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A town (町; chō or machi) is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture (ken or other equivalents), city (shi), and village (mura). Geographically, a town is contained within a prefecture.
Note that the same word (町; machi or chō) is also used in names of smaller regions, usually a part of a ward in a city. This is a legacy of when smaller towns were formed on the outskirts of a city, only to eventually merge into it.
Hokkaidō
- Shintotsukawa, Tsukigata, Urausu (Kabato District)
- Kamisunagawa, Naie, Nanporo (Sorachi District)
- Chippubetsu, Hokuryū, Moseushi, Numata, Uryū (Uryū District)
- Kuriyama, Naganuma, Yuni (Yūbari District)
- Aibetsu, Biei, Higashikagura, Higashikawa, Kamikawa, Pippu, Takasu, Tōma (Kamikawa (Ishikari) District)
- Kenbuchi, Shimokawa, Wassamu (Kamikawa (Teshio) District)
- Bifuka, Nakagawa (Nakagawa (Teshio) District)
- Kamifurano, Minamifurano, Nakafurano (Sorachi (Kamikawa) District)
- Horokanai (Uryū District)
- Bihoro, Ōzora, Tsubetsu, (Abashiri District)
- Engaru, Okoppe, Ōmu, Takinoue, Yūbetsu (Monbetsu District)
- Kiyosato, Koshimizu, Shari, (Shari District)
- Kunneppu, Oketo, Saroma (Tokoro District)
- Ashoro, Rikubetsu (Ashoro District)
- Hiroo, Taiki (Hiroo District)
- Shimizu, Shintoku (Kamikawa (Tokachi) District)
- Memuro, (Kasai District)
- Kamishihoro, Otofuke, Shihoro, Shikaoi (Katō District)
- Honbetsu, Ikeda, Makubetsu, Toyokoro (Nakagawa (Tokachi) District)
- Urahoro (Tokachi District)
Tōhoku
Fujisato, Gojōme, Hachirōgata, Happō, Ikawa, Kosaka, Misato, Mitane, Ugo
Ajigasawa, Fujisaki, Fukaura, Gonohe, Hashikami, Hiranai, Imabetsu, Itayanagi, Nakadomari, Nanbu, Noheji, Oirase, Ōma, Ōwani, Rokunohe, Sannohe, Shichinohe, Sotogahama, Takko, Tsuruta, Tōhoku, Yokohama
Aizubange, Aizumisato, Asakawa, Bandai, Furudono, Futaba, Hanawa, Hirono, Inawashiro, Ishikawa, Kagamiishi, Kaneyama, Kawamata, Kōri, Kunimi, Miharu, Minamiaizu, Mishima, Namie, Naraha, Nishiaizu, Ōkuma, Ono, Shimogō, Shinchi, Tadami, Tanagura, Tomioka, Yabuki, Yamatsuri, Yanaizu
Hiraizumi, Hirono, Ichinohe, Iwaizumi, Iwate, Kanegasaki, Karumai, Kuzumaki, Nishiwaga, Ōtsuchi, Shiwa, Shizukuishi, Sumita, Yahaba, Yamada
Kami, Kawasaki, Marumori, Matsushima, Minamisanriku, Misato, Murata, Ōgawara, Onagawa, Ōsato, Rifu, Shibata, Shichigahama, Shichikashuku, Shikama, Taiwa, Tomiya, Wakuya, Watari, Yamamoto, Zaō
Asahi, Funagata, Iide, Kahoku, Kaneyama, Kawanishi, Mamurogawa, Mikawa, Mogami, Nakayama, Nishikawa, Ōe, Oguni, Ōishida, Shirataka, Shōnai, Takahata, Yamadera, Yamanobe, Yuza
Kantō
Chōnan, Chiba, Ichinomiya, Kōzaki, Kujūkuri, Kyonan, Mutsuzawa, Nagara, Ōamishirasato, Onjuku, Ōtaki, Sakae, Shibayama, Shirako, Shisui, Tako, Tōnoshō, Yokoshibahikari
Chiyoda, Higashiagatsuma, Itakura, Kanna, Kanra, Kusatsu, Meiwa, Minakami, Naganohara, Nakanojō, Ōizumi, Ōra, Shimonita, Tamamura, Yoshioka
Ami, Daigo, Goka, Ibaraki, Kawachi, Ōarai, Sakai, Shirosato, Tone, Yachiyo
Aikawa, Hakone, Hayama, Kaisei, Manazuru, Matsuda, Nakai, Ninomiya, Ōi, Ōiso, Samukawa, Yamakita, Yugawara
Hatoyama, Ina, Kamikawa, Kamisato, Kawajima, Matsubushi, Misato, Minano, Miyashiro, Miyoshi, Moroyama, Nagatoro, Namegawa, Ogano, Ogawa, Ogose, Ranzan, Sugito, Tokigawa, Yokoze, Yorii, Yoshimi
Haga, Ichikai, Iwafune, Kaminokawa, Mashiko, Mibu, Motegi, Nakagawa, Nasu, Nogi, Shioya, Takanezawa
Hachijō, Hinode, Mizuho, Okutama, Ōshima
Chūbu
Agui, Fusō, Higashiura, Kanie, Kōta, Mihama, Minamichita, Ōguchi, Ōharu, Shitara, Taketoyo, Tōei, Tōgō, Toyoyama
Fukui, Eiheiji, Ikeda, Mihama, Minamiechizen, Ōi, Takahama, Wakasa
Anpachi, Ginan, Gōdo, Hichisō, Ibigawa, Ikeda, Kasamatsu, Kawabe, Kitagata, Mitake, Ōno, Sakahogi, Sekigahara, Shirakawa, Tarui, Tomika, Wanouchi, Yaotsu, Yōrō
Anamizu, Hōdatsushimizu, Kawakita, Nakanoto, Noto, Shika, Tsubata, Uchinada
Agematsu, Anan, Fujimi, Iijima, Iizuna, Ikeda, Karuizawa, Kiso, Koumi, Matsukawa, Minowa, Miyota, Nagawa, Nagiso, Obuse, Sakaki, Sakuho, Shimosuwa, Shinano, Takamori, Tateshina, Tatsuno, Yamanouchi
Aga, Izumozaki, Seirō, Tagami, Tsunan, Yuzawa
Higashiizu, Kannami, Kawanehon, Kawazu, Matsuzaki, Minamiizu, Mori, Nagaizumi, Nishiizu, Oyama, Shimizu, Yoshida
Asahi, Kamiichi, Nyūzen, Tateyama
Fujikawa, Fujikawaguchiko, Hayakawa, Ichikawamisato, Minobu, Nanbu, Nishikatsura, Shōwa
Kansai
Fukusaki, Harima, Ichikawa, Inagawa, Inami, Kami, Kamigōri, Kamikawa, Sayō, Shin'onsen, Taishi, Taka
Ide, Ine, Kasagi, Kumiyama, Kyōtamba, Ōyamazaki, Seika, Ujitawara, Wazuka, Yosano
Asahi, Kawagoe, Kihoku, Kihō, Kisosaki, Komono, Meiwa, Mihama, Minamiise, Ōdai, Taiki, Taki, Tamaki, Tōin, Watarai
Ando, Heguri, Ikaruga, Kanmaki, Kawai, Kawanishi, Kōryō, Miyake, Ōji, Ōyodo, Sangō, Shimoichi, Takatori, Tawaramoto, Yoshino
Kanan, Kumatori, Misaki, Nose, Shimamoto, Tadaoka, Taishi, Tajiri, Toyono
Aishō, Hino, Kōra, Ryūō, Taga, Toyosato
Aridagawa, Hidaka, Hidakagawa, Hirogawa, Inami, Kamitonda, Katsuragi, Kimino, Kōya, Kozagawa, Kudoyama, Kushimoto, Mihama, Minabe, Nachikatsuura, Shirahama, Susami, Taiji, Yuasa, Yura
Chūgoku
Akiōta, Fuchū, Jinsekikōgen, Kaita, Kitahiroshima, Kumano, Ōsakikamijima, Saka, Sera
Hayashima, Kagamino, Kibichūō, Kumenan, Misaki, Nagi, Satoshō, Shōō, Wake, Yakage
Ama, Iinan, Kawamoto, Misato, Nishinoshima, Okinoshima, Okuizumo, Ōnan, Tsuwano, Yoshika
Chizu, Daisen, Hino, Hōki, Hokueni, Iwami, Kōfu, Kotoura, Misasa, Nanbu, Nichinan, Wakasa, Yazu, Yurihama
Abu, Hirao, Kaminoseki, Suō-Ōshima, Tabuse, Waki
Shikoku
Ainan, Ikata, Kamijima, Kihoku, Kumakōgen, Masaki, Matsuno, Tobe, Uchiko
Ayagawa, Kotohira, Mannō, Miki, Naoshima, Shōdoshima, Tadotsu, Tonoshō, Utazu
Ino, Kuroshio, Motoyama, Nahari, Nakatosa, Niyodogawa, Ochi, Ōtoyo, Ōtsuki, Sakawa, Shimanto, Tano, Tosa, Tōyō, Tsuno, Yasuda, Yusuhara
Aizumi, Higashimiyoshi, Ishii, Itano, Kaiyō, Kamiita, Kamikatsu, Kamiyama, Katsuura, Kitajima, Matsushige, Minami, Mugi, Naka, Tsurugi
Kyūshū
Ashiya, Chikujō, Chikuzen, Fukuchi, Hirokawa, Hisayama, Itoda, Kanda, Kasuya, Kawara, Kawasaki, Keisen, Kōge, Kotake, Kurate, Miyako, Mizumaki, Nakagawa, Okagaki, Ōki, Onga, Ōtō, Sasaguri, Shime, Shingū, Soeda, Sue, Tachiarai, Umi, Yoshitomi
Amagi, China, Higashikushira, Isen, Kikai, Kimotsuki, Kinkō, Minamiōsumi, Minamitane, Nagashima, Nakatane, Ōsaki, Satsuma, Setouchi, Tatsugō, Tokunoshima, Wadomari, Yakushima, Yoron, Yūsui
Asagiri, Ashikita, Gyokutō, Hikawa, Kashima, Kikuyō, Kōsa, Mashiki, Mifune, Minamioguni, Misato, Nagasu, Nagomi, Nankan, Nishiki, Oguni, Ōzu, Reihoku, Takamori, Taragi, Tsunagi, Yamato, Yunomae
Aya, Gokase, Hinokage, Kadogawa, Kawaminami, Kijō, Kunitomi, Mimata, Misato, Shintomi, Takachiho, Takaharu, Takanabe, Tsuno
Hasami, Higashisonogi, Kawatana, Nagayo, Ojika, Saza, Shinkamigotō, Togitsu
Hiji, Kokonoe, Kusu
Arita, Genkai, Kamimine, Kiyama, Kōhoku, Miyaki, Ōmachi, Shiroishi, Tara, Yoshinogari
Okinawa
Chatan, Haebaru, Kadena, Kin, Kumejima, Motobu, Nishihara, Taketomi, Yaese, Yonabaru, Yonaguni
See also
References
External links
- "Large City System of Japan"; graphic shows towns compared with other Japanese city types at p. 1 [PDF 7 of 40]
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