Map of Hitachi-ota, Japan

Hitachi-ota is a city in Ibaraki, Japan, with a population of about 48,602. It lies at 36.5513°N, 140.5282°E. Hitachi-ota is about 122 km (76 mi) northeast of Tokyo, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Funaishikawa, 10 km to the south.

Hitachi-ota at a glance

Where is Hitachi-ota?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 40 min on the shortest day to 14 h 40 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Hitachi-ota

• Funaishikawa — 10 km south
• Hitachiomiya — 11 km west
• Hitachi — 12 km northeast
• Hitachi-Naka — 17 km south
• Mito — 23 km south
• Kasama — 30 km southwest
• Tomobe — 30 km southwest
• Okunoya — 31 km south
• Kitaibaraki — 33 km northeast
• Omitama — 36 km south

Largest cities in Ibaraki

• Mito — 270,685
• Tsukuba — 241,656
• Hitachi — 174,508
• Hitachi-Naka — 156,581
• Tsuchiura — 144,399
• Koga — 139,344
• Toride — 104,524
• Chikusei — 100,753
• Kamisu — 95,454
• Ryūgasaki — 85,761

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.