Kamaishi: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Iwate
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 43,107
• Coordinates: 39.2769° N, 141.8680° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 443 km (275 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Iwate Hanamaki Airport (HNA): 65 km (41 mi), straight line
• Akita Airport (AXT): 147 km (91 mi), straight line
• Sendai Airport (SDJ): 151 km (94 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Yamada: 22 km (14 mi)
• Ofunato: 26 km (16 mi)
• Tono: 29 km (18 mi)
• Rikuzen-Takata: 34 km (21 mi)
• Rikuzentakata: 35 km (22 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Oshu, 62 km (39 mi)