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Discover Karoto in Japan

Karoto in the region of Hiroshima is a town located in Japan - some 420 mi or ( 676 km ) West of Edo , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Karoto

Local time in Karoto is now 07:53 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Tokyo " with a UTC offset of 9 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Daegu, Busan, Yamaguchi, Tahara, and Sakioku. When in this area, you might want to check out Daegu . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Karoto ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Japan (中国四国) Trip 2012.

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A travel log of Western Japan in April 2012. ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Japanese battleship Hyūga

Hyūga (日向), named for Hyūga Province in Kyūshū, was an Ise-class battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy laid down by Mitsubishi on 6 May 1915, launched on 27 January 1917 and completed on 30 April 1918. She was initially designed as the fourth ship of the Fusō-class, but was heavily redesigned to fix shortcomings. Hyūga was extensively updated and reconstructed from 1926–1928 and 1934-1936.

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Located at 34.17 132.55 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: 1917 ships, Battleships sunk by aircraft, Ise-class battleships, Ships built in Japan, Shipwrecks in the Inland Sea, World War II battleships of Japan, World War II shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean

Hashira Island

Hashira Island is an island in southern Hiroshima Bay of the Inland Sea, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Located 26 kilometers southeast of Iwakuni, it is part of the Kutsuna Islands within the Bōyo Islands group. The highest point on the island is Mt. Kinzō. Economic activity on the island consists of fishing and cultivation of vegetables and citrus fruit. Hashirajima is connected to the port at Iwakuni Mondays through Saturdays by a high speed ferry.

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Located at 34.02 132.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Imperial Japanese Navy, Islands of Japan

Ondo-no-seto

Ondo-no-seto is a strait in Seto Inland Sea around Kure, Hiroshima between the main island of Japan and Kurahashi island.

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Located at 34.19 132.54 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Geography of Hiroshima Prefecture, Straits of Japan

Japanese battleship Mutsu

Mutsu (陸奥), named after Mutsu Province, as per Japanese ship naming conventions, was the Imperial Japanese Navy's (IJN) second Nagato-class battleship. When commissioned in 1921, she and her sister-ship were the first battleships in the world with 16 inch (actually 16.1 inch, or 410 mm) guns and were considered the Japanese navy equivalents of the British Navy’s Queen Elizabeth class.

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Located at 33.97 132.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: 1920 ships, Maritime incidents in 1943, Nagato-class battleships, Noncombat internal explosions on warships, Ships built in Japan, Shipwrecks in the Inland Sea, World War II battleships of Japan, World War II shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean

Japanese cruiser Chishima

Japanese cruiser Chishima was an unprotected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The name Chishima (lit. "Thousand Islands") is the Japanese name for the Kurile Islands. Chishima was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy as an aviso (dispatch boat) for scouting, reconnaissance and delivery of high priority messages.

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Located at 33.92 132.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: 1890 ships, Cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Maritime incidents in 1892, Ships built in France, Shipwrecks in the Inland Sea

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