Aso: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Kumamoto
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 27,039
• Coordinates: 32.9373° N, 131.0801° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 848 km (527 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Kumamoto Airport (KMJ): 24 km (15 mi), straight line
• Kyushu Saga International Airport (HSG): 76 km (47 mi), straight line
• Oita Airport (OIT): 86 km (53 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Ozu: 20 km (13 mi)
• Kikuchi: 25 km (16 mi)
• Taketa: 27 km (17 mi)
• Okino: 28 km (17 mi)
• Koshi: 29 km (18 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Koto, 36 km (22 mi)