List of towns in Japan

Administrative divisions of Japan
Prefectural level
Prefectures (都道府県, todōfuken)
Subprefectural level
Subprefectures (支庁, shichō) Districts (郡, gun)
Municipal level
Designated cities (政令指定都市, seirei-shitei-toshi) Core cities (中核市, chūkaku-shi) Special cities (特例市, tokurei-shi) Cities (市, shi) Special wards (Tokyo) (特別区, tokubetsu-ku) Towns (町, chō, machi) Villages (村, son, mura)
Sub-municipal level
Wards (区, ku)

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.

Aichi Prefecture

Agui, Fusō, Higashiura, Kanie, Kōta, Mihama, Minamichita, Nagakute, Ōguchi, Ōharu, Shitara, Taketoyo, Tōei, Tōgō, Toyoyama

Akita Prefecture

Fujisato, Gojōme, Hachirōgata, Happō, Ikawa, Kosaka, Misato, Mitane, Ugo

Aomori Prefecture

Ajigasawa, Fujisaki, Fukaura, Gonohe, Hashikami, Hiranai, Imabetsu, Itayanagi, Nakadomari, Nanbu, Noheji, Oirase, Ōma, Ōwani, Rokunohe, Sannohe, Shichinohe, Sotogahama, Takko, Tsuruta, Tōhoku, Yokohama

Chiba Prefecture

Chōnan, Chiba, Ichinomiya, Kōzaki, Kujūkuri, Kyonan, Mutsuzawa, Nagara, Ōamishirasato, Onjuku, Ōtaki, Sakae, Shibayama, Shirako, Shisui, Tako, Tōnoshō, Yokoshibahikari

Ehime Prefecture

Ainan, Ikata, Kamijima, Kihoku, Kumakōgen, Masaki, Matsuno, Tobe, Uchiko

Fukui Prefecture

Fukui, Eiheiji, Ikeda, Mihama, Minamiechizen, Ōi, Takahama, Wakasa

Fukuoka Prefecture

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

Fukushima Prefecture

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

Gifu Prefecture

Anpachi, Ginan, Gōdo, Hichisō, Ibigawa, Ikeda, Kasamatsu, Kawabe, Kitagata, Mitake, Ōno, Sakahogi, Sekigahara, Shirakawa, Tarui, Tomika, Wanouchi, Yaotsu, Yōrō

Gunma Prefecture

Chiyoda, Higashiagatsuma, Itakura, Kanna, Kanra, Kusatsu, Meiwa, Minakami, Naganohara, Nakanojō, Ōizumi, Ōra, Shimonita, Tamamura, Yoshioka

Hiroshima Prefecture

Akiōta, Fuchū, Jinsekikōgen, Kaita, Kitahiroshima, Kumano, Ōsakikamijima, Saka, Sera

Hokkaidō Prefecture

Abira, Aibetsu, Akkeshi, Ashoro, Assabu, Atsuma, Betsukai, Biei, Bifuka, Bihoro, Biratori, Chippubetsu, Enbetsu, Engaru, Erimo, Esashi (Hiyama), Esashi (Sōya), Fukushima, Furubira, Haboro, Hamanaka, Hamatonbetsu, Hidaka, Higashikagura, Higashikawa, Hiroo, Hokuryū, Honbetsu, Horokanai, Horonobe, Ikeda, Imakane, Iwanai, Kamifurano, Kamikawa, Kaminokuni, Kamishihoro, Kamisunagawa, Kenbuchi, Kikonai, Kimobetsu, Kiyosato, Koshimizu, Kunneppu, Kuriyama, Kuromatsunai, Kushiro, Kutchan, Kyōgoku, Kyōwa, Makubetsu, Mashike, Matsumae, Memuro, Minamifurano, Mori, Moseushi, Mukawa, Naganuma, Naie, Nakafurano, Nakagawa, Nakashibetsu, Nakatonbetsu, Nanae, Nanporo, Niikappu, Niki, Niseko, Numata, Obira, Oketo, Okoppe, Okushiri, Ōmu, Oshamanbe, Otobe, Otofuke, Ōzora, Pippu, Rankoshi, Rausu, Rebun, Rikubetsu, Rishiri, Rishirifuji, Samani, Saroma, Setana, Shakotan, Shari, Shibecha, Shibetsu, Shihoro, Shikabe, Shikaoi, Shimizu, Shimokawa, Shinhidaka, Shintoku, Shintotsukawa, Shiranuka, Shiraoi, Shiriuchi, Sōbetsu, Suttsu, Taiki, Takasu, Takinoue, Teshikaga, Teshio, Tōbetsu, Tōma, Tomamae, Tōyako, Toyokoro, Toyotomi, Toyoura, Tsubetsu, Tsukigata, Urahoro, Urakawa, Urausu, Uryū, Wassamu, Yakumo, Yoichi, Yūbetsu, Yuni

