Map of Yamaguchi, Japan

Yamaguchi is the administrative centre of Yamaguchi, Japan, with a population of about 193,966. It lies at 34.1833°N, 131.4667°E. Yamaguchi is about 768 km (477 mi) west of Tokyo, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Hōfu, 17 km to the southeast.

Yamaguchi at a glance

Where is Yamaguchi?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 52 min on the shortest day to 14 h 26 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Yamaguchi

• Hōfu — 17 km southeast
• Hagi — 25 km north
• Sanyōonoda — 33 km southwest
• Onoda — 33 km southwest
• Ube — 33 km southwest
• Shūnan — 35 km east
• Tokuyama — 35 km southeast
• Kudamatsu — 42 km southeast
• Hikari — 51 km southeast
• Shimonoseki — 55 km southwest

Largest cities in Yamaguchi

• Shimonoseki — 265,684
• Ube — 173,733
• Shūnan — 149,632
• Iwakuni — 129,125
• Hōfu — 116,925
• Tokuyama — 101,133
• Sanyōonoda — 60,326
• Kudamatsu — 55,887
• Hikari — 51,040
• Hagi — 44,626

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.