Kita-Akita: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Akita
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 31,504
• Coordinates: 40.1996° N, 140.3939° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 505 km (314 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Odate Noshiro Airport (ONJ): 2.1 km (1.3 mi), straight line
• Aomori Airport (AOJ): 64 km (40 mi), straight line
• Akita Airport (AXT): 67 km (41 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Takanosu: 3.5 km (2.2 mi)
• Odate: 16 km (10 mi)
• Moritake: 29 km (18 mi)
• Noshiro: 31 km (19 mi)
• Kazuno: 33 km (21 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Hirosaki, 44 km (28 mi)