Japan, traditional
units of length

See also: traditional Japanese cloth measures.

Shakkan system, as legally standardized in 1891.

								ri
							chō	36
						jō	36	1296
					ken	1 ²⁄₃	60	2160
				shaku	6	10	360	12,960
			sun	10	60	100	3600	129,600
		bu	10	100	600	1000	36,000	1,296,000
	rin	10	100	1000	6000	10,000	360,000	12,960,000
mō	10	100	1000	10,000	60,000	100,000	3,600,000	129,600,000
.0012 inch	0.012 inch	0.119 inch	1.1931 inches	11.9305 inches	1.9884 yards	3.3140 yards	119.3040 yards	2.4403 miles
0.030 mm	0.30 mm	3.03 mm	3.03 cm	30.30 cm	1.8181 m	3.030 m	109.0909 m	3.92727 km

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