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Neighborhood of Akita City in Akita Prefecture, Japan

Hiroomote

Hiroomote is a neighbourhood located in Akita City, Akita Prefecture, Japan.

Hiroomote
Hiroomote · MWE
The place

Hiroomote is a neighbourhood located in Akita City, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Annexed by the city in 1941, it borders the neighborhoods of Shimokitate on the east, Yanagida on the north, Tegata on the west and Sakura and Yokomori on the south that is bounded by Taihei River. Developed primarily in the post-World War II era, it is residential with commercial uses fronting prefectural roads #41, #28 and #62. The neighborhood is the location of the Akita University Hospital and Hiroomote Shopping Center.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Hiroomote

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Akita Castle

    Japanese ancient castle in Akita city, Akita prefecture

    5.6 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Kubota Castle

    Japanese castle in Akita city, Akita prefecture

    1.9 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Soyu Stadium

    Building in Akita Prefecture, Japan

    4.3 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Akita Museum of Art

    Art museum in Akita, Akita, Japan

    2.4 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Akigin Stadium

    Building in Akita Prefecture, Japan

    4 km · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Akita Port Tower

    Tower building in Akita, Akita prefecture, Japan

    7.6 km · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Minato Castle

    Castle in Akita, Japan

    7.1 km · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Koshiō Shrine

    Shinto shrine in Akita Prefecture, Japan

    5.3 km · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Satake Historical Museum

    Museum in Akita, Akita, Japan

    2 km · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Akita City Ōmoriyama Zoo

    Municipal zoo in Akita, Japan

    8.5 km · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Hiroomote

Airports
Aomori (AOJ), 121 km · Sendai (SDJ), 189 km · Niigata (KIJ), 217 km
Stations
Akita Station, 1.9 km · Kami-Iijima Station, 8.6 km · Yotsugoya Station, 7.6 km · Tsuchizaki Station, 6.9 km · Araya Station, 7.6 km
  • Aomori → Hiroomote
    132 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · ¥1,910–2,610
  • Natori → Hiroomote
    184 km · quickest by road, 3h 57m · ¥2,620–3,570
  • Niigata → Hiroomote
    221 km · quickest by road, 4h 13m · ¥2,860–3,900
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Hiroomote

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hiroomote. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    SakhalinRU

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    841 km
  2. 02
    Muuido and the Incheon islandsKR

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    1,220 km
  3. 03
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    1,916 km
  4. 04
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    2,278 km
  5. 05
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    2,401 km

If you know how people move in Hiroomote – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Hiroomote

Hiroomote is 3 km from Akita, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.