Ora Attuale a Otaru, Giappone — JST.

Otaru is a city and port in Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan, northwest of Sapporo. The city faces Ishikari Bay and the Sea of Japan, and has long served as the main port of the bay. With its many historical buildings, Otaru is a popular tourist destination. Because it is a 25-minute drive from Sapporo, it has grown as a commuter town. As of July 31, 2023, the city had an estimated population of 107,432 and a population density of 441 persons per km2. The total area is 243.83 km2 (94.14 sq mi). Although it is the largest city in Shiribeshi Subprefecture, the subprefecture's capital is the more centrally located Kutchan.

From Otaru the nearest of our reference hubs are Tokyo (~843 km), Singapore (~5,933 km), Dubai (~7,794 km), while São Paulo sits about 17,722 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.

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

Yoichi (19 km), Ishikari (29 km), Sapporo (31 km), Kutchan (38 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Otaru — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.

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

Closest curated airport references from Otaru: CTS Sapporo (73 km), SDJ Natori (562 km), KIJ Niigata (604 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.