Date: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Fukushima
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 59,625
• Coordinates: 37.8167° N, 140.5000° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 247 km (154 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Sendai Airport (SDJ): 51 km (32 mi), straight line
• Fukushima Airport (FKS): 66 km (41 mi), straight line
• Yamagata Airport (GAJ): 67 km (42 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Hobaramachi: 4.4 km (2.7 mi)
• Fukushima: 8.0 km (5.0 mi)
• Yanagawamachi-saiwaicho: 9.5 km (5.9 mi)
• Shiroishi: 23 km (14 mi)
• Nihommatsu: 27 km (17 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Fukushima, 8.0 km (5.0 mi)