Conversion Table

Length

In Japan, the metric system is in general use.

Metric system Yard-pound system Japanese system of measurement
meter (m) kilometer (km) inch (in) foot (ft) yard (yd) mile nautical mile sun shaku ken
1 0.001 39.370 3.281 1.094 - - 33.00 3.300 0.550
1000 1 39370 3281 1093.6 0.621 0.540 33000 3300 550.0
0.025 - 1 0.083 0.028 - - 0.838 0.084 0.014
0.305 - 12.00 1 0.333 - - 10.058 1.006 0.168
0.914 0.0009 36.00 3.00 1 0.0006 - 30.175 3.017 0.503
1609 1.609 63360 5280 1760 1 0.869 53107 5310.7 885.12
1852 1.852 72915 6076 2025 1.151 1 61116 6111.6 1018.6
0.030 - 1.193 0.099 0.033 - - 1 0.100 0.017
0.303 0.0003 11.930 0.994 0.331 0.0002 - 10.00 1 0.167
1.818 0.002 71.593 5.965 1.988 0.001 - 60.00 6.00 1

Weight

In Japan, the metric system is in general use.

Metric system Yard-pound system Japanese system of measurement
gram (g) kilogram (kg) ton (t) ounce (oz) pound (lb) momme kan kin
1 0.001 - 0.035 0.002 0.267 0.0003 0.002
1000 1 0.001 35.274 2.205 266.667 0.267 1.667
- 1000.0 1 35274 2204.6 266667 266.667 1666.67
28.349 0.028 0.00003 1 0.0625 7.560 0.008 0.047
453.59 0.454 0.0005 16.00 1 120.958 0.121 0.756
3.750 0.004 - 0.132 0.008 1 0.001 0.006
3750 3.750 0.004 132.2 8.267 1000 1 6.250
600.0 0.600 0.0006 21.164 1.322 160.0 0.160 1

Area

In Japan, the metric system is in general use.

Metric system Yard-pound system Japanese system of measurement
square meter (m2) are (a) square kilometer (km2) acre (ac) square mile tsubo tan cho
100 1 0.0001 0.025 0.00004 30.250 0.100 0.010
1000000 10000 1 247.11 0.386 302500 1008.3 100.83
4047 40.469 0.004 1 0.0016 1224.12 4.080 0.408
2589846 25898 2.58989 640.0 1 783425 2611.42 261.14
3.3058 0.033 0.000003 0.0008 - 1 0.003 0.0003
991.74 9.917 0.00099 0.245 0.0004 300.0 1 0.100
9917.4 99.174 0.0099 2.450 0.004 3000.0 10.000 1

Volume

The metric system is generally used in Japan, but for measuring Japanese sakeand condiments, the Japanese measurements goand sho are sometimes used.

Metric system Yard-pound system Japanese system of measurement
cubic centimeter (cc)/milliliter (ml) liter (l) cubic meter (m3) quart U.S. gallon go sho to
1 0.001 0.000001 0.0011 0.0002 0.006 0.0006 0.00006
1000 1 0.001 1.057 0.264 5.543 0.554 0.055
- 1000 1 1056.8 264.19 5543.5 554.35 55.435
946.35 0.946 0.0009 1 0.25 5.246 0.525 0.052
3485.4 3.785 0.004 4.00 1 20.983 2.098 0.210
180.39 1.804 0.0018 1.906 0.477 10.00 1 0.100
180.39 18.04 0.018 19.060 4.766 100.00 10.00 1

Speed

In Japan, speed is usually measured in kilometers per hour.
in kilometers per unit of time.

kilometer
(km/h)		 mile
(mile/h)		 nautical mile
(knot)
5 3.1 2.7
10 6.2 5.4
20 12.4 10.8
30 18.6 16.2
40 24.9 21.6
50 31.1 27.0
60 37.3 32.4
70 43.5 37.8
80 49.7 43.2
90 55.9 48.6
100 62.1 54.0

Temperature

In Japan, temperature is measured in centigrade.

Centigrade Fahrenheit
41 105.8
40 104.0
39 102.2
38 100.4
37 98.6
36 96.8
35 95.0
34 93.2
33 91.4
32 89.6
31 87.8
30 86.0
29 84.2
28 82.4
27 80.6
26 78.8
25 77.0
24 75.2
23 73.4
22 71.6
21 69.8
20 68.0
19 66.2
18 64.4
17 62.6
16 60.8
15 59.0
14 57.2
13 55.4
12 53.6
11 51.8
10 50.0
9 48.2
8 46.4
7 44.6
6 42.8
5 41.0
4 39.2
3 37.4
2 35.6
1 33.8
0. 0E+01 32.0
-1 30.2
-2 28.4
-3 26.6
-4 24.8
-5 23.0
-6 21.2
-7 19.4
-8 17.6
-9 15.8
-10 14.0
-11 12.2
-12 10.4