Shiroishi: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Miyagi
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 33,330
• Coordinates: 38.0033° N, 140.6183° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 270 km (168 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Sendai Airport (SDJ): 30 km (19 mi), straight line
• Yamagata Airport (GAJ): 50 km (31 mi), straight line
• Fukushima Airport (FKS): 88 km (55 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Okawara: 11 km (7 mi)
• Kakuda: 14 km (9 mi)
• Murata: 16 km (10 mi)
• Yanagawamachi-saiwaicho: 17 km (11 mi)
• Watari: 21 km (13 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Fukushima, 31 km (19 mi)