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Okayama (city)
Okayama (岡山市), capital of Okayama Prefecture in western Japan; ordinance-designated city since 2009 with four wards, about 708,000 residents (2025), Okayama Castle, Korakuen Garden, and a major Shinkansen transport hub.
Okazaki
Okazaki (岡崎市) is a city in central Aichi Prefecture, Japan, about 35 km east of Nagoya, birthplace of Tokugawa Ieyasu at Okazaki Castle in 1542; population about 380,000, city status 1916, area 387.24 km2.
Ōkuma, Fukushima
Ōkuma (大熊町) is a Fukushima coast town co-hosting the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant; fully evacuated in 2011, partially reopened from 2019, with about 1,500 residents living there by 2026.
Osaka (大阪)
Osaka (大阪) is a major Japanese port and commercial city in Kansai, population about 2.81 million, Japan's ancient gateway to Asia, Edo-period "Kitchen of Japan," site of Osaka Castle, and host of the 1970 and 2025 World Expos.
Ōta-ku
Ōta-ku (大田区), a special ward in southeastern Tokyo formed 15 March 1947 by merging Ōmori and Kamata wards; largest of the 23 wards at 61.86 km², home to Haneda Airport, the Keihin industrial belt, and the Ōmori shell mound.
Ōta, Gunma
Ōta (太田市, Ōta-shi) is a city in southeastern Gunma Prefecture, Japan, population about 222,000. Formed 2005 by merger; former Nakajima Aircraft site, now home to Subaru's Gunma plants and Gunma's top industrial output.
Ōtsu
Ōtsu (大津市) is the prefectural capital of Shiga Prefecture, Japan, a core city on Lake Biwa near Kyoto with about 342,700 residents; it was Japan's capital 667–672 and part of the UNESCO Ancient Kyoto site.
Sagamihara
Sagamihara (相模原市, Sagamihara-shi) is a government-designated city in northwest Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, with about 719,000 residents in three wards, developed as an army town from the late 1930s.
Saitama
Saitama (さいたま市) is the capital of Saitama Prefecture, Japan, formed in 2001 by merging Urawa, Omiya, and Yono, and a designated city since 2003. Population 1,344,865 (2025 census); major Shinkansen hub at Omiya Station.
Sakai, Osaka
Sakai (堺市) is a government-designated city in southern Osaka Prefecture, Japan; second largest in the prefecture, area 149.83 km², population about 803,000 (2025), home to the Mozu Kofun Group World Heritage site and Sakai knife craftsmanship.
Sapporo (札幌)
Sapporo (札幌) is the capital and largest city of Hokkaido, Japan, founded in 1869 on a planned grid and one of the snowiest large cities in the world.
Sasebo
Sasebo (佐世保市) is a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan, on a sheltered natural harbor. Founded as a village, made a naval district seat in 1889 and a city in 1902; now hosts U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo and JMSDF units.
Sendai (仙台市)
Sendai (仙台市) is the capital of Miyagi Prefecture and the largest city in Japan's Tohoku region, with about 1.09 million residents. Founded as Date Masamune's castle town in 1600, it became Tohoku's first designated city in 1989 and hosts Tohoku University.
Shibuya (渋谷区)
Shibuya (渋谷区, Shibuya-ku) is one of Tokyo's 23 special wards, formed October 1, 1932 from the merger of Shibuya, Sendagaya, and Yoyohata towns; it contains Shibuya, Harajuku, Omotesando, Ebisu, and Daikanyama.
Shimonoseki
Shimonoseki (下関市) is a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, at the westernmost end of Honshu on the Kanmon Straits. Largest city in Yamaguchi; Japan's top fugu handler; site of the 1185 Genji-Heike naval battle.
Shinjuku (新宿区)
Shinjuku (新宿区) is a Tokyo special ward formed in 1947 from Yotsuya, Ushigome, and Yodobashi; named for the Edo-era Naito Shinjuku post town; 18.22 sq km, 352,717 residents, home of Japan's busiest station.
Shizuoka
Shizuoka (静岡市) is the capital of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, a government-designated city since 2005 with three wards (Aoi, Suruga, Shimizu), about 667,500 residents, on Suruga Bay an hour from Tokyo by Shinkansen.
Sōka
Sōka (草加市, Sōka-shi) is a city in southeastern Saitama Prefecture, Japan, bordering Tokyo's Adachi Ward. Incorporated 1958 with 34,878 people; now over 250,000 residents, known for Edo-period Nikkō Kaidō post-town history and Sōka senbei rice crackers.
Suita
Suita (吹田市, Suita-shi) is a city of about 387,000 people in northern Osaka Prefecture, bordering Osaka City. It hosts Expo '70 Commemorative Park, the Tower of the Sun, Senri New Town, and Panasonic Stadium Suita.
Suzuka
Suzuka (鈴鹿市, Suzuka-shi) is a city of about 194,000 in northern Mie Prefecture, Japan, founded in 1942 as a wartime military city around the Suzuka Naval Arsenal and now known for the Suzuka Circuit and Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix.
Tachikawa, Tokyo
Tachikawa (立川市) is a city of about 186,000 people in western Tokyo's Tama region, a rail hub around Tachikawa Station, home to Showa Kinen Park, a former base town incorporated in 1940.
Taitō (台東区)
Taitō (台東区), a Tokyo special ward formed 15 March 1947 by merging Shitaya and Asakusa wards, covers 10.11 km² with about 200,000 residents; it contains Sensō-ji, Ueno Park, and the Tokyo National Museum.
Takamatsu
Takamatsu (高松市) is the capital of Kagawa Prefecture in northern Shikoku, Japan, a Seto Inland Sea port city of about 417,000 people, founded 1890, a Matsudaira castle town, core city since 1999, and Shikoku's transport gateway.
Takarazuka
Takarazuka (宝塚市) is a Hyogo Prefecture city between Osaka and Kobe, home of the all-female Takarazuka Revue (founded 1914 by Ichizo Kobayashi), Takarazuka Onsen, Hankyu's rail-integrated development model, and the Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum.
Takasaki
Takasaki (高崎市) is a core city in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, at the northern end of the Kanto Plain. Gunma's largest city, a Joetsu and Hokuriku Shinkansen junction incorporated in 1900, and the home of the Daruma good-luck charm.
Takatsuki
Takatsuki (高槻市) is a core city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, midway between Osaka and Kyoto, a commuter town of about 345,000 people (2025 census) known for its kofun burial mounds, Christian daimyo heritage, and shogi culture.
Tokorozawa
Tokorozawa (所沢市) is a city of about 343,000 in southwestern Saitama Prefecture, 30 km from Tokyo; site of Japan's first airfield (1911), Sayama Hills, Sakura Town, and a 2050 net-zero decarbonization ordinance.
Tokushima (city)
Tokushima (徳島市) is the capital of Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku, a Yoshino River delta castle town founded in 1585, home of the August Awa Odori festival drawing over one million visitors, population about 241,000.
Tokyo (東京)
Tokyo (東京), Japan's capital and only metropolis, covers 23 special wards, Tama, and island groups; 14.273 million residents (2025), 2,199.94 km², formerly Edo, renamed 1868, metro area about 37.2 million.
Tomakomai
Tomakomai (苫小牧市) is a Pacific-coast city in Hokkaido, Japan, south of Sapporo; a paper-industry city since 1910 with Tomakomai Port, a major international trading port handling about a third of Hokkaido's cargo.