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According to Wikipedia, a designated city is a Japanese city
that has a population greater than 500,000; has important economic and
industrial functions; and that is considered a "major city". The
classification was created by the first clause of Article 252, Section
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Kobe (神戸市, Kōbe-shi) is the sixth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture and a prominent port city in Japan with a population of about 1.5 million. The city is located in the Kansai region of Japan and is part of the...
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| x Hamamatsu |
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Hamamatsu (浜松市, Hamamatsu-shi) is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. On July 1, 2005, the city merged with 11 surrounding cities and towns. It became a city designated by government ordinance on April 1, 2007.
The area now...
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Kyoto (京都, Kyōto) (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 of Kyoto Prefecture...
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Nagoya (名古屋市, Nagoya-shi) is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan.
Located on the Pacific coast in the Chūbu region on central Honshū, it is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and is one of Japan's major...
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Osaka (大阪市, Ōsaka-shi) listen (help·info) is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū.
Osaka is a City in Japan and also is designated city under the Local Autonomy Law...
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| x Yokohama |
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Yokohama (横浜市, Yokohama-shi) ( listen (help·info)) is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshū. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area.
Yokohama's...
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| x Kitakyushu |
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Kitakyūshū (北九州市, Kitakyūshū-shi, lit. "Northern Kyūshū") is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan. It is midway between Tokyo and Shanghai.
Kitakyūshū has a population of just under one million. Together with Shimonoseki on Honshū the...
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| x Fukuoka |
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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 Kyūshū in Japan, across the Korea Strait from South Korea's Busan.
Voted number 16 in 2009's poll of the World's Most Livable...
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| x Kawasaki |
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Kawasaki (川崎市, Kawasaki-shi) is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan, between Tokyo and Yokohama. It is the 9th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area.
Kawasaki occupies a belt...
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| x Sapporo |
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Sapporo (札幌市, Sapporo-shi) listen (help·info) is the fifth-largest city in Japan by population. It is the capital of Hokkaidō Prefecture, located in Ishikari Subprefecture, and an ordinance-designated city of Japan.
Sapporo is best known outside...
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| x Hiroshima |
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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 Honshū, the largest island of Japan. It became the first city in history destroyed by nuclear weapons...
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| x Sendai |
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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 (northeast) region. The city has a population of one million and is one of Japan's seventeen designated cities. The city was founded in 1600...
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| x Chiba |
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Chiba (千葉市, Chiba-shi) is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is located approximately 40 km east of the center of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. Chiba City became a government designated city in 1992. Its population as of 2008 is approximately 960...
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| x Saitama |
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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 Shizuoka |
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Shizuoka (静岡市, Shizuoka-shi) is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is a city designated by government ordinance (a "designated city").
As of 2009, the city has an estimated population of 717,515 and the density of 508 persons per km²...
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Sakai (堺市, Sakai-shi) is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the Medieval era.
Following the February 2005 annexation of the town of Mihara, from Minamikawachi District, the...
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| x Niigata |
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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 Honshū, 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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