Hyōgo Prefecture

Fukusaki, Harima, Ichikawa, Inagawa, Inami, Kami, Kamigōri, Kamikawa, Sayō, Shin'onsen, Taishi, Taka

Ibaraki Prefecture

Ami, Daigo, Goka, Ibaraki, Kawachi, Ōarai, Sakai, Shirosato, Tone, Yachiyo

Ishikawa Prefecture

Anamizu, Hōdatsushimizu, Kawakita, Nakanoto, Nonoichi, Noto, Shika, Tsubata, Uchinada

Iwate Prefecture

Hiraizumi, Hirono, Ichinohe, Iwaizumi, Iwate, Kanegasaki, Karumai, Kuzumaki, Nishiwaga, Ōtsuchi, Shiwa, Shizukuishi, Sumita, Yahaba, Yamada

Kagawa Prefecture

Ayagawa, Kotohira, Mannō, Miki, Naoshima, Shōdoshima, Tadotsu, Tonoshō, Utazu

Kagoshima Prefecture

Amagi, China, Higashikushira, Isen, Kikai, Kimotsuki, Kinkō, Minamiōsumi, Minamitane, Nagashima, Nakatane, Ōsaki, Satsuma, Setouchi, Tatsugō, Tokunoshima, Wadomari, Yakushima, Yoron, Yūsui

Kanagawa Prefecture

Aikawa, Hakone, Hayama, Kaisei, Manazuru, Matsuda, Nakai, Ninomiya, Ōi, Ōiso, Samukawa, Yamakita, Yugawara

Kōchi Prefecture

Ino, Kuroshio, Motoyama, Nahari, Nakatosa, Niyodogawa, Ochi, Ōtoyo, Ōtsuki, Sakawa, Shimanto, Tano, Tosa, Tōyō, Tsuno, Yasuda, Yusuhara

Kumamoto Prefecture

Asagiri, Ashikita, Gyokutō, Hikawa, Kashima, Kikuyō, Kōsa, Mashiki, Mifune, Minamioguni, Misato, Nagasu, Nagomi, Nankan, Nishiki, Oguni, Ōzu, Reihoku, Takamori, Taragi, Tsunagi, Yamato, Yunomae

Kyoto Prefecture

Ide, Ine, Kasagi, Kumiyama, Kyōtamba, Ōyamazaki, Seika, Ujitawara, Wazuka, Yosano

Mie Prefecture

Asahi, Kawagoe, Kihoku, Kihō, Kisosaki, Komono, Meiwa, Mihama, Minamiise, Ōdai, Taiki, Taki, Tamaki, Tōin, Watarai

Miyagi Prefecture

Kami, Kawasaki, Marumori, Matsushima, Minamisanriku, Misato, Murata, Ōgawara, Onagawa, Ōsato, Rifu, Shibata, Shichigahama, Shichikashuku, Shikama, Taiwa, Tomiya, Wakuya, Watari, Yamamoto, Zaō

Miyazaki Prefecture

Aya, Gokase, Hinokage, Kadogawa, Kawaminami, Kijō, Kunitomi, Mimata, Misato, Shintomi, Takachiho, Takaharu, Takanabe, Tsuno

Nagano Prefecture

Agematsu, Anan, Fujimi, Iijima, Iizuna, Ikeda, Karuizawa, Kiso, Koumi, Matsukawa, Minowa, Miyota, Nagawa, Nagiso, Obuse, Sakaki, Sakuho, Shimosuwa, Shinano, Takamori, Tateshina, Tatsuno, Yamanouchi

