Rifu: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Miyagi
• Administrative status: populated place (GeoNames code PPL)
• Population: approximately 36,014
• Coordinates: 38.3309° N, 140.9769° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 315 km (196 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Sendai Airport (SDJ): 22 km (14 mi), straight line
• Yamagata Airport (GAJ): 54 km (33 mi), straight line
• Shonai Airport (SYO): 116 km (72 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Tagajo-shi: 4.0 km (2.5 mi)
• Shiogama: 5.2 km (3.2 mi)
• Matsushima: 8.7 km (5.4 mi)
• Shobudahama: 9.0 km (5.6 mi)
• Tomiya: 11 km (7 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Sendai, 12 km (7 mi)