Conversion Table of Measure Units

  Shakkan System Metric System
Length 1 sun approx. 3.03 cm
1 shaku (10 sun) approx. 30.3 cm
1 ken (6 shaku) approx. 1.82 m
1 cho (60 ken) approx. 109.1 m
Area 1 tsubo approx. 3.31 m2
1 tan (300 tsubo) approx. 991.7 m2
1 cho (10 tan) approx. 9917 m2
Volume 1 go approx. 0.18 L
1 sho (10 go) approx. 1.8 L
1 to (10 sho) approx. 18 L
1 koku (10 to) approx. 180 L
Weight 1 monme 3.75 g
1 kin (160 monme) 600 g
1 kan (1,000 monme) 3.75 kg