Ofunato: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Iwate
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 35,452
• Coordinates: 39.0717° N, 141.7167° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 416 km (259 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Iwate Hanamaki Airport (HNA): 64 km (40 mi), straight line
• Sendai Airport (SDJ): 125 km (78 mi), straight line
• Yamagata Airport (GAJ): 138 km (86 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Rikuzen-Takata: 7.9 km (4.9 mi)
• Rikuzentakata: 11 km (7 mi)
• Kesennuma: 22 km (14 mi)
• Kamaishi: 26 km (16 mi)
• Tono: 31 km (20 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Oshu, 48 km (30 mi)