Map of Maibara, Japan

Maibara is a city in Shiga, Japan, with a population of about 38,259. It lies at 35.3167°N, 136.2833°E. Maibara is about 311 km (193 mi) west of Tokyo, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Nagahama, 8 km to the north.

Maibara at a glance

Where is Maibara?

• The 14th largest city in Shiga on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 46 min on the shortest day to 14 h 32 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Maibara

• Nagahama — 8 km north
• Hikone — 8 km south
• Youkaichi — 24 km south
• Takashima — 27 km northwest
• Ōmihachiman — 27 km southwest
• Ōgaki — 30 km east
• Yasu — 34 km southwest
• Kaizu — 34 km east
• Inabe — 35 km southeast
• Mizuho — 36 km east

Largest cities in Shiga

• Ōtsu — 345,070
• Kusatsu — 143,913
• Hikone — 113,647
• Nagahama — 113,636
• Youkaichi — 112,819
• Kōka — 89,619
• Moriyama — 85,485
• Ōmihachiman — 82,233
• Rittō — 70,312
• Konan — 54,607

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.