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Tottori (鳥取市, Tottori-shi) is the capital city of Tottori Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan.
As of January 31, 2012, the city has an estimated population of 196,353, with 77,646 households, and a population density of 256.45 persons per km²....
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Tsu (津市, Tsu-shi) is the capital of Mie Prefecture, Japan. The city of Tsu is located on Ise Bay, east of the city. Tsu is bounded to the north by Suzuka and Kameyama; to the west by Iga, Nabari, and Nara Prefecture; and to the south by Matsuzaka...
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| x Shizuoka |
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Shizuoka (静岡市, Shizuoka-shi) is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and the prefecture's second-largest city in terms of both population and area. It has been populated since prehistoric times.
The city's name is made up of two kanji, 静...
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| x Yokohama |
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Yokohama (横浜市, Yokohama-shi, "Side Shore") ( listen (help·info)) is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo,...
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Morioka (盛岡市, Morioka-shi) is the capital city of Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2005, the city has an estimated population of 300,740 and a population density of 588.11 persons per km². The total area is 489.15 km².
Morioka was founded in 1597 by...
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Akita (秋田市, Akita-shi) is the capital city of Akita Prefecture in the Tohoku region of Japan.
As of June 11, 2005, with the merger of the former Kawabe District (including the former towns of Kawabe and Yūwa), the city has an estimated population of...
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| x Kagoshima |
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Kagoshima (鹿児島市, Kagoshima-shi) is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southwestern tip of the island of Kyushu in Japan, and the largest city in the prefecture by some margin. It has been nicknamed the "Naples of the Eastern world" for...
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| x Kumamoto |
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Kumamoto (熊本市, Kumamoto-shi) is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Greater Kumamoto (熊本都市圏) has a population of 1,460,000, as of the 2000 census. It is not considered part of the Fukuoka-Kitakyushu metropolitan...
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Saga (佐賀市, Saga-shi) is the capital of Saga Prefecture, located on the island of Kyūshū, Japan.
Saga was the capital of Saga Domain in the Edo period, and largest city of former Hizen Province.
On October 1, 2005, the city expanded through merger...
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| x Kobe |
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Kobe (神戸市, Kōbe-shi, Japanese pronunciation: [koːbe]), is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately 30 km (19 mi) west of Osaka. With a population of...
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Chiba (千葉市, Chiba-shi) is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is located approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of the center of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. Chiba City became a government designated city in 1992. Its population as of 2008...
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| x Nagasaki |
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Nagasaki (長崎市, Nagasaki-shi) ( listen (help·info)) is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the second half of the 16th century on the site of a small...
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Toyama (富山市, Toyama-shi) is the capital city of Toyama Prefecture, Japan, located on the coast of the Sea of Japan in the Chūbu region on central Honshū, about 200 km north of the city of Nagoya and 300 km northwest of Tokyo.
Historically, Toyama...
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Nagano (長野市, Nagano-shi), the capital city of Nagano Prefecture, is located in the northern part of the prefecture near the confluence of the Chikuma and the Sai rivers, on the main Japanese island of Honshū.
As of April 1, 2011 the city has a...
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| x Matsuyama |
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Matsuyama (松山市, Matsuyama-shi) is the capital city of Ehime Prefecture on the Shikoku island of Japan. It is located on the northeastern portion of the Dōgo Plain. Its name means "pine mountain." The city was founded on December 15, 1889.
The city...
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Miyazaki (宮崎市, Miyazaki-shi) is the capital city of Miyazaki Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū in Japan. Located on the coast and crossed by several rivers, Miyazaki City enjoys scenic views of both ocean and nearby, verdant mountains. A popular...
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| x Otsu |
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Ōtsu (大津市, Ōtsu-shi) is the capital city of Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on October 1, 1898. As of October 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 338,629 with an average age of 40.7 years (15.42% of whom are under 15 and...
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Kōfu (甲府市, Kōfu-shi) is the capital city of Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan.
As of May 1, 2011, the city had a estimated population of 197,540, with 85,794 households. The total area is 212.41 km².
Kōfu's name means "capital of Kai Province". During...
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| x Yamagata |
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Yamagata (山形市, Yamagata-shi) is the capital city of Yamagata Prefecture in Japan.
As of July 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 253,951 with 97,457 households and a population density of 665.94 persons per km². The total area is 381.34...
