Yamaguchi
Yamaguchi is the capital of Yamaguchi prefecture, at the western tip of the island of Honshu, Japan. In the city, there is a beautiful Japanese town which flourished as "Kyoto in the West" during the Medieval Period.| Map | Satellite | Directions |
- Location: Yamaguchi, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- Population: 195,000
- United Nations Location Code: JP YMG
- Latitude: 34.1833° or 34° 11' north
- Longitude: 131.4667° or 131° 28' east
- Elevation: 157 meters (515 feet)
- GeoNames ID: 1848689
Also Known As
- Arabic: ياماغوتشي
- Czech: Jamaguči
- French: Yamaguchi
- German: Yamaguchi
- Italian: Yamaguchi
- Japanese: やまぐち
- Japanese: やまぐちし
- Japanese: ヤマグチ
- Japanese: ヤマグチシ
- Japanese: 山口
- Japanese: 山口市
- Korean: 야마구치 시
- Portuguese: Yamaguchi
- Russian: Ямагути
- Spanish: Yamaguchi
- Yamaguchi-shi
- Yamaguchishi
- Yamaguti
In the Area
Localities
- 中野Suburb, 4 km south
- 岡大塚Suburb, 4½ km south
- 吉田Suburb, 4½ km south
- 内山Hamlet, 5 km south
- 河内Hamlet, 6 km south
- 芦谷Hamlet, 9 km southeast
Landmarks
- Mōri Family GraveyardCemetery
- Copper Imperial MonumentMonument
- RozandoBuilding
- ChinryuteiBuilding
- Rurikōji MuseumMuseum
- Rujikōji TempleBuddhist temple
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