
Furukawa
Japan
Furukawa: facts
At a glance
- Country: Japan
- Region: Miyagi
- Administrative status: populated place (GeoNames code PPL)
- Population: approximately 76,312
- Coordinates: 38.5717° N, 140.9556° E
- Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
- Currency: Yen (JPY)
- Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 339 km (211 mi), straight line
Getting there
- Sendai Airport (SDJ): 48 km (30 mi), straight line
- Yamagata Airport (GAJ): 54 km (33 mi), straight line
- Iwate Hanamaki Airport (HNA): 97 km (60 mi), straight line
Nearby
- Osaki: 2.4 km (1.5 mi)
- Kogota: 8.6 km (5.3 mi)
- Naka-niida: 8.9 km (5.5 mi)
- Kogota-ekimae: 11 km (7 mi)
- Wakuya: 16 km (10 mi)
- Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Osaki, 2.4 km (1.5 mi)
Coming up in Furukawa
- 15 Nov 2026: 7-5-3 Day
- 23 Nov 2026: Labor Thanksgiving Day
- 25 Dec 2026: Christmas
- 31 Dec 2026: December 31 Bank Holiday
- 31 Dec 2026: Yasaka Shrine Okera Mairi
- 31 Dec 2026: Fushimi Inari Taisha Hatsumode
- 1 Jan 2027: New Year's Day
- 2 Jan 2027: January 2 Bank Holiday
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