Kitaibaraki, Japan

Kitaibaraki, Japan is a submarine cable landing point in Japan (coordinates 36.8018°, 140.7510°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Japan's international connectivity infrastructure.

Kitaibaraki is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2020, the city had an estimated population of 41,750 in 17,034 households and a population density of 220 persons per km2. The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 34.6%. The total area of the city is 186.80 square kilometres (72.12 sq mi). Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Kitaibaraki, Japan, international traffic can reach 7 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include China, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Kitaibaraki, Japan in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• APCN-2 (2001) — Asia Pacific Cable Network 2 (APCN-2) is a 19,000 km submarine cable commissioned in December 2001, forming a ring around East and Southeast Asia. It has ten landing stations across seven countries and territories: Katong in Singapore, Cherating in Malaysia, Batangas in the Philippines, Lantau Island in Hong Kong, Shantou and Chongming in mainland China, Tanshui in Taiwan, Chikura and Kitaibaraki Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.