Higashine: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Yamagata
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 47,682
• Coordinates: 38.4389° N, 140.4006° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 312 km (194 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Yamagata Airport (GAJ): 4.0 km (2.5 mi), straight line
• Sendai Airport (SDJ): 56 km (35 mi), straight line
• Shonai Airport (SYO): 68 km (42 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Murayama: 3.6 km (2.3 mi)
• Yachi: 8.3 km (5.1 mi)
• Tendo: 9.9 km (6.1 mi)
• Sagae: 13 km (8 mi)
• Obanazawa: 18 km (11 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Yamagata, 23 km (14 mi)