Rikuzentakata: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Iwate
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Coordinates: 39.0376° N, 141.6000° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 409 km (254 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Iwate Hanamaki Airport (HNA): 59 km (37 mi), straight line
• Sendai Airport (SDJ): 116 km (72 mi), straight line
• Yamagata Airport (GAJ): 127 km (79 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Rikuzen-Takata: 5.1 km (3.1 mi)
• Ofunato: 11 km (7 mi)
• Kesennuma: 15 km (10 mi)
• Tono: 32 km (20 mi)
• Kamaishi: 35 km (22 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Oshu, 39 km (24 mi)