Koshi: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Kumamoto
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 61,772
• Coordinates: 32.8927° N, 130.7757° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 876 km (544 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Kumamoto Airport (KMJ): 9.6 km (6.0 mi), straight line
• Kyushu Saga International Airport (HSG): 53 km (33 mi), straight line
• Amakusa Airport (AXJ): 74 km (46 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Okino: 2.9 km (1.8 mi)
• Yuge: 4.8 km (3.0 mi)
• Uekimachi-mono: 8.1 km (5.1 mi)
• Ozu: 9.1 km (5.6 mi)
• Kikuchi: 11 km (7 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Kumamoto, 12 km (8 mi)