Sanjo: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Niigata
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 94,642
• Coordinates: 37.6167° N, 138.9500° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 224 km (139 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Niigata Airport (KIJ): 40 km (25 mi), straight line
• Sado Airport (SDS): 68 km (42 mi), straight line
• Fukushima Airport (FKS): 138 km (86 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Tsubame: 5.7 km (3.6 mi)
• Kamo: 9.2 km (5.7 mi)
• Mitsuke: 9.4 km (5.8 mi)
• Yoshida-kasugacho: 9.5 km (5.9 mi)
• Yonozu: 10 km (6 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Nagaoka, 21 km (13 mi)