Japan
Kyushu
Kumamoto

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.

Museum
Photo: Wiiii, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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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