Odate: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Akita
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 69,237
• Coordinates: 40.2718° N, 140.5576° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 515 km (320 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Odate Noshiro Airport (ONJ): 18 km (11 mi), straight line
• Aomori Airport (AOJ): 53 km (33 mi), straight line
• Akita Airport (AXT): 78 km (49 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Kita-Akita: 16 km (10 mi)
• Takanosu: 17 km (11 mi)
• Kazuno: 20 km (13 mi)
• Hanawa: 22 km (14 mi)
• Hirakawa: 35 km (22 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Hirosaki, 36 km (23 mi)