Kitakami: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Iwate
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 93,045
• Coordinates: 39.2833° N, 141.1167° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 419 km (260 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Iwate Hanamaki Airport (HNA): 16 km (10 mi), straight line
• Akita Airport (AXT): 85 km (53 mi), straight line
• Yamagata Airport (GAJ): 116 km (72 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Kanegasaki: 9.3 km (5.8 mi)
• Hanamaki: 11 km (7 mi)
• Oshu: 17 km (10 mi)
• Mizusawa: 17 km (10 mi)
• Hizume: 30 km (19 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Oshu, 17 km (10 mi)