Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Japanese Village One:
20.905278, -156.421389
Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Japanese Village One ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Cod Fish Village (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cod Fish Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Hawaiian - Spanish Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawaiian - Spanish Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Japanese Village One to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Japanese Village One and extending to:
Honolulu, which is the State Capital of Hawaii, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Japanese Village One to Honolulu, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 4,766 miles [7,670.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 10 days, a buggy would take 187 days and walking would take 271 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 8,710 miles [14,017.4 km] and it lies to the north northwest (NNW).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 9,307 miles [14,978.2 km] and it lies to the north northwest (NNW).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 8,034 miles [12,929.5 km] and it lies to the north (N).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>
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<3>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Japanese Village One) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Japanese Village One. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 20.9053, Longitude: -156.4214 In this case, the coordinates for Japanese Village One have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Japanese Village One to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 12.281 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 21.533 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 350.778 degrees.