Map of Ichinoseki, Japan

Ichinoseki is a city in Iwate, Japan, with a population of about 114,476. It lies at 38.9167°N, 141.1333°E. Ichinoseki is about 381 km (237 mi) north of Tokyo, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Kurihara, 22 km to the southwest.

Ichinoseki at a glance

Where is Ichinoseki?

• The 2nd largest city in Iwate on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 26 min on the shortest day to 14 h 54 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Ichinoseki

• Kurihara — 22 km southwest
• Tome — 23 km south
• Mizusawa — 24 km north
• Ōshū — 25 km north
• Kesennuma — 38 km east
• Ōsaki — 39 km south
• Kitakami — 41 km north
• Furukawa — 41 km south
• Hanamaki — 52 km north
• Ōfunato — 53 km east

Largest cities in Iwate

• Morioka — 290,700
• Ōshū — 112,937
• Hanamaki — 94,691
• Kitakami — 93,045
• Mizusawa — 61,281
• Takizawa — 55,579
• Miyako — 51,150
• Kamaishi — 43,107
• Ōfunato — 35,452
• Kuji — 34,418

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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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.