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Kita-Akita, Japon
04:59:43 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Asia/Tokyo
Kita-Kanaoka Station
Railway station in Mitane, Akita Prefecture, Japan
Heure locale actuelle
04:59:43 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Fuseau horaire
JST
Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00
Prochain jour férié
Shōwa Day
mercredi 29 avril 2026 · Public
Chevauchement d'horaires maintenant
2 / 7
Reference markets are overlapping with Kita-Akita right now
Aéroport le plus proche
SDJ
Sendai Airport · 233 km
Aéroports indexés
18
Curated airport references available for Japon
Snapshot at render time: 04:59:43 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Kita-Akita (UTC+09:00, JST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
11°C, Clear sky
Feels like 8°C · Humidity 66% · Wind 12 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
04:40 AM to 06:31 PM
Day length 13h 51m · Solar noon 11:36 AM
Next country holiday
Shōwa Day
mercredi 29 avril 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Kita-Akita local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Mother's Day (US) 2026
festival-seculardimanche 10 mai 2026
11 days to go
Gemini 3 Launch (rumored at Google I/O)
release-techmardi 12 mai 2026
13 days to go
48th ASEAN Summit — Cebu
politicalvendredi 15 mai 2026
16 days to go
Gemini 3 Ultra Launch (estimated window)
keynotevendredi 15 mai 2026
16 days to go
WHO Pandemic Agreement — Adoption at 79th WHA
politicallundi 18 mai 2026
19 days to go
Forza Horizon 6
release-gamemardi 19 mai 2026
20 days to go
Population
31.5K
Coordinates
40.20, 140.39
Timezone
Asia/Tokyo
Aéroports indexés
18
Capital
Tokyo
Languages
Japanese
Currency
JPY (¥)
Country area
377,930 km²
Local time in Kita-Akita runs on the JST, UTC+09:00 clock; with roughly 31.5K residents the city (rank #839 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Japon.
The coordinates 40.20°N, 140.39°E put Kita-Akita roughly 4462 km from the equator in the mid-latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, which is why the page expects clear seasonal daylight differences across the year.
Today the sun rises around 04:40 AM and sets around 06:31 PM in Kita-Akita — about 13h 51m of daylight. Japon stays on standard time here, so UTC+09:00 is stable through the year.
Takanosu (3 km from Kita-Akita) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 18 curated airport pages indexed for Japon.
Kita-Akita planners should mark 2026-04-29 (Shōwa Day); that's the next national holiday signal in view.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Timezone
JST
IANA Zone
Asia/Tokyo
UTC Offset
UTC+09:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Quarter
Q2
London
-8h
New York
-13h
Los Angeles
-16h
Dubai
-5h
Singapore
-1h
Sydney
+1h
São Paulo
-12h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Kita-Akita.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 08:59 AM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 03:59 AM | -13h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 12:59 AM | -16h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 11:59 AM | -5h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 03:59 PM | -1h | Good to call now |
| Sydney | 05:59 PM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 04:59 AM | -12h | Check the overlap widget below |
Kita-Akita est dans le fuseau horaire Asia/Tokyo (JST), avec un décalage UTC de +09:00.
Kita-Akita n'observe pas actuellement l'heure d'été.
Le décalage UTC actuel pour Kita-Akita est UTC+09:00.
Kita-Akita sits at 40.20°N, 140.39°E in Japon, with about 31.5K residents (rank #839 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Kita-Akita is Tokyo, about 507 km away as the crow flies.
Takanosu is the closest indexed city, roughly 3 km from Kita-Akita.
Sendai Airport (SDJ) is the closest curated airport reference, about 233 km from Kita-Akita.
Shōwa Day is the next upcoming holiday in Japon, on mercredi 29 avril 2026.
Kita-Kanaoka Station is a railway station located in the town of Mitane, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company.
Distance-wise, Kita-Akita is closest to Tokyo (~507 km), Singapore (~5,678 km), Dubai (~7,840 km); São Paulo is the far end at roughly 18,050 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Kita-Akita sits inside Japon — the Eastern Asia subregion, capital Tokyo, languages Japanese, currency JPY (¥).
Around Kita-Akita, the nearest mapped reference cities are Takanosu (3 km), Ōdate (16 km), Moritake (29 km), Noshiro (31 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for JST planning.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Kita-Akita: Shōwa Day, Constitution Memorial Day, Greenery Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Japon.
Closest curated airport references from Kita-Akita: SDJ Natori (233 km), KIJ Niigata (273 km), CTS Sapporo (306 km).
In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
Japan pages should call out Golden Week because it is one of the clearest scheduling disruptors in the Japanese calendar.
Sendai AirportSDJ
Natori · 233 km from Kita-Akita
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 3m
Niigata AirportKIJ
Niigata · 273 km from Kita-Akita
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 6m
New Chitose AirportCTS
Sapporo · 306 km from Kita-Akita
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 9m
Narita International AirportNRT
Narita · 493 km from Kita-Akita
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 23m
Tokyo Haneda International AirportHND
Tokyo · 520 km from Kita-Akita
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 25m
Exchange snapshot
1 JPY = 0.005 EUR · 1 JPY = 0.005 GBP · 1 JPY = 0.006 USD
As of 2026-04-28
On this day
2015: A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
2013: A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people.
2013: National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board.
Coordination pulse
2 of 7 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
