Hiragana and katakana place names

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The hiragana cities of Japan are cities whose names are written in hiragana rather than kanji. Traditionally, all Japanese place names were written using kanji. However, some recently founded cities such as Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture have names which are written in hiragana only. The number is growing rapidly, and is set to rise to forty-five by the end of March 2006.

[edit] List of fully-Hiragana cities and towns

Romaji	Hiragana	Kanji	Prefecture
Awara	あわら市	芦原	Fukui
Ebino	えびの市	蝦野	Miyazaki
Erimo	えりも町	襟裳	Hokkaidō
Hitachinaka	ひたちなか市	常陸那珂	Ibaraki
Inabe	いなべ市	員弁	Mie
Ino	いの町	伊野	Kōchi
Isumi	いすみ市	夷隅	Chiba
Iwaki	いわき市	岩城	Fukushima
Kahoku	かほく市	河北	Ishikawa
Kasumigaura	かすみがうら市	霞ヶ浦	Ibaraki
Katsura	かつらぎ町	葛城	Wakayama
Midori	みどり市	緑	Gunma
Minabe	みなべ町	南部	Wakayama
Minakami	みなかみ町	水上	Gunma
Mukawa	むかわ町	鵡川	Hokkaidō
Mutsu	むつ市	陸奥	Aomori
Nikaho	にかほ市	仁賀保	Akita
Oi	おおい町	大飯	Fukui
Saitama	さいたま市	埼玉	Saitama
Sakura	さくら市	桜	Tochigi
Sanuki	さぬき市	讃岐	Kagawa
Setana	せたな町	瀬棚	Hokkaidō
Susami	すさみ町	周参見	Wakayama
Tatsuno	たつの市	龍野	Hyōgo
Tokigawa	ときがわ町	都幾川	Saitama
Tsugaru	つがる市	津軽	Aomori
Tsukuba	つくば市	筑波	Ibaraki
Tsukubamirai	つくばみらい市	筑波未来	Ibaraki
Tsurugi	つるぎ町	剣	Tokushima
Ukiha	うきは市	浮羽	Fukuoka
Uruma	うるま市	宇流麻	Okinawa

[edit] List of partially Hiragana cities

City / Town	Hiragana + Kanji	Full kanji	Prefecture
Akiruno	あきる野市	秋留野、阿伎留野	Tokyo-to
Ichikikushikino	いちき串木野市	市来串木野	Kagoshima
Higashikagawa	東かがわ市	東香川	Kagawa
Higashimiyoshi	東みよし町	東三好	Tokushima
Kinokawa	紀の川市	紀之川	Wakayama
Minamiawaji	南あわじ市	南淡路	Hyōgo
Izunokuni	伊豆の国市	伊豆之国	Shizuoka
Fujimino	ふじみ野市	富士見野	Saitama

[edit] List of Katakana cities

Romanized	Katakana + Kanji	Prefecture	Remarks
Niseko	ニセコ町	Hokkaidō	from Ainu
Minamiarupusu	南アルプス市	Yamanashi	from "Alps"

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