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Sendai (仙台市, Sendai-shi) is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and the largest city in the Tōhoku Region. In 2005, the city had a population of one million, and was one of Japan's 19 designated cities. The city was founded in 1600 by the...
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| x Mito |
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Mito (水戸市, Mito-shi) is the capital of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan and has a central location, moderately offset towards the coast in that prefecture. As of 2005, the city has an estimated population of 263,748 and a total area is 217.45 km², giving a...
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| x Sapporo |
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Sapporo (札幌市, Sapporo-shi) listen (help·info) is the fourth-largest city in Japan by population, and the largest city on the island of Hokkaido. It is the capital of Hokkaidō Prefecture, located in Ishikari Subprefecture, and an ordinance...
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Kanazawa (金沢市, Kanazawa-shi) is the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
Kanazawa sits on the Sea of Japan, bordered by the Japan Alps, Hakusan National Park and Noto Peninsula National Park. The city sits between the Sai and Asano rivers....
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Kōchi (高知市, Kōchi-shi) is the capital city of Kōchi Prefecture on Shikoku island of Japan.
Kōchi is the main city of the prefecture with over 40% of its population. As of May 31, 2008, the city had an estimated population of 340,515 and a density of...
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Gifu (岐阜市, Gifu-shi) is a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country....
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Aomori (青森市, Aomori-shi) is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the northern Tōhoku region of Japan. As of 2009, the city had an estimated population of 302,068 and a density of 366 persons per km². Its total area was 824.52 km².
Aomori...
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Utsunomiya (宇都宮市, Utsunomiya-shi) is the capital and most populous city of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. In October 2010 the city had an estimated population of 510,416 and a population density of 1,224.49 people per square kilometer. The total area is...
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Nagoya (名古屋市, Nagoya-shi) is a major city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan. (Tokyo is not a single incorporated city - see Tokyo for more information on the...
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Yamaguchi (山口市, Yamaguchi-shi) is the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
As of February 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 198,971 and a population density of 194.44 persons per km². The total area is 1023.31 km².
The city...
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Wakayama (和歌山市, Wakayama-shi) is the capital city of Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan.
Wakayama occupies 4% of the land area and has 40% of Wakayama prefecture's population. The city was founded on April 1, 1889.
The city population...
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| x Takamatsu |
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Takamatsu (高松市, Takamatsu-shi) is a city located in central Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan, and is the seat of the prefectural government. It is designated a core city by the Japanese Government. It is a port city located on the...
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Niigata (新潟市, Niigata-shi) is the capital and the most populous city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It lies on the northwest coast of Honshu, the largest island of Japan, and faces the Sea of Japan and Sado Island.
With a long history as a port town,...
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Maebashi (前橋市, Maebashi-shi) is the capital city of Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
The city was founded on April 1, 1892, by the samurai Makuba Kawai.
On December 5, 2004 the town of Ōgo, and the villages of Kasukawa and Miyagi, all from Seta District,...
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Nara (奈良市, Nara-shi) is the capital city of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. The city occupies the northern part of Nara Prefecture, directly bordering Kyoto Prefecture. Eight temples, shrines and ruins in Nara, specifically Tōdai-ji,...
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Osaka (大阪, Ōsaka) listen (help·info) is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is...
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Matsue (松江市, Matsue-shi) is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan.
As of August, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 207,000, following its most recent merging with Higashi-Izumo.
Matsue sits between Lake...
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Tokushima (徳島市, Tokushima-shi) is the capital city of Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku island in Japan.
As of May 1, 2011, the city had an estimated population of 263,372, with 114,325 households, and a population density of 1,377.25 persons per km²....
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Kyoto (京都市, Kyōto-shi, "Capital City") (Japanese pronunciation: [kʲoːto] ( listen)) is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital...
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Fukuoka (福岡市, Fukuoka-shi) is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.
Ranked as the 14th of the world's most livable cities in the magazine Monocle in 2010, Fukuoka was praised...
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Fukushima (福島市, Fukushima-shi, [ɸu͍̥ku͍ꜜɕima]) is the capital city of Fukushima Prefecture in the Tōhoku Region of Japan. As of May 2011 the city has an estimated population of 290,064 and an area of 746.43 km².
It lies about 250 km north of Tokyo...
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Okayama (岡山市, Okayama-shi) is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan.
The city was founded on June 1, 1889. As of August 2010, the city has an estimated population of 705,224 and a population density of 893 persons per...
