Niigata: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Niigata
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 797,591
• Coordinates: 37.9226° N, 139.0412° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 255 km (158 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Niigata Airport (KIJ): 7.1 km (4.4 mi), straight line
• Sado Airport (SDS): 57 km (35 mi), straight line
• Shonai Airport (SYO): 118 km (74 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Kameda-honcho: 8.2 km (5.1 mi)
• Yokogoshi-chuo: 12 km (7 mi)
• Niitsu-honcho: 15 km (10 mi)
• Yotsugoya: 16 km (10 mi)
• Shirone: 18 km (11 mi)