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Shimonoseki Destination Guide

Explore Shimonoseki in Japan

Shimonoseki in the region of Yamaguchi with its 245,786 inhabitants is a town in Japan - some 510 mi or ( 821 km ) West of Edo , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Shimonoseki

Current time in Shimonoseki is now 07:58 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Tokyo " with a UTC offset of 9 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Daejeon, Daegu, Seoul, Busan, and Yoshimo. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Daejeon . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Shimonoseki ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

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THE GANG / GANGNA・ROCK'N'ROLL

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2012.7.15(Sun)「港ハウス」 REAL BASTAR MUSIC Live in KKS City vol.163 ..


Kanmon Strait

1:50 min by SNOTUNE
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A Kanmon of Shimonoseki that sandwiched Mojiko and the straits. I suffer from a sea voyage of five minutes by a Kanmon steamship. ..

Neo-classic car show in Moji, Kita Kyushu - Part 1

5:40 min by wasabicars
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Interesting facts about this location

Kanmon Straits

The Kanmon Straits or the Straits of Shimonoseki is the stretch of water separating two of Japan's four main islands. On the Honshū side of the water is Shimonoseki (下関, which contributed "Kan" to the name of the strait) and on the Kyūshū side is Kitakyūshū, whose former city and present ward, Moji (門司), gave the strait its "mon" (門). The straits silt up at the rate of about 15 centimetres per annum, and dredging has made it possible to build the New Kitakyushu Airport at low cost.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 33.95 130.95 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Geography of Fukuoka Prefecture, Geography of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Straits of Asia, Straits of Japan

Mojikō Station

Mojikō Station is a railway station on the Kagoshima Main Line in Moji-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu).

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 33.94 130.96 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Kitakyushu, Railway stations in Fukuoka Prefecture

Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū

Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū is a Japanese ward of the city of Kitakyūshū in Fukuoka Prefecture. It is the former city of Moji which was one of five cities merged to create Kitakyūshū in 1963. It faces the city of Shimonoseki across the Kanmon Straits between Honshū and Kyūshū. The ward's area is 73.37 km² and it has a population of 114,754 as of 2000.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 33.94 130.96 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Wards of Kitakyushu

Kanmonkyo Bridge

The Kanmonkyo Bridge (関門橋 Kanmonkyō Kanmon bridge) is a suspension bridge crossing the Kanmon Straits, a stretch of water separating two of Japan's four main islands. On the Honshū side of the bridge is Shimonoseki (下関, which contributed "Kan" to the name of the strait) and on the Kyūshū side is Kitakyushu, whose former city and present ward, Moji (門司), gave the strait its "mon".

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 33.96 130.96 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Bridges completed in 1973, Road transport in Japan, Suspension bridges in Japan

Baiko Gakuin University

Baiko Gakuin University is a private university in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1872, and it was chartered as a junior women's college in 1967. The school's emblem (a stylized plum blossom) and kanji name Baiko reflect the names of the two schools merged to form Baiko Gakuin.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 33.97 130.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Educational institutions established in 1872, Private universities and colleges in Japan, Universities and colleges in Japan, Universities and colleges in Yamaguchi Prefecture

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Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Shimonoseki