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Japan

Cities of Japan

Cities listed

1,216

Tokyo

largest city

123.4M

national population

400 of 1,216 listed cities

Largest region

Saitama

63 cities listed

Regions with a hub

Every region with a listed city

Median city

44,973

People, half are smaller

Above 100,000

276

of 1,216 listed

Smallest listed

15,025

Sakaki

The 100 Largest Cities in Japan

Sortable and searchable. The remaining 1,116 cities are listed by region below.

100 cities

cities table, sortable

1	Tokyo	Tokyo	9,733,276	7.9%
2	Yokohama	Kanagawa	3,777,491	3.1%
3	Osaka	Osaka	2,753,862	2.2%
4	Nagoya	Aichi	2,332,176	1.9%
5	Sapporo	Hokkaido	1,973,832	1.6%
6	Fukuoka	Fukuoka	1,612,392	1.3%
7	Kawasaki	Kanagawa	1,538,262	1.2%
8	Kobe	Hyogo	1,525,152	1.2%
9	Kyoto	Kyoto	1,463,723	1.2%
10	Saitama	Saitama	1,324,854	1.1%
11	Hiroshima	Hiroshima	1,200,754	1.0%
12	Sendai	Miyagi	1,096,704	0.9%
13	Chiba	Chiba	979,768	0.8%
14	Kitakyushu	Fukuoka	940,978	0.8%
15	Sakai	Osaka	826,161	0.7%
16	Niigata	Niigata	797,591	0.6%
17	Hamamatsu	Shizuoka	791,707	0.6%
18	Ōta	Tokyo	748,081	0.6%
19	Kumamoto	Kumamoto	738,907	0.6%
20	Aihara	Kanagawa	725,493	0.6%
21	Okayama	Okayama	724,691	0.6%
22	Sagamihara	Kanagawa	720,780	0.6%
23	Shizuoka	Shizuoka	693,389	0.6%
24	Kawaguchi	Saitama	607,373	0.5%
25	Kagoshima	Kagoshima	595,049	0.5%
26	Hachiōji	Tokyo	579,355	0.5%
27	Kotō	Kumamoto	543,730	0.4%
28	Himeji	Hyogo	530,495	0.4%
29	Utsunomiya	Tochigi	518,757	0.4%
30	Matsuyama	Ehime	511,192	0.4%
31	Matsudo	Chiba	498,575	0.4%
32	Higashiosaka	Osaka	493,940	0.4%
33	Nishinomiya	Hyogo	485,587	0.4%
34	Kurashiki	Okayama	483,576	0.4%
35	Ōita	Oita	477,715	0.4%
36	Fukuyama	Hiroshima	468,812	0.4%
37	Kanazawa	Ishikawa	466,029	0.4%
38	Amagasaki	Hyogo	459,593	0.4%
39	Katsushika	Tokyo	453,093	0.4%
40	Fujisawa	Kanagawa	439,728	0.4%
41	Kashiwa	Chiba	433,436	0.4%
42	Machida	Tokyo	431,079	0.3%
43	Toyota	Aichi	426,162	0.3%
44	Shinagawa	Ehime	422,488	0.3%
45	Takamatsu	Kagawa	418,994	0.3%
46	Toyama	Toyama	415,844	0.3%
47	Yokosuka	Kanagawa	409,478	0.3%
48	Nagasaki	Nagasaki	409,118	0.3%
49	Hirakata	Osaka	406,331	0.3%
50	Gifu	Gifu	402,557	0.3%
51	Toyonaka	Osaka	401,558	0.3%
52	Miyazaki	Miyazaki	401,339	0.3%
53	Suita	Osaka	385,567	0.3%
54	Okazaki	Aichi	384,654	0.3%
55	Ichinomiya	Aichi	380,073	0.3%
56	Toyohashi	Aichi	377,453	0.3%
57	Minato	Wakayama	375,339	0.3%
58	Takasaki	Gunma	372,973	0.3%
59	Nagano	Nagano	372,760	0.3%
60	Nara-shi	Nara	367,353	0.3%
61	Iwaki	Fukushima	357,309	0.3%
62	Wakayama	Wakayama	356,729	0.3%
63	Kawagoe	Saitama	354,571	0.3%
64	Takatsuki	Osaka	354,468	0.3%
65	Koshigaya	Saitama	345,353	0.3%
66	Ōtsu	Shiga	345,070	0.3%
67	Nakano	Tokyo	344,880	0.3%
68	Tokorozawa	Saitama	344,194	0.3%
69	Asahikawa	Hokkaido	333,530	0.3%
70	Maebashi	Gunma	332,149	0.3%
71	Kita	Tokyo	332,140	0.3%
72	Kochi	Kochi	332,059	0.3%
73	Kōriyama	Fukushima	327,692	0.3%
74	Naha	Okinawa	317,625	0.3%
75	Kasugai	Aichi	308,681	0.3%
76	Akita	Akita	307,672	0.2%
77	Yokkaichi	Mie	305,424	0.2%
78	Akashi	Hyogo	303,601	0.2%
79	Kurume	Fukuoka	303,579	0.2%
80	Aomori	Aomori	298,394	0.2%
81	Fukushima	Fukushima	294,237	0.2%
82	Morioka	Iwate	290,700	0.2%
83	Ibaraki	Osaka	287,730	0.2%
84	Ichihara	Chiba	283,531	0.2%
85	Hakodate	Hokkaido	275,730	0.2%
86	Tsu	Mie	274,537	0.2%
87	Yao	Osaka	273,213	0.2%
88	Kakogawachō-honmachi	Hyogo	271,634	0.2%
89	Mito	Ibaraki	270,685	0.2%
90	Tokushima	Tokushima	267,345	0.2%
91	Nagaoka	Niigata	266,936	0.2%
92	Shimonoseki	Yamaguchi	265,684	0.2%
93	Fuchū	Tokyo	262,790	0.2%
94	Fukui-shi	Fukui	262,328	0.2%
95	Minato City	Tokyo	260,486	0.2%
96	Hiratsuka	Kanagawa	258,422	0.2%
97	Sōka	Saitama	249,645	0.2%
98	Yamagata	Yamagata	248,772	0.2%
99	Fuji	Shizuoka	245,392	0.2%
100	Sasebo	Nagasaki	243,223	0.2%