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This is a list of selected cities, towns, and other populated places in Japan, ordered alphabetically by prefecture. (See also city; urban planning.)

Aichi

Akita

Aomori

Chiba

Ehime

Fukui

Fukuoka

Fukushima

Gifu

Gumma

Hiroshima

Hokkaido

Hyōgo

Ibaraki

Ishikawa

Iwate

Kagawa

Kagoshima

Kanagawa

Kōchi

Kumamoto

Kyōto

Mie

Miyagi

Miyazaki

Nagano

Nagasaki

Nara

Niigata

Ōita

Okayama

Okinawa

Ōsaka

Saga

Saitama

Shiga

Shimane

Shizuoka

Tochigi

Tokushima

Tokyo

Tottori

Toyama

Wakayama

Yamagata

Yamaguchi

Yamanashi

This article was most recently revised and updated by Richard Pallardy.
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