Iwaki: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Fukushima
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 357,309
• Coordinates: 37.0500° N, 140.8833° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 185 km (115 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Fukushima Airport (FKS): 45 km (28 mi), straight line
• Ibaraki Airport (IBR): 105 km (65 mi), straight line
• Sendai Airport (SDJ): 121 km (75 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Kitaibaraki: 32 km (20 mi)
• Takahagi: 40 km (25 mi)
• Ishikawa: 40 km (25 mi)
• Tamura: 49 km (30 mi)
• Namie: 49 km (31 mi)

Things to see

• みちのくや 尼子の橋や 以和のうえ (memorial)
• 鈴木 辰三郎の像 (memorial)
• 飯野八幡宮 (place of worship)