Matsushima: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Miyagi
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Population: approximately 16,363
• Coordinates: 38.3736° N, 141.0610° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 322 km (200 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Sendai Airport (SDJ): 29 km (18 mi), straight line
• Yamagata Airport (GAJ): 60 km (37 mi), straight line
• Iwate Hanamaki Airport (HNA): 117 km (73 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Shiogama: 6.8 km (4.2 mi)
• Rifu: 8.7 km (5.4 mi)
• Tagajo-shi: 9.8 km (6.1 mi)
• Shobudahama: 9.9 km (6.2 mi)
• Higashimatsushima: 11 km (7 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Sendai, 21 km (13 mi)