Fuchū Prison
Fuchū Prison is a prison in Japan. It is located in the city of Fuchū, Tokyo to the west of the center of Tokyo Metropolis. Before the end of World War II, Fuchū prison held Communist leaders, members of banned religious sects, and leaders of the Korean independence movement.- Type: Prison
- Description: building in Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as: “Fuchu Prison”
- Address: 4, 府中市, 東京都 183-8523
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kita-Fuchū Station and Fuchu.
Kita-Fuchū Station
Railway stop
Photo: DAJF, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kita-Fuchū Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company. Kita-Fuchū Station is situated 460 metres southwest of Fuchū Prison.
Fuchu
Railway station
Photo: Fuchu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fuchū Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation. It is numbered "KO24". Fuchu is situated 1½ km south of Fuchū Prison.
Kokubunji
Railway station
Photo: Bject, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kokubunji Station is an interchange railway station located in the city of Kokubunji, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company and private railway operator Seibu Railway. Kokubunji is situated 2 km north of Fuchū Prison.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kokubunji and Kunitachi.
Kokubunji
Photo: Irina Gelbukh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kokubunji is a city located in the western portion of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 March 2021, the city had an estimated population of 126,791, and a population density of 11,000 persons per km2. The total area of the city was 11.46 square kilometres.
Kunitachi
Photo: 江戸村のとくぞう, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kunitachi is a city in western Tokyo. The naming of Kunitachi comes from its location: sandwiched between Kokubunji and Tachikawa, the first kanji in each city was combined to create a new name.
Koganei
Koganei is a city located in the western portion of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 March 2021, the city had an estimated population of 123,698 in 61,832 households.
Fuchū Prison
- Category: government building
- Location: Fuchu, Tokyo, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.68456° or 35° 41′ 4″ northLongitude
139.47397° or 139° 28′ 26″ eastOperator
法務省東京矯正管区Open location code
8Q7XMFMF+RHOpenStreetMap ID
way 75034419OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prisonWikidata ID
Q11486019
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Japanese—“Fuchū Prison” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سجن فوتشو”
- Catalan: “Presó de Fuchū”
- Chinese: “府中監獄”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سجن فوتشو”
- French: “Prison de Fuchū”
- Japanese: “Fuchū Keimusho”
- Japanese: “府中刑務所”
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