Heure Actuelle à Ikoma, Japon — JST.

Ikoma is a city at the northwestern end of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. It was founded on November 1, 1971. As of September 1, 2023, the city has an estimated population of 117,259, with 51,478 households. It has a population density of 2,300 persons per km², and it has the third largest population in the prefecture. The total area is 53.18 km². The city is known as one of the most affluent suburbs of the Greater Osaka Metropolitan Area (Keihanshin), with a high rate of college graduates, professionals, and company directors amongst its residents. As a result, the city has developed as a satellite city of Osaka, with some 54% of its residents commuting across prefectural borders to Osaka. Kansai Science City is partially located in Ikoma, which is also home to the Nara Institute of Science and Technology. The city is also famous for chasen.

Distance-wise, Ikoma is closest to Tokyo (~376 km), Singapore (~4,964 km), Dubai (~7,620 km); São Paulo is the far end at roughly 18,757 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.

Ikoma sits inside Japon — the Eastern Asia subregion, capital Tokyo, languages Japanese, currency JPY (¥).

Around Ikoma, the nearest mapped reference cities are Shijōnawate (6 km), Fuki (6 km), Daitō (8 km), Hōryūji (9 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for JST planning.

Upcoming country holiday signals around Ikoma: Shōwa Day, Constitution Memorial Day, Greenery Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Japon.

Closest curated airport references from Ikoma: ITM Osaka (26 km), UKB Kobe (44 km), KIX Osaka (51 km).