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Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan; Core cities of Japan; Template:Japan Metropolitan cities map; Special cities of Japan; Usage on th.wikipedia.org นครศูนย์กลางของประเทศญี่ปุ่น; แม่แบบ:Japan Metropolitan cities map; View more global usage of this file.
This is a list of cities in Japan sorted by prefecture and within prefecture by founding date. The list is also sortable by population, area, density and foundation date. Most large cities in Japan are cities designated by government ordinance. Some regionally important cities are designated as core cities.
A map of Japan's major cities, main towns and selected smaller centers. Japan has a population of 126.3 million in 2019. [20] It is the eleventh-most populous country and the second-most populous island country in the world. [12] The population is clustered in urban areas along the coast, plains, and valleys. [15]
Ino Tadataka: Complete map of greater Japan coastal area; large map near Atsumi Peninsula. Inō Tadataka (伊能忠敬, 1745–1818) started learning Western astronomy when he was 52 years old. On order of the shogun he dedicated 16 years between 1800 and 1817 to survey all Japanese coastlines, but died before a complete map of Japan could be ...
As Tokyo city's suburbs grew rapidly in the early 20th century, many towns and villages in Tokyo were merged or promoted over the years. In 1932, five complete districts with their 82 towns and villages were merged into Tokyo City and organised in 20 new wards. Also, by 1940, there were two more cities in Tokyo: Hachiōji City and Tachikawa City.
Tokyo, Japan, took first place, given its 3,867 spiritual attractions, including iconic sites like the Meiji Shrine and Senso-ji Temple. Read On The Fox News App The city also has 644 parks and ...
The Statistics Bureau of Japan (SBJ) defines a metropolitan area as one or more central cities and its associated outlying municipalities. To qualify as an outlying municipality, the municipality must have at least 1.5% of its resident population aged 15 and above commuting to school or work into one of the central cities.
Tōkai region (southern Chūbu, largest city Nagoya, Hamamatsu, and Shizuoka) Kansai or Kinki region (west-central Honshu, largest cities Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto) Chūgoku region (western Honshu, largest city Hiroshima, and Okayama) Shikoku (island, largest city Matsuyama, and Takamatsu) Kyushu (island, largest city Fukuoka) which includes: