Map of Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia made up of four main islands and thousands of smaller ones. Tokyo is the capital; Yokohama, Osaka and Nagoya are among its largest cities. This page shows 699 cities in Japan on an interactive map. The largest city by recorded population is Tokyo (9,733,276). Select any city for its own map, coordinates, local time and nearby places.

Japan facts

Capital: Tokyo
Largest city: Tokyo 9,733,276
Continent: Asia
Area: 377,835 km² (145,883 sq mi)
Currency: Yen (JPY)
Calling code: +81
Internet domain: .jp
Time zones: Asia/Tokyo

Largest cities in Japan

#	City	Region	Population
1	Tokyo	Tokyo	9,733,276
2	Yokohama	Kanagawa	3,777,491
3	Osaka	Osaka	2,753,862
4	Nagoya	Aichi	2,332,176
5	Sapporo	Hokkaido	1,973,832
6	Fukuoka	Fukuoka	1,612,392
7	Kawasaki	Kanagawa	1,538,262
8	Kobe	Hyōgo	1,525,152
9	Kyoto	Kyoto	1,463,723
10	Saitama	Saitama	1,324,854
11	Hiroshima	Hiroshima	1,200,754
12	Sendai	Miyagi	1,096,704
13	Chiba	Chiba	979,768
14	Kitakyushu	Fukuoka	940,978
15	Sakai	Osaka	826,161
16	Niigata	Niigata	797,591
17	Hamamatsu	Shizuoka	791,707
18	Kumamoto	Kumamoto	738,907
19	Okayama	Okayama	724,691
20	Sagamihara	Kanagawa	720,780

Cities in Japan by region

All 699 cities in Japan

Shizuoka — 693,389
Kawaguchi — 607,373
Kagoshima — 595,049
Hachiōji — 579,355
Himeji — 530,495
Utsunomiya — 518,757
Matsuyama — 511,192
Matsudo — 498,575
Higashi-ōsaka — 493,940
Nishinomiya-hama — 485,587
Kurashiki — 483,576
Ōita — 477,715
Fukuyama — 468,812
Kanazawa — 466,029
Amagasaki — 459,593
Fujisawa — 439,728
Kashiwa — 433,436
Machida — 431,079
Toyota — 426,162
Takamatsu — 418,994
Toyama — 415,844
Yokosuka — 409,478
Nagasaki — 409,118
Hirakata — 406,331
Gifu-shi — 402,557
Toyonaka — 401,558
Miyazaki — 401,339
Okazaki — 384,654
Ichinomiya — 380,073
Toyohashi — 377,453
Minato — 375,339
Takasaki — 372,973
Nagano — 372,760
Nara-shi — 367,353
Iwaki — 357,309
Kawagoe — 354,571
Takatsuki — 354,468
Koshigaya — 345,353
Ōtsu — 345,070
Nakano — 344,880
Tokorozawa — 344,194
Asahikawa — 333,530
Maebashi — 332,149
Kochi — 332,059
Kōriyama — 327,692
Naha — 317,625
Kasugai — 308,681
Akita — 307,672
Yokkaichi — 305,424
Akashi — 303,601
Kurume — 303,579
Aomori — 298,394
Fukushima — 294,237
Morioka — 290,700
Ibaraki — 287,730
Ichihara — 283,531
Hakodate — 275,730
Tsu — 274,537
Yao — 273,213
Kakogawachō-honmachi — 271,634
Mito — 270,685
Tokushima — 267,345
Nagaoka — 266,936
Shimonoseki — 265,684
Fuchū — 262,790
Fukui-shi — 262,328
Hiratsuka — 258,422
Sōka — 249,645
Yamagata — 248,772
Fuji — 245,392
Sasebo — 243,223
Chigasaki — 242,798
Chōfu — 242,614
Yamato — 242,065
Tsukuba — 241,656
Matsumoto — 241,145
Hachinohe — 239,046
Neyagawa — 238,549
Saga — 233,301
Kasukabe — 229,792
Ageoshimo — 226,940
Takarazuka — 226,432
Ōta — 224,358
Atsugi — 223,960
Kure — 214,592
Isesaki — 211,850
Nishi-Tokyo-shi — 207,388
Kishiwada — 205,561
Matsue — 203,616
Nagareyama — 200,136
Yachiyo — 199,498
Itami — 198,138
Higashihiroshima — 196,608
Suzuka — 195,670
Kumagaya — 195,277
Yamaguchi — 193,966
Uji — 192,925
Hino — 190,435
Kōfu — 189,591
Numazu — 189,486
Jōetsu — 189,430
Odawara — 188,856
Anjō — 188,693
Tottori — 188,465
Toyokawa — 184,661
Izumi — 184,615
Narashino — 176,197
Tomakomai — 174,806
Hitachi — 174,508
Sakura — 173,740
Ube — 173,733
Kamakura — 172,929
Izumo — 172,775
Urayasu — 171,362
Imabari-shi — 170,986
Takaoka — 170,077
Nishio — 169,984
Hirosaki — 168,739
Kushiro — 167,875
Oyama — 167,647
Iwata — 166,672
Obihiro — 166,536
Niiza — 166,017
Hadano — 163,787
Ōgaki — 161,539
Miyakonojō — 161,137
Sayama — 160,843
Matsusaka — 159,145
Tochigi — 159,056
Ueda — 157,480
Hitachi-Naka — 156,581
Kawanishi — 155,165
Noda — 154,114
Kariya — 153,834
Higashimurayama — 151,815
Kukichūō — 150,582
Musashino — 150,149
Shūnan — 149,632
Komaki — 148,872
Yonago — 148,720
Tama — 148,285
Iruma — 147,166
Fujieda — 145,032
Ashikaga — 144,746
Kakamigahara — 144,521
Tsuchiura — 144,399
Kusatsu — 143,913
Moriguchi — 143,096
Okinawa — 142,752
Misato — 142,145
Asaka — 141,083
Shimotoda — 140,899
Ishinomaki — 140,151
Kuwana — 140,051
Koga — 139,344
Mino — 136,868
Ebina — 136,516
Kisarazu — 136,166
Isahaya — 135,546
Inazawa — 134,751
Ebetsu — 133,953
Ōme — 133,535
Narita — 132,906
Tondabayashichō — 132,873
Sandachō — 132,858
Fujinomiya — 132,507
Zama — 132,325
Ōmuta — 131,974
Abiko — 131,771
Onomichi — 131,170
Matsubara — 130,855
Kokubunji — 129,242
Iwakuni — 129,125
Ōsaki — 128,763
Seto — 127,792
Iizuka — 126,364
Tsuruoka — 125,389
Uruma — 125,303
Kashihara-shi — 124,521
Ise — 123,533
Kirishima — 123,205
Honmachi — 123,067
Niihama — 123,059
Beppu — 122,643
Ikoma — 120,741
Nobeoka — 119,521
Daitō — 119,367
Kitami — 119,135
Aizu-Wakamatsu — 118,159
Kakegawa — 117,925
Handa — 117,884
Sano — 117,669
Karatsu — 117,663
Higashikurume — 117,020
Hōfu — 116,925
Kōnosu — 116,828
Nasushiobara — 115,794
Urasoe — 115,690
Otaru — 115,333
Ichinoseki — 114,476
Hatsukaichi — 114,173
Akishima — 113,949
Tōkai — 113,787
Hikone — 113,647
Nagahama — 113,636
Ōshū — 112,937
Youkaichi — 112,819
Kazo — 112,792
Kasuga — 111,023
Matsutō — 110,408
Kamagaya — 109,932
Marugame — 109,513
Habikino — 109,479
Kiryū — 108,991
Iwatsuki — 108,833
Komatsu — 108,509
Mishima — 107,851
Tajimi — 107,818
Inzai — 105,463
Ikeda — 104,993
Saijō — 104,791
Toride — 104,524
Isehara — 103,401
Chikushino-shi — 103,311
Yono — 102,364
Tsuyama — 102,294
Kani — 102,143
Kawachi-Nagano — 101,692
Iida — 101,536
Tokuyama — 101,133
Kanoya — 101,096
Chikusei — 100,753
Sakado — 100,275
Sakata — 100,273
Izumisano — 100,131
Ginowan — 100,125
Saku — 99,131
Itoshima — 98,877
Kōnan — 98,255
Chitose — 97,950
Kameoka — 97,181
Munakata — 97,095
Shibata — 96,236
Muroran — 96,197
Shimada — 95,719
Kamisu — 95,454
Ōmura — 95,397
Yotsukaidō — 95,266
Kanuma — 94,903
Hanamaki — 94,691
Sanjō — 94,642
Yonezawa — 94,486
Azumino — 94,222
Ashiya — 93,922
Yashio — 93,363
Inagi — 93,151
Ōbu — 93,123
Kitakami — 93,045
Maizuru — 92,465
Satsumasendai — 92,403
Sakai — 92,210
Nisshin — 91,795
Higashi-Matsuyama — 91,791
Daisen — 91,143
Imizu — 90,742
Mihara — 90,573
Kōka — 89,619
Iga — 88,895
Takayama — 88,473
Fukuroi — 88,395
Mobara — 88,330
Takasago — 87,722
Settsu — 87,456
Gotenba — 86,614
Hamakita — 86,502
Kitanagoya — 86,385
Gyōda — 86,343
Kashiwazaki — 86,183
Ama — 86,126
Ryūgasaki — 85,761
Yokote — 85,555
Moriyama — 85,485
Sekimachi — 85,283
Iwamizawa — 85,107
Komae — 84,772
Nakatsu — 84,701
Ushiku — 84,651
Chita — 84,364
Wako — 83,989
Ayase — 83,913
Higashiyamato — 83,901
Yamatokōriyama — 83,285
Amakusa — 83,082
Echizen — 83,078
Kimitsu — 83,058
Kamigyō-ku — 83,000
Shikokuchūō — 82,754
Ōmihachiman — 82,233
Akiruno — 81,912
Tatebayashi — 81,274
Hannō — 80,361
Gamagōri — 80,063
Kashihara — 79,058
Nakatsugawa — 78,930
Mooka — 78,720
Natori-shi — 78,718
Honjō — 78,569
Toyooka — 78,348
Kashiba — 78,113
Kizugawa — 77,907
Tome — 77,897
Nikkō — 77,661
Tsubame — 77,382
Fukuchiyama — 77,306
Kunitachi — 77,130
Nabari — 77,022
Tsurusaki — 76,968
Shiki — 76,445
Aira — 76,348
Furukawa — 76,312
Kiyose — 76,208
Shibukawa — 76,098
Yurihonjō — 76,077
Warabi — 75,614
Miki — 75,450
Kai — 75,313
Okegawa — 75,062
Katano — 75,033
Sukagawa — 74,992
Jōyō — 74,607
Katori-shi — 74,469
Izumiōtsu — 74,412
Tatsuno — 74,316
Tosu — 74,196
Inuyama — 73,995
Kyōtanabe — 73,753
Kasama — 73,664
Yoshikawa — 73,262
Dazaifu — 73,164
Ishioka — 73,061
Hekinan — 72,458
Chiryū — 72,193
Ōtawara — 72,087
Yawata — 71,656
Minami-Alps — 71,618
Yukuhashi — 71,426
Tenri — 71,052
Tanabe — 70,972
Musashimurayama — 70,829
Uwajima — 70,809
Maebaru-chūō — 70,339
Eniwa — 70,331
Rittō — 70,312
Anan — 70,285
Tsurugashima — 70,117
Fuefuki — 69,463
Toyoake — 69,295
Ōdate — 69,237
Sōja — 69,030
Moriya — 68,777
Itō — 68,773
Yachimata — 68,769
Tsuruga — 68,482
Sabae — 68,302
Ina — 68,177
Hashima — 67,909
Kaga — 67,793
Tamano — 67,786
Tsushima — 67,658
Kiyosu — 67,352
Shiojiri — 67,241
Fukutsu — 67,033
Kashima-shi — 66,950
Saiki — 66,851
Kurihara — 66,565
Tōgane — 66,332
Kitamoto — 66,022
Niitsu-honchō — 65,910
Tanabe — 65,903
Mitoyo — 65,713
Tendō — 65,393
Gushikawa — 65,251
Sodegaura — 64,901
Hita — 64,874
Asahi — 64,690
Tomigusuku — 64,612
Fujioka — 64,539
Yanagawa — 64,475
Imaichi — 64,323
Tamana — 64,292
Narutochō-mitsuishi — 64,082
Fujiidera — 63,688
Shimodate — 63,666
Nago — 63,554
Tagajō-shi — 62,827
Shiroi — 62,441
Tanba — 62,152
Miyoshi — 61,952
Kōshi — 61,772
Yamato-Takada — 61,744
Ueno-ebisumachi — 61,598
Hasuda — 61,540
Mizusawa — 61,281
Kuroiso — 61,230
Chichibu — 61,159
Kesennuma — 61,147
Hashimoto — 61,063
Itoman — 61,007
Jōsō — 60,834
Aisai — 60,829
Towada — 60,697
Yame — 60,608
Kinokawa — 60,592
Takaishi — 60,511
Sanyōonoda — 60,326
Shimotsuke — 60,274
Tahara — 60,206
Nagakute — 60,162
Sennan — 60,102
Zushi — 60,055
Hyūga — 60,037
Uki — 59,928
Kosai — 59,770
Date — 59,625
Shirakawa — 59,491
Chikuma — 59,381
Ogōri — 59,360
Minami-Sōma — 59,005
Kitahiroshima — 58,918
Koga — 58,786
Ishikari — 58,755
Tokoname — 58,710
Hanyū — 58,686
Toki — 58,567
Choshi — 58,431
Sakurai — 58,386
Murakami — 58,300
Imarichō-kō — 57,940
Kokubu-matsuki — 57,896
Kan’onjichō — 57,438
Nonoichi — 57,238
Hamada — 57,142
Bandō — 57,128
Sakaidechō — 57,090
Annaka — 57,013
Minokamo — 56,972
Mukō — 56,859
Nōgata — 56,821
Fussa — 56,786
Chino — 56,400
Mizuho — 56,388
Mutsu — 56,244
Kudamatsu — 55,887
Takizawa — 55,579
Minamiuonuma — 55,354
Hidaka — 55,294
Satte — 55,286
Shijōnawate — 55,177
Miyakojima — 54,908
Konan — 54,607
Himimachi — 54,510
Okaya — 54,286
Suzaka — 54,022
Iwade — 53,967
Arao — 53,675
Miyoshi — 53,616
Goshogawara — 53,576
Nihommatsu — 53,557
Tōkamachi — 53,333
Ōami — 53,239
Naka — 53,137
Hatogaya-honchō — 53,062
Shiogama — 52,662
Tomiya — 52,433
Hannan — 52,350
Kamifukuoka — 52,323
Noshiro — 52,283
Shiraoka — 52,214
Kariya — 52,015
Izumi — 51,994
Futtsu — 51,650
Tagawa — 51,608
Sado — 51,492
Miura — 51,483
Nichinan — 51,241
Susono — 51,216
Miyako — 51,150
Hikari — 51,040
Kyōtango — 50,860
Fuchūchō — 50,746
Yasu — 50,695
Yūki — 50,645
Nanao — 50,300
Asakura — 50,273
Midori — 50,266
Kasaoka — 50,160
Tateyama — 50,064
Arashiyama — 50,000
Tsukubamirai — 49,872
Kameyama — 49,835
Kikuchi — 49,455
Yamaga — 49,082
Suwa — 48,972
Omitama — 48,870
Chikugo — 48,827
Fujiyoshida — 48,782
Ena — 48,777
Takahama — 48,736
Tonami — 48,659
Hitachi-ota — 48,602
Izunokuni — 48,579
Kurayoshi — 48,558
Kikugawa — 48,484
Gosen — 48,458
Sanmu — 48,444
Kainan — 48,369
Iwakura — 48,007
Nanto — 47,976
Takeo — 47,914
Tomioka — 47,911
Shima — 47,774
Higashine — 47,682
Ishigaki — 47,637
Ono — 47,609
Sawara — 47,199
Shido — 47,003
Inashiki — 46,994
Takashima — 46,976
Numata — 46,908
Hokuto — 46,888
Nakama — 46,745
Nankoku — 46,664
Noboribetsu — 46,391
Komoro — 46,272
Kitakata — 46,269
Hokuto — 46,083
Hokota — 45,953
Uozu — 45,848
Minamiawaji — 45,489
Obita — 45,293
Takikawa — 45,131
Masuda — 45,003
Inabe — 44,973
Sakura — 44,712
Hagi — 44,626
Sugito — 44,402
Shinshiro — 44,355
Yuzawa — 44,346
Onoda — 44,295
Otofuke — 44,235
Kobayashi — 44,154
Iwanuma — 44,068
Nanjō — 44,043
Himi — 43,995
Ogi — 43,952
Akaiwa — 43,742
Sagae — 43,544
Taketoyo — 43,535
Shimabara — 43,338
Unnan — 43,269
Mitsuke — 43,180
Ryūō — 43,180
Nishifukuma — 43,154
Kamaishi — 43,107
Yatomi — 43,025
Misawa — 42,805
Maniwa — 42,725
Kasai — 42,700
Nakano — 42,664
Awaji — 42,597
Shimo-tsuma — 42,521
Iwai — 42,497
Minamishimabara — 42,330
Amagi — 42,312
Sumoto — 42,094
Gujō — 41,858
Kitaibaraki — 41,801
Kurobe-shi — 41,564
Komono — 41,542
Ibara — 41,460
Shirone — 41,406
Amami — 41,390
Yomitan — 41,206
Mitsukaidō — 41,147
Shinjō — 41,140
Unzen — 41,096
Minamiashigara — 40,841
Hondomachi-hondo — 40,787
Kannabechō-yahiro — 40,766
Itoigawa — 40,765
Agano — 40,696
Katō — 40,645
Ōzu — 40,575
Kasumigaura — 40,087
Sasayama — 40,050
Tatsunochō-tominaga — 40,011
Umi — 39,772
Morohongō — 39,693
Hamanoichi — 39,475
Mibu — 39,474
Hitachiomiya — 39,267
Ōkawa — 39,223
Hasaki — 39,209
Iwase — 39,122
Bizen — 39,117
Higashimatsushima — 39,098
Sakuragawa — 39,072
Kaseda-shirakame — 39,012
Ibusuki — 39,011
Minakuchichō-matoba — 38,986
Yasugichō — 38,875
Ōmagari — 38,805
Yoshinogawa — 38,772
Nishiwaki — 38,673
Kuroishi — 38,615
Murata — 38,271
Maibara — 38,259
Kamiiso — 38,098
Hitoyoshi — 38,006
Mizunami — 37,705
Tsubata — 37,694
Kanda — 37,684
Kawanoechō — 37,641
Uto — 37,442
Katsuragi — 37,352
Tomobe — 37,146
Kanekomachi — 37,107
Hanawa — 36,925
Kanie — 36,489
Tamamura — 36,367
Sakaiminato — 36,324
Yaita — 36,275
Usuki — 36,158
Komatsushimachō — 36,149
Setouchi — 36,048
Rifu — 36,014
Nishishinminato — 35,994
Miyama — 35,861
Minamibōsō — 35,831
Abashiri — 35,759
Sōsa — 35,674
Shisō — 35,639
Kaminoyama — 35,593
Isumi — 35,544
Ōfunato — 35,452
Funaishikawa — 35,318
Ōzu — 35,187
Tamura — 35,169
Iyo — 35,133
Gero — 35,000
Kaizu — 34,960
Date — 34,898
Kahoku — 34,889
Sōma — 34,865
Awa — 34,713
Ojiya — 34,704
Namerikawa — 34,638
Okunoya — 34,627
Nakamura — 34,559
Uonuma — 34,483
Kuji — 34,418
Gotō — 34,391
Hirara — 34,354
Ōdachō-ōda — 34,354
Gojō — 34,342
Tsuma — 34,318
Katsuren-haebaru — 34,239
Atami — 34,233
Tōon — 33,903
Wakkanai — 33,869
Ono — 33,640
Shōbara — 33,633
Maruoka — 33,563
Watari — 33,459
Yamanashi — 33,435
Shiroishi — 33,330
Soo — 33,310
Kakuda — 33,221
Hotaka — 33,195

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