Yamagata: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Yamagata
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 248,772
• Coordinates: 38.2333° N, 140.3667° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 289 km (180 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Yamagata Airport (GAJ): 20 km (12 mi), straight line
• Sendai Airport (SDJ): 49 km (31 mi), straight line
• Shonai Airport (SYO): 82 km (51 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Kaminoyama: 12 km (7 mi)
• Tendo: 13 km (8 mi)
• Sagae: 18 km (11 mi)
• Yachi: 22 km (13 mi)
• Higashine: 23 km (14 mi)