Why visit Mitsushima
Townapedia lists 4 museums and landmarks, 2 parks and trails, 1 place to stay and 2 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Mitsujima Bansho.
Weather in Mitsushima
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About Mitsushima
Mitsushima, also known as Matsushima, Tokyo No. 2 Detached Camp, Tokyo #3B, and Tokyo 20, was a prisoner of war camp that provided labour to build the Hiraoka Dam on the Tenryū River in the Central Highlands in Japan.
From the Wikipedia article Mitsushima (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do2
Museums and landmarks4
Mitsujima Bansho
Monument and historic site · 1.0 km
満島番所は、元和元年(1615年)大阪夏の陣以降、徳川幕府が遠山氏に命じて天竜川の旅人、荷物、主として川下げ木材を取り締まるために設置した川の番所(関所)で、現在もその面影を垣間見ることができます。
Parks, trails and playgrounds2
Where to stay1
Churches and places of worship1
Schools, colleges and libraries1
Map of Mitsushima
11 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Getting there and nearby towns
Shizuoka Airport (FSZ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 61 km away.
- Iida 28 km north, about 28 min by car
- Yamabuki 35 km north, about 35 min by car
- Nakatsugawa 40 km northwest, about 40 min by car
- Ena 47 km northwest, about 47 min by car
- Mori 49 km south, about 49 min by car
- Komagane 51 km north, about 51 min by car
- Hamakita 52 km south, about 52 min by car
- Shinshiro 52 km southwest, about 52 min by car
- Kakegawa 58 km south, about 58 min by car
- Fujieda 58 km southeast, about 58 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
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Reviews, tips and questions
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Hiraoka power station, photo: Qurren ( talk ) Taken with Canon IXY 10S, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hiraoka, Tenryu, Shimoina District, Nagano Prefecture 399-1201, Japan - panoramio, ESU, CC BY 3.0
- Hiraoka, Tenryu, Shimoina District, Nagano Prefecture 399-1201, Japan - panoramio (5), ESU, CC BY 3.0
- Hiraoka, Tenryu, Shimoina District, Nagano Prefecture 399-1201, Japan - panoramio (4), ESU, CC BY 3.0
- Hiraoka, Tenryu, Shimoina District, Nagano Prefecture 399-1201, Japan - panoramio (1), ESU, CC BY 3.0
- 平岡発電所 - panoramio, Yobito KAYANUMA, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hiraoka, Tenryu, Shimoina District, Nagano Prefecture 399-1201, Japan - panoramio (3), ESU, CC BY 3.0
- Shojinnotaki Waterfall and Hokora, photo: Qurren ( talk ) Taken with Canon IXY 10S, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shojinnotaki Waterfall 1, photo: Qurren ( talk ) Taken with Canon IXY 10S, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shojinnotaki Waterfall 2, photo: Qurren ( talk ) Taken with Canon IXY 10S, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hiraoka, Tenryu, Shimoina District, Nagano Prefecture 399-1201, Japan - panoramio (2), ESU, CC BY 3.0
- Hiraoka, Tenryu, Shimoina District, Nagano Prefecture 399-1201, Japan - panoramio (7), ESU, CC BY 3.0
- Hiraoka, Tenryu, Shimoina District, Nagano Prefecture 399-1201, Japan - panoramio (6), ESU, CC BY 3.0
- Hiraoka Dam free flow, Photographed by Qurren ( talk ), with IXY Digital 70 compact digital camera., CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hiraoka Dam and Hiraoka power station 1976, retouch: Qurren ( talk )., Attribution
- 平岡ダム - panoramio, Yobito KAYANUMA, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 平岡ダム - panoramio (1), Yobito KAYANUMA, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 天龍川橋 - panoramio, Yobito KAYANUMA, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kamihara, Tenryu, Shimoina District, Nagano Prefecture 399-1202, Japan - panoramio, ESU, CC BY 3.0
- 県道1号線 - panoramio (2), Yobito KAYANUMA, CC BY-SA 3.0
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