
Echigawa
Japan
Echigawa: facts
At a glance
- Country: Japan
- Region: Shiga
- Administrative status: populated place (GeoNames code PPL)
- Population: approximately 20,893
- Coordinates: 35.1667° N, 136.2000° E
- Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
- Currency: Yen (JPY)
- Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 322 km (200 mi), straight line
Getting there
- Chubu Centrair International Airport (NGO): 65 km (40 mi), straight line
- Nagoya Airport / JASDF Komaki Air Base (NKM): 67 km (41 mi), straight line
- Osaka Itami International Airport (ITM): 81 km (51 mi), straight line
Nearby
- Youkaichi: 5.6 km (3.5 mi)
- Higashiomi: 9.0 km (5.6 mi)
- Omihachiman: 10 km (6 mi)
- Hikone: 10 km (6 mi)
- Yasu: 18 km (11 mi)
- Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Youkaichi, 5.6 km (3.5 mi)
Sources
- Echigawa, Shiga
Coming up in Echigawa
- 15 Nov 2026: 7-5-3 Day
- 23 Nov 2026: Labor Thanksgiving Day
- 25 Dec 2026: Christmas
- 31 Dec 2026: December 31 Bank Holiday
- 31 Dec 2026: Yasaka Shrine Okera Mairi
- 31 Dec 2026: Fushimi Inari Taisha Hatsumode
- 1 Jan 2027: New Year's Day
- 2 Jan 2027: January 2 Bank Holiday
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