Yawata, Japan

Japan

Yawata, Japan links to 3000 places across 14 topics through 34 Bunkabop connections, including nature, transportation, sports and religion. Many ties run to Kyoto and Tokyo. The city sits in southern Kyoto Prefecture near the meeting of the Kizugawa, Ujigawa and Katsura rivers. It grew in front of the gates of Iwashimizu Hachiman-gu, a Shinto shrine listed among the Twenty-Two Shrines. Thomas Edison used bamboo filaments from Yawata in early light bulb tests.

Explore all connections