camp Katsura”
Address: 西京区, 京都市, 615-8103

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Katsuragawa Station and Rakusaiguchi Station.

Katsuragawa Station

Railway station

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Katsuragawa Station is a railway station located in Minami-ku, Kyoto, Japan, on the JR Kyoto Line operated by JR West. It opened on October 18, 2008. Katsuragawa is between Nishiōji and Mukōmachi Stations, west of the bridges over the Katsura River. Katsuragawa Station is situated 430 metres southeast of JGSDF Camp Katura.

Rakusaiguchi Station

Railway station

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Rakusaiguchi Station is a train station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line in Japan. It was opened on 16 March 2003, and serves the communities nestled between Katsura and Mukō. Rakusaiguchi Station is situated 570 metres southwest of JGSDF Camp Katura.

Katsura Imperial Villa

Castle

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The Katsura Imperial Villa or Katsura Detached Palace is an Imperial residence with associated gardens and outbuildings in the western suburbs of Kyoto, Japan. Katsura Imperial Villa is situated 2 km north of JGSDF Camp Katura.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nishikyō-ku and South Kyoto.

Nishikyō-ku

Suburb

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Nishikyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "west capital ward" and it is situated on the western edge of the city, to the south of center.

South Kyoto

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Southern Kyoto covers a large part of Japan's former capital, stretching from the Ōharano area in the west to Fushimi-ku, Daigo, and the southern tip of Higashiyama-ku in the east.