Nagasaki Prefecture

Hasami, Higashisonogi, Kawatana, Nagayo, Ojika, Saza, Shinkamigotō, Togitsu

Nara Prefecture

Ando, Heguri, Ikaruga, Kanmaki, Kawai, Kawanishi, Kōryō, Miyake, Ōji, Ōyodo, Sangō, Shimoichi, Takatori, Tawaramoto, Yoshino

Niigata Prefecture

Aga, Izumozaki, Seirō, Tagami, Tsunan, Yuzawa

Ōita Prefecture

Hiji, Kokonoe, Kusu

Okayama Prefecture

Hayashima, Kagamino, Kibichūō, Kumenan, Misaki, Nagi, Satoshō, Shōō, Wake, Yakage

Okinawa Prefecture

Chatan, Haebaru, Kadena, Kin, Kumejima, Motobu, Nishihara, Taketomi, Yaese, Yonabaru, Yonaguni

Osaka Prefecture

Kanan, Kumatori, Misaki, Nose, Shimamoto, Tadaoka, Taishi, Tajiri, Toyono

Saga Prefecture

Arita, Genkai, Kamimine, Kiyama, Kōhoku, Miyaki, Ōmachi, Shiroishi, Tara, Yoshinogari

Saitama Prefecture

Hatoyama, Ina, Kamikawa, Kamisato, Kawajima, Matsubushi, Misato, Minano, Miyashiro, Miyoshi, Moroyama, Nagatoro, Namegawa, Ogano, Ogawa, Ogose, Ranzan, Shiraoka, Sugito, Tokigawa, Yokoze, Yorii, Yoshimi

Shiga Prefecture

Aishō, Hino, Kōra, Ryūō, Taga, Toyosato

Shimane Prefecture

Ama, Iinan, Kawamoto, Misato, Nishinoshima, Okinoshima, Okuizumo, Ōnan, Tsuwano, Yoshika

Shizuoka Prefecture

Higashiizu, Kannami, Kawanehon, Kawazu, Matsuzaki, Minamiizu, Mori, Nagaizumi, Nishiizu, Oyama, Shimizu, Yoshida

Tochigi Prefecture

Haga, Ichikai, Iwafune, Kaminokawa, Mashiko, Mibu, Motegi, Nakagawa, Nasu, Nogi, Shioya, Takanezawa

Tokushima Prefecture

Aizumi, Higashimiyoshi, Ishii, Itano, Kaiyō, Kamiita, Kamikatsu, Kamiyama, Katsuura, Kitajima, Matsushige, Minami, Mugi, Naka, Tsurugi

Tokyo Metropolis

Hachijō, Hinode, Mizuho, Okutama, Ōshima

Tottori Prefecture

Chizu, Daisen, Hino, Hōki, Hokueni, Iwami, Kōfu, Kotoura, Misasa, Nanbu, Nichinan, Wakasa, Yazu, Yurihama

Toyama Prefecture

Asahi, Kamiichi, Nyūzen, Tateyama

Wakayama Prefecture

Aridagawa, Hidaka, Hidakagawa, Hirogawa, Inami, Kamitonda, Katsuragi, Kimino, Kōya, Kozagawa, Kudoyama, Kushimoto, Mihama, Minabe, Nachikatsuura, Shirahama, Susami, Taiji, Yuasa, Yura

Yamagata Prefecture

Asahi, Funagata, Iide, Kahoku, Kaneyama, Kawanishi, Mamurogawa, Mikawa, Mogami, Nakayama, Nishikawa, Ōe, Oguni, Ōishida, Shirataka, Shōnai, Takahata, Yamanobe, Yuza

Yamaguchi Prefecture

Abu, Hirao, Kaminoseki, Suō-Ōshima, Tabuse, Waki

Yamanashi Prefecture

Fujikawa, Fujikawaguchiko, Hayakawa, Ichikawamisato, Minobu, Nanbu, Nishikatsura, Shōwa

See also

• Municipality of Japan
• Japanese addressing system