Ogawa
Ogawa is the 30th most common Japanese surname.
Ogawa is the 30th most common Japanese surname. Less common variants are 小河 or 尾川. Notable people with the surname include:Ai Ogawa , American poet
Frank H. Ogawa (1917–1994), the first Japanese American to serve on the Oakland, CA City Council
Hiroshi Ogawa (disambiguation), several people
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Worth seeing in and around Ogawa
2 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.
- 01Kariya Stadium
Kariya Stadium is a baseball stadium in the city of Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It was also used as an Association football stadium until 1994.
2.8 km · baseball stadium in Kariya, Aichi, Japan · Wikipedia - 02Irimi Shell Midden
The Irimi shell midden is an archaeological site containing a Jōmon period shell midden located in the Ogawa neighborhood of the town of Higashiura, Aichi in the Tōkai region of Japan. The site was designated as a National Historic Site in 1953.
2.1 km · Archaeological site in Japan · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Fireflies The fires on the sea. The fires appear in summer, and these are very beautiful. It is a mysterious thing, but many people want to see the fires every year. Wakamiya Beach Tobase Flower School Isuichi Dam Misumi Sea Pyramid Various mountains
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Things to do
Wakamiya is a swimming beach, popular with the locals during the "swimming season." Otherwise it can be quite desolate even when the weather is perfect. Lessons can be had at the Tobase Flower School for a reasonable fee.
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Where to eat
Shiranuhi has some famous fruits, for example, melon, grape, and many kinds of oranges. There are a couple of eateries before the 1st bridge of Amakusa (towards Oyano) as well as along Route 266.
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Getting to Ogawa
- Airports
- Chubu Centrair (NGO), 19 km · Mount Fuji Shizuoka (FSZ), 113 km · Osaka Itami (ITM), 141 km
- Stations
- Higashiura Station, 1.9 km · Ishihama Station, 600 m · Kariyashi Station, 3.2 km · Ogakie Station, 2.6 km · Yoshihama Station, 3 km
- Osaka → Ogawa137 km · quickest by road, 3h 14m · ¥1,910–2,610
- Makinohara / Shimada → Ogawa113 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · ¥1,510–2,060
- Kobe → Ogawa166 km · quickest by road, 3h 44m · ¥2,240–3,060
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Ogawa
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 Ogawa. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Ogawa
Ogawa is 18 km from Okazaki, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Higashiuratown in Chita district, Aichi Prefecture, Japan1.2 km