Hofu: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Yamaguchi
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 116,925
• Coordinates: 34.0500° N, 131.5667° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 763 km (474 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ): 30 km (18 mi), straight line
• Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ): 54 km (34 mi), straight line
• Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport (IWK): 64 km (40 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Yuno: 9.9 km (6.2 mi)
• Ogori-shimogo: 16 km (10 mi)
• Yamaguchi: 17 km (11 mi)
• Yunokuchi: 23 km (14 mi)
• Tokuyama: 23 km (14 mi)