Yatsushiro

Yatsushiro is a city located in , . As of 1 August 2024, the city had an estimated population of 120,389 in 57,953 households, and a population density of 300 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 681.29 km2.
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  • Type: City with 123,000 residents
  • Description: city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Yatsushiro-gun” and “Yatsushiro-shi”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yatsushiro Castle and Shin-Yatsushiro.

Park
Photo: Emeraldgreen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the remains of a castle structure in Yatsushiro, , . In 1619, Mugishima Castle collapsed due to a large earthquake then Katō Kiyomasa's son Kato Tadahiro ordered his vassal Katō Masataka to build a new castle.

Railway station
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Station is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Yatsushiro, , Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.

Shinto shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. Its main festival is held annually on August 3. It was founded in 1884, and enshrines the kami of Prince Kaneyoshi.

Yatsushiro

Latitude
32.5081° or 32° 30′ 29″ north
Longitude
130.602° or 130° 36′ 7″ east
Population
123,000
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
8Q4GGJ52+7R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 739281112
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1848443
Wiki­data ID
Q734479
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Yatsushiro” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ياتسوشيرو، كوماموتو”
  • Arabic: “ياتسوشيرو”
  • Asturian: “Yatsushiro”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yatsuşiro”
  • Belarusian: “Яцусіра”
  • Bengali: “ইয়াৎসুশিরো”
  • Catalan: “Yatsushiro”
  • Cebuano: “Yatsushiro Shi”
  • Cebuano: “Yatsushiro”
  • Chechen: “Яцусиро (гӀала)”
  • Chechen: “Яцусиро”
  • Chinese: “Yatusiro-chhī”
  • Chinese: “八代”
  • Chinese: “八代市”
  • Czech: “Jacuširo”
  • Danish: “Yatsushiro”
  • Dutch: “Yatsushiro”
  • Esperanto: “Jacuŝiro-ŝi”
  • Esperanto: “Jacuŝiro”
  • Esperanto: “Yatsushiro-shi”
  • Finnish: “Yatsushiro”
  • French: “Yatsushiro”
  • Galician: “Yatsushiro”
  • Georgian: “იაცუსირო”
  • German: “Yatsushiro”
  • Greek: “Γιατσουσίρο”
  • Gujarati: “યત્સુશિરો”
  • Hebrew: “יצושירו”
  • Hindi: “यातसुशिरो”
  • Hungarian: “Jacusiro”
  • Indonesian: “Yatsushiro, Kumamoto”
  • Indonesian: “Yatsushiro”
  • Irish: “Yatsushiro”
  • Italian: “Yatsushiro”
  • Japanese: “Yatsushiro-shi”
  • Japanese: “やつしろぐん”
  • Japanese: “やつしろし”
  • Japanese: “八代市”
  • Japanese: “八代郡”
  • Kannada: “ಯತ್ಸುಶಿರೊ”
  • Korean: “야쓰시로시”
  • Latvian: “Jatsuširo”
  • Literary Chinese: “八代市”
  • Lithuanian: “Jatsuširas”
  • Malay: “Yatsushiro”
  • Marathi: “यत्सुशिरो”
  • Mazanderani: “یاتسوشیرو، کوماموتو”
  • Mazanderani: “یاتسوشیرو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Yatusiro-chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yatsushiro”
  • Norwegian: “Yatsushiro”
  • Persian: “یاتسوشیرو، کوماموتو”
  • Persian: “یاتسوشیرو”
  • Polish: “Yatsushiro”
  • Portuguese: “Yatsushiro”
  • Romanian: “Yatsushiro”
  • Russian: “Яцусиро”
  • Serbian: “Jacuširo”
  • Serbian: “Јацуширо”
  • Serbian: “八代市”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jacuširo”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jatsushiro”
  • Silesian: “Yatsushiro”
  • Sinhala: “යට්සුශිරෝ”
  • Slovenian: “Jatsuhiro, Kjušu”
  • South Azerbaijani: “یاتسوشیرو، کوماموتو”
  • South Azerbaijani: “یاتسوشیرو”
  • Spanish: “Yatsushiro”
  • Swedish: “Yatsushiro”
  • Tagalog: “Yatsushiro, Kumamoto”
  • Tagalog: “Yatsushiro”
  • Tagalog: “Yatsusyiro”
  • Tajik: “Jatsuşiro”
  • Tajik: “Ятсуширо”
  • Tamil: “யட்சுஷிரோ”
  • Tatar: “Ятсучиро”
  • Tatar: “Яцусиро”
  • Telugu: “యత్సుషిరో”
  • Thai: “ยัตสึชิโระ”
  • Turkish: “Yatsushiro”
  • Turkish: “Yatsuşiro”
  • Ukrainian: “Яцусіро”
  • Ukrainian: “Яцушіро”
  • Urdu: “یتسھیرو، کمموٹو”
  • Venetian: “Yatsushiro”
  • Vietnamese: “Yatsushiro, Kumamoto”
  • Vietnamese: “Yatsushiro”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Yatsushiro, Kumamoto”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Yatsushiro”
  • Welsh: “Yatsushiro”
  • Yue Chinese: “八代”

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