Japeri

Japeri is a municipality of Baixada Fluminense, in the region of Grande Rio, state of Rio de Janeiro.

Understand
Japeri is a relatively new municipality of the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro. Until 1991, it was a district of the municipality of Nova Iguaçu, from which it was dismembered.

Japeri is served by the Japeri (Central do Brasil-Japeri) and Paracambi (Japeri-Paracambi) railway lines - the latter being an extension of the former -, and has two suburban train stations in its territory: Engenheiro Pedreira station, which serves only the Japeri line, and Japeri station, which serves both the Japeri and Paracambi lines, connecting one to the other. These railway lines together have been the main vector of urban expansion of the metropolis towards the northwest, having reached Japeri, the penultimate municipality of this axis, and continued to Paracambi, where the urban expansion ended.

Get in
In the Central Zone of Rio de Janeiro, urban bus and train lines to the municipality of Japeri are available. Buses to the municipality of Japeri depart from Terminal Américo Fontenelle, in Gamboa, and the trains depart from Central do Brasil train station.

The main road access to Japeri for those coming from downtown Rio de Janeiro are the Guandu avenue and the RJ-125 highway.

See

 * Reserva Biológica do Tinguá - Rebio do Tinguá (Tinguá Biological Reserve) - A large biological reserve in the north of the Baixada Fluminense region.
 * Rio Guandu (Guandu River) - A major river in Baixada Fluminense.
 * Rio São Pedro (São Pedro River) - A river that crosses the rural district of São Pedro, in Japeri.
 * Rio Santana (Santana River) - A river between the municipalities of Japeri and Paracambi.
 * Estação ferroviária de Japeri (Japeri train station) - A historic (and still operating) train station in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro.

Do

 * Trekking along the railway stretch Japeri-Engenheiro Gurgel through the Paracambi mountain range.

Eat

 * Restaurante Princesinha - Avenida Senhor do Bonfim, 21 - Senhor do Bonfim, Engenheiro Pedreira.

Sleep

 * Pousada Shiva - Estrada Ari Schiavo, 65 - Vila Nossa Senhora da Conceição.

Go next

 * Paracambi
 * Seropédica
 * Queimados
 * Nova Iguaçu
 * Rio de Janeiro