Shiogama: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Miyagi
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 52,662
• Coordinates: 38.3167° N, 141.0333° 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): 59 km (36 mi), straight line
• Shonai Airport (SYO): 122 km (76 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Tagajo-shi: 3.4 km (2.1 mi)
• Shobudahama: 4.4 km (2.7 mi)
• Rifu: 5.2 km (3.2 mi)
• Matsushima: 6.8 km (4.2 mi)
• Tomiya: 15 km (10 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Sendai, 16 km (10 mi)