Wajima
Wajima is a small town in Japan, on the Noto Peninsula, north of Kanazawa. The Wajima morning market, which was one of the town's most famous attractions, was destroyed by fires in the 2024 Noto earthquake.
- City with about 24,500 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (50 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code NTQ
- Description: city in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as“Wajima-shi”“Wajima, Ishikawa”“Wajimazakimachi”“Wazima”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wajima Museum of Urushi Art and Wajima Kiriko Art Museum.
Wajima Museum of Urushi Art
The Wajima Museum of Urushi Art is a museum located in Wajima, Japan.
Wajima
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Latitude
37.3909° or 37° 23′ 27″ north
Longitude
136.8996° or 136° 53′ 59″ east
UN/LOCODE
JP WJM
Open location code
8Q9R9VRX+9R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Wajima” goes by many names.
واجيماArabic
واجيما، إيشيكاواArabic
WajimaAsturian
WajimaBasque
ওয়াজিমাBengali
WajimaCatalan
WajimaCebuano
Wajima ShiCebuano
ВадзимаChechen
輪島市Chinese
轮岛市Chinese
WadžimaCzech
WajimaDanish
WajimaDutch
WajimaEstonian
WajimaFinnish
WajimaGalician
ΓουατζίμαGreek
વાજિમાGujarati
ואג’ימהHebrew
वाजिमाHindi
VadzsimaHungarian
WajimaIndonesian
Wajima, IshikawaIndonesian
WajimaIrish
WajimaItalian
Wajima-shiJapanese
わじましJapanese
輪島Japanese
輪島崎町Japanese
輪島市Japanese
ವಾಜಿಮಾKannada
와지마 시Korean
VadžimaLatvian
輪島市Literary Chinese
VadžimaLithuanian
WajimaLuxembourgish
ВаџимаMacedonian
WajimaMalay
Wajima, IshikawaMalay
वाजिमाMarathi
واجیما، ایشیکاواMazanderani
Wazima-chhīMin Nan Chinese
WajimaNorwegian Bokmål
واجیماPersian
واجیما، ایشیکاواPersian
WajimaPolish
WajimaRomanian
ВадзимаRussian
ВађимаSerbian
WajimaSilesian
වජිමාSinhala
VadžimaSlovenian
WajimaSlovenian
واجیما، ایشیکاواSouth Azerbaijani
WajimaSwedish
WadyimaTagalog
WajimaTagalog
Wajima, IshikawaTagalog
VaçimaTajik
ВаҷимаTajik
வாஜிமாTamil
ВадзимаTatar
వజిమTelugu
วาจิมะThai
WajimaTurkish
ВаджімаUkrainian
ВадзімаUkrainian
واجیماUrdu
واجیما، اشیکاواUrdu
WajimaVietnamese
Wajima, IshikawaVietnamese
WajimaWaray (Philippines)
Wajima, IshikawaWaray (Philippines)
Wajima-shiWelsh
輪島Yue Chinese
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Localities in the Area
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“Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.”
Noto Peninsula: Highlights
Learn more about Nanao and Wakura Onsen.
