Map of Date, Hokkaido, Japan

Date is a city in Hokkaido, Japan, with a population of about 34,898. It lies at 42.4681°N, 140.8681°E. Date is about 761 km (473 mi) north of Tokyo, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Muroran, 19 km to the southeast.

Date at a glance

Where is Date?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 04 min on the shortest day to 15 h 18 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Date

• Muroran — 19 km southeast
• Noboribetsu — 26 km east
• Tomakomai — 63 km east
• Kamiiso — 74 km south
• Eniwa — 75 km northeast
• Hokuto — 75 km south
• Chitose — 75 km northeast
• Sapporo — 77 km northeast
• Hakodate — 78 km south
• Kitahiroshima — 80 km northeast

Largest cities in Hokkaido

• Sapporo — 1,973,832
• Asahikawa — 333,530
• Hakodate — 275,730
• Tomakomai — 174,806
• Kushiro — 167,875
• Obihiro — 166,536
• Ebetsu — 133,953
• Kitami — 119,135
• Otaru — 115,333
• Chitose — 97,950

Largest cities in Japan

• Tokyo — 9,733,276
• Yokohama — 3,777,491
• Osaka — 2,753,862
• Nagoya — 2,332,176
• Sapporo — 1,973,832
• Fukuoka — 1,612,392
• Kawasaki — 1,538,262
• Kobe — 1,525,152
• Kyoto — 1,463,723
• Saitama — 1,324,854

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Other places named Date

• Date — Fukushima, Japan

Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.