Hitachi, Ibaraki

Japanese Name: 日立市
Prefecture: Ibaraki
Population: 195,844
Area: 225.55:
Longitude 140.6514693
Latitude 36.59915389999999
Homepage: http://www.city.hitachi.ibaraki.jp/

Hitachi, Ibaraki

Hitachi (日立市, Hitachi-shi) is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. As of September 2015, the city had an estimated population of 183,148 and a population density of 811 persons per km². Its total area was 225.71 km². The name of Hitachi is well known throughout the world due to the Hitachi company founded in the town of Sukegawa in 1910 by Namihei Odaira.