Sado: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Niigata
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 51,492
• Coordinates: 38.0250° N, 138.3593° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 285 km (177 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Sado Airport (SDS): 6.2 km (3.8 mi), straight line
• Niigata Airport (KIJ): 66 km (41 mi), straight line
• Noto Satoyama Airport (NTQ): 147 km (92 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Yoshii: 4.5 km (2.8 mi)
• Yokkamachi: 5.2 km (3.2 mi)
• Ryotsu-minato: 9.2 km (5.7 mi)
• Yotsugoya: 50 km (31 mi)
• Maki: 55 km (34 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Niigata, 61 km (38 mi)