Shibata: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Niigata
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 96,236
• Coordinates: 37.9500° N, 139.3333° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 253 km (157 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Niigata Airport (KIJ): 19 km (12 mi), straight line
• Sado Airport (SDS): 81 km (51 mi), straight line
• Shonai Airport (SYO): 104 km (64 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Tainai: 14 km (9 mi)
• Suibara: 15 km (9 mi)
• Yokogoshi-chuo: 20 km (12 mi)
• Kameda-honcho: 21 km (13 mi)
• Agano: 22 km (14 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Niigata, 26 km (16 mi)