Amakusa: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Kumamoto
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 83,082
• Coordinates: 32.4586° N, 130.1930° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 945 km (587 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Amakusa Airport (AXJ): 4.2 km (2.6 mi), straight line
• Nagasaki Airport (NGS): 57 km (36 mi), straight line
• Kumamoto Airport (KMJ): 75 km (47 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Hondomachi-hondo: 2.4 km (1.5 mi)
• Kamiamakusa: 19 km (12 mi)
• Zeidani: 21 km (13 mi)
• Yotsugama: 23 km (14 mi)
• Minamishimabara: 25 km (15 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Honmachi, 38 km (24 mi)