Minamata: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Kumamoto
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 29,428
• Coordinates: 32.2167° N, 130.4000° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 939 km (584 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Amakusa Airport (AXJ): 37 km (23 mi), straight line
• Kagoshima Airport (KOJ): 55 km (34 mi), straight line
• Kumamoto Airport (KMJ): 81 km (50 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Yude: 7.7 km (4.8 mi)
• Yunotsuru-onsen: 8.4 km (5.2 mi)
• Sashiki: 14 km (8 mi)
• Izumi: 15 km (9 mi)
• Isa: 26 km (16 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Honmachi, 37 km (23 mi)