Yawata

Yawata City Hall
Yawata-shi ; 八幡市
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Kinki
Prefecture :	Kyoto
Coordinates :	34 ° 52 ' N , 135 ° 42' E Coordinates: 34 ° 52 '0 " N , 135 ° 42' 0" E
Basic data
Surface:	24.37 km²
Residents :	70,931 ; (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	2911 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	26210-2
Symbols
Tree :	Camphor tree
Flower :	Rhododendron indicum
town hall
Address :	Yawata City Hall ; 75 Yawataennai; Yawata -shi ; Kyōto 614-8195
Website URL:	http://www.city.yawata.kyoto.jp/
Location of Yawatas in Kyoto Prefecture

Yawata ( Japanese 八幡市 , -shi ) is a Japanese city in the south of Kyoto Prefecture .

geography

Yawata is south of Kyoto and west of Uji .

history

The city of Yawata was established on November 1, 1977 .

Since the filaments used by Thomas Alva Edison for the first electrically operated bamboo filament light bulbs came from the province of Kyoto, there is an Edison memorial in Yawata and an Edison festival is held.

traffic

Yawatashi Station

- National Road 1.478
- JR - Kyoto Line : to Kyoto and Nara
- Keihan Railway

Neighboring cities and communities

Kyoto Prefecture
- Kyōtanabe
- Kyoto
- Joyo
- Kumiyama
- Ōyamazaki
Osaka prefecture
- Hirakata
- Shimamoto

sons and daughters of the town

Ryōhei Sakaguchi (born 1997), track and field athlete

Web links

Commons : Yawata - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official Website (Japanese)
Edison Festival (English)