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Hirakawa, Giappone
08:40:33 AMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Asia/Tokyo
Ryo Hirakawa
Japanese racing driver (born 1994)
Ora locale attuale
08:40:33 AM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Fuso orario
JST
Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00
Prossima festività
Shōwa Day
mercoledì 29 aprile 2026 · Public
Sovrapposizione lavorativa ora
0 / 7
Reference markets are overlapping with Hirakawa right now
Aeroporto più vicino
CTS
New Chitose Airport · 260 km
Aeroporti indicizzati
18
Curated airport references available for Giappone
Snapshot at render time: 08:40:33 AM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Hirakawa (UTC+09:00, JST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
9°C, Clear sky
Feels like 8°C · Humidity 77% · Wind 4 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
04:38 AM to 06:31 PM
Day length 13h 53m · Solar noon 11:35 AM
Next country holiday
Shōwa Day
mercoledì 29 aprile 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Hirakawa local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower 2026 Peak
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Code with Claude San Francisco 2026
keynotemercoledì 6 maggio 2026
8 days to go
Mother's Day (US) 2026
festival-seculardomenica 10 maggio 2026
12 days to go
Gemini 3 Launch (rumored at Google I/O)
release-techmartedì 12 maggio 2026
14 days to go
48th ASEAN Summit — Cebu
politicalvenerdì 15 maggio 2026
17 days to go
Gemini 3 Ultra Launch (estimated window)
keynotevenerdì 15 maggio 2026
17 days to go
Population
30.9K
Coordinates
40.59, 140.57
Timezone
Asia/Tokyo
Aeroporti indicizzati
18
Capital
Tokyo
Languages
Japanese
Currency
JPY (¥)
Country area
377,930 km²
Local time in Hirakawa runs on the JST, UTC+09:00 clock; with roughly 30.9K residents the city (rank #853 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Giappone.
Hirakawa sits at 40.59°N, 140.57°E; that's the mid-latitudes (Northern Hemisphere, ~4505 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects clear seasonal daylight differences across the year.
Today the sun rises around 04:38 AM and sets around 06:31 PM in Hirakawa — about 13h 53m of daylight. Giappone stays on standard time here, so UTC+09:00 is stable through the year.
Kuroishi (7 km from Hirakawa) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 18 curated airport pages indexed for Giappone.
Next country-wide schedule signal: Shōwa Day on 2026-04-29, useful for handoff and coverage planning around Hirakawa.
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 Hirakawa.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 12:40 AM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 07:40 PM | -13h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 04:40 PM | -16h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 03:40 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 07:40 AM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 09:40 AM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 08:40 PM | -12h | Check the overlap widget below |
Hirakawa si trova nel fuso orario Asia/Tokyo (JST), con uno scostamento UTC di +09:00.
Hirakawa non sta attualmente osservando l'ora legale.
Lo scostamento UTC attuale per Hirakawa è UTC+09:00.
Hirakawa sits at 40.59°N, 140.57°E in Giappone, with about 30.9K residents (rank #853 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Hirakawa is Tokyo, about 552 km away as the crow flies.
Kuroishi is the closest indexed city, roughly 7 km from Hirakawa.
New Chitose Airport (CTS) is the closest curated airport reference, about 260 km from Hirakawa.
Shōwa Day is the next upcoming holiday in Giappone, on mercoledì 29 aprile 2026.
Ryo Hirakawa is a Japanese racing driver who is currently competing for Toyota Gazoo Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He was Super GT GT500 champion in 2017, and finished runner-up in Super Formula in 2020. He has competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship in the Hypercar class since 2022, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in his debut season and the championship title in 2022 and 2023 alongside co-drivers Sébastien Buemi and Brendon Hartley. Hirakawa is also signed to Haas F1 Team as a reserve driver for the 2025 Formula One season.
Reading Hirakawa against the global hubs: Tokyo (~552 km), Singapore (~5,717 km), Dubai (~7,842 km) are the close ones, with São Paulo (~18,005 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Hirakawa sits inside Giappone — the Eastern Asia subregion, capital Tokyo, languages Japanese, currency JPY (¥).
The closest mapped neighbors of Hirakawa are Kuroishi (7 km), Hirosaki (8 km), Namioka (14 km), Goshogawara (27 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Hirakawa: Shōwa Day, Constitution Memorial Day, Greenery Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Giappone.
Closest curated airport references from Hirakawa: CTS Sapporo (260 km), SDJ Natori (274 km), KIJ Niigata (319 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.
Japanese workday pages become more useful when they explain how early US calls and late Europe calls actually fit into the local day.
New Chitose AirportCTS
Sapporo · 260 km from Hirakawa
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 5m
Sendai AirportSDJ
Natori · 274 km from Hirakawa
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 6m
Niigata AirportKIJ
Niigata · 319 km from Hirakawa
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 10m
Narita International AirportNRT
Narita · 536 km from Hirakawa
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 26m
Tokyo Haneda International AirportHND
Tokyo · 564 km from Hirakawa
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 28m
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
0 of 7 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
