Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki
Takatsu-ku (高津区) is one of the 7 wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Takatsu-ku (高津区) is one of the 7 wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 215,158 and a density of 13,150 persons per km2. The total area is 16.38 km2.
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Worth seeing in and around Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki
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.
- 01Gotoh Museum
The Gotoh Museum is a private museum in the Kaminoge district of Setagaya on the southwest periphery of Tokyo, Japan. It was opened in 1960, displaying the private collection of Keita Gotō, chairman of the Tokyu Group.
2.8 km · art museum in Kaminoge Setagaya Tokyo Japan · Wikipedia - 02Seikadō Bunko Library
Seikadō Bunko Art Museum is a museum of East Asian art that opened in Setagaya, Tokyo in 1992. The museum's gallery moved to Meiji Seimei Kan in Marunouchi in Chiyoda, Tokyo in October 2022, but the foundation continues to operate and manage its collection in its former building in Setagaya.
2.8 km · Japanese private library · Wikipedia - 03Fujiko·F·Fujio Museum
Fujiko Fujio was a manga writing duo formed by Japanese manga artists Hiroshi Fujimoto and Motoo Abiko. They debuted in 1951 as a duo under their real names.
3.3 km · Japanese museum · Wikipedia - 04Setagaya Art Museum
The Setagaya Art Museum is an art museum in Yōga, Setagaya, Tokyo. The museum, which opened March 30, 1986, houses a permanent gallery and mounts seasonal exhibitions.
3.8 km · art museum in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 05Zenyōmitsu-ji Temple
Zenyōmitsu-ji is a Buddhist temple in the Setagaya ward of Tokyo, Japan. The temple follows the Shingon creed of Vajrayana Buddhism, which attaches particular importance to the origins of Buddhism and its manifestation throughout history.
3.1 km · Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 06Tokyo City University
Tokyo City University, often called Toshi-dai or TCU for short, is a private university focused on engineering, environmental and information sciences, located in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. The university has four campuses, the Setagaya campus close to the Tama River at Oyamadai, Setagaya, Tokyo being the main campus.
3.9 km · university in Japan · Wikipedia - 07Todoroki Arena
Todoroki Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the Todoroki Park in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 6,500 and was opened in 1995.
3.8 km · building in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 08Futako-Tamagawa Rise
The Futako-Tamagawa Rise complex comprises an upscale retail shopping series, high-rise apartment towers, and cultural space near the Futako-Tamagawa Station/transportation hub. Located to the east of the FT station on the Tama River marking the southern metropolitan boundary of Tokyo, Futako-Tamagawa is the second major crossing upstream from the mouth of where the Tama River empties into Tokyo Bay.
2.3 km · building complex in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 09Mangan-ji Temple (Setagaya)
Mangan-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the Setagaya Ward of Tokyo, Japan. The temple is also called Todoroki Fudō, after a famous image in one of its chapels.
4 km · building in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 10Shibokuchi Shell Mound
The Shibokuchi Shell Mound is an archaeological site in Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, in the Kantō region of Japan containing a Jōmon period shell midden. The midden was designated a Kanagawa Prefectural Historic Site of Japan in 1957.The Shimoguchi Shell Mound was originally a collective name for four shell mounds covering an area of approximately 100 meters east-west and 150 meters north-south, two of which still exist today.
3.5 km · archaeological site in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki
- Airports
- Tokyo Haneda (HND), 17 km · Narita (NRT), 73 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 97 km
- Stations
- Futako-Tamagawa Station, 2.2 km · Mizonokuchi Station, 200 m · Futako-Shinchi Station, 1.5 km · Miyamaedaira Station, 2.9 km · Miyazakidai Station, 2 km
- Narita → Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki67 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · ¥940–1,280
- Omitama → Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki98 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · ¥1,200–1,640
- Makinohara / Shimada → Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki156 km · quickest by road, 3h · ¥2,070–2,820
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No local-transport research exists yet for Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki
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 Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inHitchhiking into Tokyo is pretty easy, but hitchhiking out is considerably more difficult.
- Get inIt's definitely possible for determined cheapskates though, see Hitchhiking in Japan for a detailed list of tested escape routes from the city.
- Get inKokusai Kogyo Bus (国際興業バス) Keisei Bus (京成バス) Keikyu Bus (京急バス) Keio Bus (Japanese Website) (京王バス) Kanto Bus (関東バス) Nishi Tokyo Bus (Japanese Website) (西東京バス) Odakyu Bus (Japanese Website) (小田急バス) Odakyu Highway Bus (小田急ハイウェイバス) Seibu Bus (西武バス) Tobu Bus (Japanese Website) (東武バス) Tohoku Kyuko Bus (東北急行バス) One of the great ports of the world, Tokyo also has domestic ferry services to other points in Japan.
- Get inHowever, none of the regular international ferries to Japan call at Tokyo.
- Get inThe main long-distance ferry terminal is , on an artificial island adjacent to Odaiba in Tokyo Bay.
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Next door to Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki
Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki is 6 km from Setagaya, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Miyamae-kuone of the 7 wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan2.9 km
- Kinuta Parktown located in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo3.6 km
- Nakamachineighborhood in Setagaya city, Tokyo, Japan3.6 km
- Higashitakane SiteYayoi period settlement trace in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan2 km