Joetsu: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Niigata
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 189,430
• Coordinates: 37.1483° N, 138.2364° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 208 km (129 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Sado Airport (SDS): 103 km (64 mi), straight line
• Toyama Kitokito Airport (TOY): 109 km (67 mi), straight line
• Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport (MMJ): 113 km (70 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Myoko: 14 km (9 mi)
• Arai: 16 km (10 mi)
• Yunokawachi: 26 km (16 mi)
• Iiyama: 35 km (22 mi)
• Itoigawa: 37 km (23 mi)