Map of Yamagata, Japan

Yamagata is the administrative centre of Yamagata, Japan, with a population of about 248,772. It lies at 38.2333°N, 140.3667°E. Yamagata is about 289 km (180 mi) north of Tokyo, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Kaminoyama, 12 km to the southwest.

Yamagata at a glance

Where is Yamagata?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 30 min on the shortest day to 14 h 50 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Yamagata

• Kaminoyama — 12 km southwest
• Tendō — 13 km north
• Sagae — 18 km northwest
• Higashine — 23 km north
• Shiroishi — 34 km southeast
• Murata — 34 km east
• Yonezawa — 42 km southwest
• Sendai — 44 km east
• Iwanuma — 45 km east
• Kakuda — 46 km southeast

Largest cities in Yamagata

• Tsuruoka — 125,389
• Sakata — 100,273
• Yonezawa — 94,486
• Tendō — 65,393
• Higashine — 47,682
• Sagae — 43,544
• Shinjō — 41,140
• Kaminoyama — 35,593

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.