Yonezawa

Yonezawa is a city in , . The walls and moats of its castle remain, and the grounds are a popular place for cherry blossom viewing in the spring.
Photo: Kano, Public domain.
  • Type: City with 81,300 residents
  • Description: city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: Yonezawa, Yamagata
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yonezawa Station and Yonezawa City Uesugi Museum.

Railway station
is a junction railway station in the city of Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.

Museum
opened in the former grounds of Yonezawa Castle in Yonezawa, , Japan, in 2001. The collection of some 18,800 objects includes the National Treasures Scenes In and Around the Capital, by Kanō Eitoku, and Uesugi Family Documents.

Railway station
is a railway station in the city of Yonezawa, , Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.

Yonezawa

Latitude
37.9218° or 37° 55′ 19″ north
Longitude
140.1162° or 140° 6′ 58″ east
Population
81,300
Elevation
249 metres (817 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP YON
Open location code
8R92W4C8+PF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1201727341
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2110498
Wiki­data ID
Q734378
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Yonezawa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: يونيزاوا، ياماغاتا
  • Arabic: يونيزاوا
  • Asturian: Yonezawa
  • Bengali: ইউনেযাওয়া
  • Catalan: Yonezawa
  • Cebuano: Yonezawa Shi
  • Chechen: Йонедзава
  • Chinese: Yonezawa-chhī
  • Chinese: 米泽
  • Chinese: 米泽市
  • Chinese: 米澤
  • Chinese: 米澤市
  • Czech: Jonezawa
  • Danish: Yonezawa
  • Dutch: Yonezawa
  • Egyptian Arabic: يونيزاوا
  • Finnish: Yonezawa
  • French: Yonezawa
  • Galician: Yonezawa
  • Georgian: იონეძავა
  • German: Yonezawa
  • Greek: Γιονεζάβα
  • Gujarati: યોનેઝાવા
  • Hebrew: יונזאווה
  • Hindi: योनेज़वा
  • Hungarian: Jonezava
  • Indonesian: Yonezawa, Yamagata
  • Indonesian: Yonezawa
  • Irish: Yonezawa
  • Italian: Yonezawa
  • Japanese: Yonezawa-shi
  • Japanese: よねざわし
  • Japanese: 米沢
  • Japanese: 米沢市
  • Kannada: ಯೋನೆಜಾವಾ
  • Korean: 요네자와 시
  • Korean: 요네자와시
  • Latvian: Jonezava
  • Literary Chinese: 米澤市
  • Lithuanian: Jonezava
  • Malagasy: Yonezawa
  • Malay: Yonezawa
  • Marathi: योनेझावा
  • Mazanderani: یونه زاوا، یاماگاتا
  • Mazanderani: یونه‌زاوا، یاماگاتا
  • Min Nan Chinese: Yonezawa-chhī
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Yonezawa
  • Persian: یونه زاوا، یاماگاتا
  • Persian: یونه‌زاوا، یاماگاتا
  • Persian: یونه‌زاوا
  • Polish: Yonezawa
  • Portuguese: Yonezawa
  • Romanian: Yonezawa
  • Russian: Ёнэдзава
  • Russian: Йонедзава
  • Russian: Йонезава
  • Silesian: Yonezawa
  • Sinhala: යෝනේසාවා
  • South Azerbaijani: یونه‌زاوا، یاماقاتا
  • Spanish: Yonezawa
  • Swedish: Yonezawa
  • Tagalog: Yonesawa
  • Tagalog: Yonezawa
  • Tajik: Jonezava
  • Tajik: Ёнезава
  • Tamil: யோனிசவா
  • Tatar: Йонедзава
  • Telugu: యోనెజావా
  • Thai: โยเนซาวะ
  • Thai: โยะเนะซะวะ
  • Tumbuka: Yonezawa
  • Turkish: Yonezawa
  • Ukrainian: Йонедзава
  • Urdu: یونیزاوا، یاماگاتا
  • Uzbek: Yonezava, Yamagata
  • Uzbek: Yonezava
  • Vietnamese: Yonezawa, Yamagata
  • Vietnamese: Yonezawa
  • Waray (Philippines): Yonezawa, Yamagata
  • Waray (Philippines): Yonezawa
  • Yue Chinese: 米澤

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