Main Cities of Japan
List of the main cities of Japan, ordered by number of inhabitants.
| name | type | population |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | city | 13,613,660 |
| Yokohama | city | 3,777,491 |
| Osaka | city | 2,691,185 |
| Nagoya | city | 2,236,000 |
| Sapporo | city | 1,973,395 |
| Fukuoka | city | 1,612,392 |
| Kawasaki | city | 1,538,262 |
| Kobe | city | 1,537,272 |
| Kyoto | city | 1,475,183 |
| Hiroshima | city | 1,200,754 |
| Saitama | city | 1,182,115 |
| Sendai | city | 1,082,159 |
| Chiba | city | 974,951 |
| Setagaya | city | 943,664 |
| Kitakyushu | city | 939,029 |
| Sakai | city | 839,310 |
| Niigata | city | 811,639 |
| Hamamatsu | city | 797,033 |
| Ota | city | 748,081 |
| Kumamoto | city | 738,865 |
| Nerima | city | 733,150 |
| Sagamihara | city | 725,493 |
| Okayama | city | 719,474 |
| Shizuoka | city | 706,287 |
| Adachi | city | 695,043 |
| Edogawa | city | 691,417 |
| Funabashi | city | 633,263 |
| Kagoshima | city | 593,128 |
| Kawaguchi | city | 578,112 |
| Itabashi | city | 575,432 |
| Hachioji | city | 555,517 |
| Suginami | city | 540,180 |
| Himeji | city | 535,571 |
| Koto | city | 524,310 |
| Utsunomiya | city | 518,594 |
| Matsuyama | city | 511,192 |
| Higashiosaka | city | 498,099 |
| Ichikawa | city | 496,676 |
| Nishinomiya | city | 488,398 |
| Matsudo | city | 483,480 |
| Kurashiki | city | 477,118 |
| Oita | city | 475,614 |
| Kanazawa | city | 465,699 |
| Fukuyama | city | 460,930 |
| Amagasaki | city | 459,593 |
| Katsushika | city | 451,483 |
| Fujisawa | city | 436,905 |
| Machida | city | 433,720 |
| Marugame | city | 426,514 |
| Sakaide | city | 426,514 |
| Takamatsu | city | 426,514 |
| Toyota | city | 425,738 |
| Shinagawa | city | 422,488 |
| Kashiwa | city | 422,385 |
| Toyama | city | 421,259 |
| Nagasaki | city | 409,118 |
| Gifu | city | 404,352 |
| Hirakata | city | 402,005 |
| Miyazaki | city | 401,339 |
| Toyonaka | city | 397,490 |
| Yokosuka | city | 388,078 |
| Okazaki | city | 385,221 |
| Ichinomiya | city | 380,672 |
| Suita | city | 379,246 |
| Toyohashi | city | 373,811 |
| Nagano | city | 372,760 |
| Takasaki | city | 370,176 |
| Nara | city | 364,968 |
| Wakayama | city | 364,154 |
| Takatsuki | city | 353,881 |
| Kawagoe | city | 350,745 |
| Kita | city | 349,573 |
| Shinjuku | city | 349,385 |
| Iwaki | city | 346,442 |
| Koshigaya | city | 342,486 |
| Tokorozawa | city | 341,091 |
| Otsu | city | 340,973 |
| Nakano | city | 336,639 |
| Asahikawa | city | 329,306 |
| Koriyama | city | 327,692 |
| Kochi | city | 326,545 |
| Maebashi | city | 324,644 |
| Naha | city | 317,625 |
| Akita | city | 307,672 |
| Yokkaichi | city | 307,220 |
| Kurume | city | 303,316 |
| Kasugai | city | 300,099 |
| Toshima | city | 298,562 |
| Akashi | city | 295,908 |
| Morioka | city | 289,731 |
| Meguro | city | 288,088 |
| Ibaraki | city | 287,730 |
| Nagaoka | city | 282,829 |
| Fukushima | city | 282,693 |
| Tsu | city | 279,886 |
| Aomori | city | 275,192 |
| Sumida | city | 272,085 |
| Mito | city | 270,775 |
| Ichihara | city | 269,524 |
| Yao | city | 267,581 |