Sakata: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Yamagata
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 100,273
• Coordinates: 38.9167° N, 139.8550° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 359 km (223 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Shonai Airport (SYO): 13 km (8 mi), straight line
• Yamagata Airport (GAJ): 72 km (45 mi), straight line
• Akita Airport (AXT): 84 km (52 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Shonai: 8.7 km (5.4 mi)
• Yuza: 13 km (8 mi)
• Yokoyama: 15 km (10 mi)
• Yunohama: 16 km (10 mi)
• Tsuruoka: 22 km (14 mi)