Kurobe-shi: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Toyama
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 41,564
• Coordinates: 36.9012° N, 137.4495° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 242 km (150 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Toyama Kitokito Airport (TOY): 37 km (23 mi), straight line
• Noto Satoyama Airport (NTQ): 61 km (38 mi), straight line
• Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport (MMJ): 92 km (57 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Nyuzen: 6.1 km (3.8 mi)
• Uozu: 12 km (8 mi)
• Namerikawa: 18 km (11 mi)
• Kamiichi: 24 km (15 mi)
• Yokata-araya: 28 km (17 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Toyama, 31 km (19 mi)