Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi is the capital of Yamaguchi prefecture, at the western tip of the island of , . In the city, there is a beautiful Japanese town which flourished as "Kyoto in the West" during the Medieval Period.
  • City with about 194,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 160 metres (520 feet)
  • Description: capital city of Yamaguchi prefecture
  • Also known as
    “Yamaguchishi”
    “Yamaguti”
  • Neighbors

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] and Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art.
The Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, is an art…
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Latitude
34.1781° or 34° 10′ 41″ north
Longitude
131.4737° or 131° 28′ 25″ east
UN/LOCODE
JP YMG
Open location code
8Q6H5FHF+7F
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Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Yamaguchi” goes by many names.
ياماغوتشيArabic
ياماغوتشي، ياماغوتشيArabic
ՅամագուտիArmenian
YamaguchiAsturian
YamaquçiAzerbaijani
Yamaguchi, YamaguchiBalinese
YamaguchiBasque
ЯмагутыBelarusian
ЯмагуціBelarusian
ইয়ামাগুচিBengali
YamaguchiCatalan
Yamaguchi-shiCebuano
ЯмагутиChechen
Ямагути (гӀала)Chechen
山口市Chinese
JamagučiCzech
YamaguchiDanish
YamaguchiDutch
ياماجوتشىEgyptian Arabic
ياماجوتشى (مدينه)Egyptian Arabic
JamaguĉiEsperanto
YamaguchiEsperanto
YamaguchiEstonian
YamaguchiFinnish
YamaguchiGalician
ΓιαμαγκούσιGreek
યામાગુચીGujarati
Yamaguchi-sṳHakka Chinese
יאמגוצ’יHebrew
ימאגוצ’יHebrew
यामागुचीHindi
JamagucsiHungarian
YamaguchiIndonesian
YamaguchiIrish
YamaguchiItalian
Yamaguchi-shiJapanese
やまぐちJapanese
ヤマグチJapanese
やまぐちしJapanese
ヤマグチシJapanese
山口Japanese
山口市Japanese
ಯಮಾಗುಚಿKannada
야마구찌 시Korean
야마구치 시Korean
JamagučiLatvian
山口市Literary Chinese
JamagučisLithuanian
YamaguchiMacedo-Romanian
ЈамагучиMacedonian
YamaguchiMalay
Yamaguchi, YamaguchiMalay
यामागुचीMarathi
یاماگوچیMazanderani
Yamaguchi-chhīMin Nan Chinese
Yamaguti-chhīMin Nan Chinese
YamaguchiNorwegian
YamaguchiNorwegian Bokmål
یاماگوچیPersian
YamaguchiPolish
YamaguchiRomanian
ЯмагутиRussian
YamaguchiSardinian
JamagučiSerbian
ЈамагућиSerbian
ЈамагучиSerbian
山口市Serbian
Jamaguchi, JamaguchiSerbo-Croatian
JamagučiSerbo-Croatian
YamaguchiSilesian
යමගුචිSinhala
JamagučiSlovak
JamagučiSlovenian
YamaguchiSlovenian
یاماقوچیSouth Azerbaijani
YamaguchiSwahili
Yamaguchi, YamaguchiSwahili
YamaguchiSwedish
Lungsod ng YamaguchiTagalog
Lungsod ng YamagutsiTagalog
YamaguchiTagalog
JamaguciTajik
ЯмагучиTajik
யாமாகுசிTamil
ЯмагутиTatar
ЯмагучиTatar
యమగుచిTelugu
ยามางูจิThai
YamaguchiTurkish
ЯмагутіUkrainian
ЯмаґутіUkrainian
ЯмаґучіUkrainian
یاماگوچیUrdu
YamaguchiVenetian
YamaguchiVietnamese
YamaguchiWaray (Philippines)
Yamaguchi, YamaguchiWaray (Philippines)
YamaguchiWelsh
یاماگوچیWestern Panjabi
山口市Wu Chinese
山口市Yue Chinese

Localities in the Area

“Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.”

Yamaguchi: Highlights

Learn more about Shimonoseki and Iwakuni.