Owase: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Mie
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 16,910
• Coordinates: 34.0667° N, 136.2000° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 366 km (227 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Nanki Shirahama Airport (SHM): 89 km (56 mi), straight line
• Kansai International Airport (KIX): 97 km (60 mi), straight line
• Chubu Centrair International Airport (NGO): 104 km (65 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Kumano: 19 km (12 mi)
• Kihoku: 20 km (13 mi)
• Shingu: 42 km (26 mi)
• Yoshinoyama: 44 km (28 mi)
• Yoshino-cho: 48 km (30 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Kashiwara, 58 km (36 mi)