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Fukui (福井市, -shi) is the capital of Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The city is located in the north-central part of the prefecture on the coast of the Sea of Japan.
As of November 1, 2009, the city has an estimated population of 267,428 and a density of...
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Hiroshima (広島市, Hiroshima-shi) ( listen (help·info)) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It is best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by...
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Naha (那覇市, Naha-shi, Okinawan: Naafa) is the capital city of the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa.
Naha is a coastal city located on the East China Sea coast of the southern part of Okinawa Island, the largest of Okinawa Prefecture. The modern city...
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Saitama (さいたま市, Saitama-shi) is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan, situated in the south-east of the prefecture. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated...
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| x Hondo, Kumamoto |
Hondo (本渡市, Hondo-shi) was a city located in Kumamoto, Japan.
On March 27, 2006 Hondo was merged with the towns of Amakusa, Ariake, Goshoura, Itsuwa, Kawaura, Kuratake, Shinwa and Sumoto, all from Amakusa District, and the old city of Ushibuka, to...
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| x Nomura, Ehime |
Nomura (野村町, Nomura-chō) was a town located in Higashiuwa District, Ehime, Japan.
On April 1, 2004 Nomura was merged with the towns of Akehama, Shirokawa and Uwa, all from Higashiuwa District, and the town of Mikame, from Nishiuwa District, to form...
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Shimodate (下館市, Shimodate-shi) was a city located in Ibaraki, Japan.
On March 28, 2005 Shimodate was merged with the towns of Akeno, Kyōwa and Sekijō, all from Makabe District, to form the new city of Chikusei. As of this merger, Shimodate no longer...
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| x Kaseda, Kagoshima |
Kaseda (加世田市; -shi) was a city located in Kagoshima, Japan.
On November 7, 2005 Kaseda was merged with the town of Kinpō, from Hioki District, and the towns of Bonotsu, Kasasa and Ōura from Kawanabe District, to form the new city of Minamisatsuma....
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Kokubu (国分市, Kokubu-shi) was a city located in Kagoshima, Japan.
On November 7, 2005 Kobuku was merged with the towns of Kirishima (old), Fukuyama, Hayato, Makizono, Mizobe and Yokogawa, all from Aira District, to form the new city of Kirishima and...
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Kunigami (国頭村, Kunigami-son, Kunigami: Kunzan, Okinawan: Kunjan) is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa, Japan.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 5,629 and a population density of 28.90 persons per km². The total...
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Ōgimi (大宜味村, Ōgimi-son, Okinawan: Ujimi) is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa, Japan.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 3,308 and a population density of 52.41 persons per km². The total area is 63.12 km².
Several...
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Higashi (東村, Higashi-son, Okinawan: Agarijima (東島)) is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa, Japan.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 1,876 and a population density of 22.94 persons per km². The total area is 81.79...
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Onna (恩納村, Onna-son, Okinawan: Unna) is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa, Japan.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 9,333 and a population density of 183.83 persons per km². The total area is 50.77 km².
Onna...
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Ginoza (宜野座村, Ginoza-son, Okinawan: Jinuza) is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa, Japan.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 4,983 and a population density of 159.30 persons per km². The total area is 31.28 km²....
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| x Ie, Okinawa |
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Ie (伊江村, Ie-son, Kunigami: Ii, Okinawan: Iijima (伊江島)) is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa, Japan. The village lies on the island of Iejima.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 5,128 and the density of 225.41...
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Yomitan (読谷村, Yomitan-son, Okinawan: Yuntan) is a village located in Nakagami District, Okinawa, Japan. As of 30 September 2005, the village has an official population of 38,532. The total area is 35.17 km².
The village has adopted as its symbol the...
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| x Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa |
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Kitanakagusuku (北中城村, Kitanakagusuku-son) is a village located in Nakagami District, Okinawa, Japan.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 16,269 and the density of 1,411.01 persons per km². The total area is 11.53 km².
Media...
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Nakagusuku (中城村, Nakagusuku-son, Okinawan: Nakagushiku) is a village located in Nakagami District, Okinawa, Japan.
As of 2008, the village has an estimated population of 16,462 and a density of 1,065 persons per km². The total area is 15.46 km².
The...
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| x Gushikami, Okinawa |
Gushikami (具志頭村, Gushikami-son) was a village located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa, Japan. On January 1, 2006 Gushikami was merged with the town of Kochinda, also from Shimajiri District, to form the new town of Yaese.
As of 2003, the village had...
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