Kesennuma: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Miyagi
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 61,147
• Coordinates: 38.9011° N, 141.5774° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 394 km (245 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Iwate Hanamaki Airport (HNA): 70 km (43 mi), straight line
• Sendai Airport (SDJ): 102 km (64 mi), straight line
• Yamagata Airport (GAJ): 118 km (73 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Rikuzen-Takata: 15 km (9 mi)
• Rikuzentakata: 15 km (10 mi)
• Ofunato: 22 km (14 mi)
• Ichinoseki: 38 km (24 mi)
• Tome: 42 km (26 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Ichinoseki, 38 km (24 mi)