Oshu: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Iwate
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 112,937
• Coordinates: 39.1393° N, 141.1685° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 405 km (252 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Iwate Hanamaki Airport (HNA): 32 km (20 mi), straight line
• Akita Airport (AXT): 97 km (60 mi), straight line
• Yamagata Airport (GAJ): 106 km (66 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Mizusawa: 3.1 km (1.9 mi)
• Kanegasaki: 8.1 km (5.0 mi)
• Kitakami: 17 km (10 mi)
• Ichinoseki: 25 km (15 mi)
• Hanamaki: 28 km (17 mi)