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Major Cities in Japan





The following is the list of top 50 major cities in Japan is based on the population and rank along with the capital of the respective state and union territory.
RankCityPrefecturePopulation (2010)Area in Sq mi
#TokyoTokyo8,949,447240.1
1YokohamaKanagawa3,689,603168.9
2OsakaOsaka2,666,37185.8
3NagoyaAichi2,263,907126
4SapporoHokkaido1,914,434432.9
5KobeHyogo1,544,873213.4
6KyotoKyoto1,474,473319.7
7FukuokaFukuoka1,463,826131.3
8KawasakiKanagawa1,425,67855.7
9SaitamaSaitama1,222,91084
10HiroshimaHiroshima1,174,209349.4
11SendaiMiyagi1,045,903305.2
12KitakyushuFukuoka977,288188
13ChibaChiba962,130105.1
14SakaiOsaka842,13457.9
15NiigataNiigata812,192280.3
16HamamatsuShizuoka800,912583.5
17KumamotoKumamoto734,294150.4
18SagamiharaKanagawa717,561127
19ShizuokaShizuoka716,328545.1
20OkayamaOkayama709,622305
21FunabashiChiba609,08133.1
22KagoshimaKagoshima605,940211.2
23HachiojiTokyo579,79971.9
24HimejiHyogo536,338206.3
25MatsuyamaEhime517,088165.6
26UtsunomiyaTochigi511,296160.9
27HigashiosakaOsaka509,63223.9
28KawaguchiSaitama500,31121.5
29MatsudoChiba484,63923.7
30NishinomiyaHyogo482,79038.6
31KurashikiOkayama475,421137
32IchikawaChiba474,92622.2
33OitaOita473,955193.5
34KanazawaIshikawa462,478180.6
35FukuyamaHiroshima461,471200
36AmagasakiHyogo453,60819.2
37NagasakiNagasaki443,469156.9
38MachidaTokyo426,82727.7
39ToyamaToyama421,890479.5
40ToyotaAichi421,552354.6
41TakamatsuKagawa419,291144.8
42YokosukaKanagawa418,44838.9
43GifuGifu413,23978.3
44FujisawaKanagawa409,73426.8
45HirakataOsaka407,99725.1
46KashiwaChiba404,07944.09
47MiyazakiMiyazaki400,352110.8
48ToyonakaOsaka389,35914
49NaganoNagano381,533184.9
50ToyohashiAichi376,861100.9