Shinjo: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Yamagata
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 41,140
• Coordinates: 38.7586° N, 140.3008° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 346 km (215 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Yamagata Airport (GAJ): 39 km (24 mi), straight line
• Shonai Airport (SYO): 45 km (28 mi), straight line
• Sendai Airport (SDJ): 87 km (54 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Obanazawa: 19 km (12 mi)
• Murayama: 34 km (21 mi)
• Shonai: 36 km (22 mi)
• Higashine: 37 km (23 mi)
• Yachi: 37 km (23 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Tsuruoka, 42 km (26 mi)