Hitachi: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Ibaraki
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 174,508
• Coordinates: 36.6000° N, 140.6500° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 133 km (83 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Ibaraki Airport (IBR): 51 km (32 mi), straight line
• Fukushima Airport (FKS): 72 km (45 mi), straight line
• Narita International Airport (NRT): 95 km (59 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Hitachi-ota: 12 km (8 mi)
• Takahagi: 14 km (9 mi)
• Funaishikawa: 17 km (10 mi)
• Omiya: 22 km (13 mi)
• Inada: 22 km (14 mi)