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Tottori-shi
Tottori-shi (鳥取市), Tottori City, is the capital and largest city of Tottori Prefecture, Japan, on the Sea of Japan coast. Incorporated 1889, core city 2018, area 765.31 km², population about 175,000, known for the Tottori Sand Dunes.
Toyama (city)
Toyama (富山市) is the prefectural capital of Toyama Prefecture, Japan, with about 414,000 residents. Known for its Edo-period medicine trade, glass industry, and pioneering compact city policy recognized by the OECD in 2012.
Toyohashi
Toyohashi (豊橋市) is a core city in southeastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan, founded August 1, 1906 as Japan's 62nd city; former castle town Yoshida on the Tokaido, home to about 361,000 people, Mikawa Port's automobile imports, and tezutsu fireworks.
Toyokawa
Toyokawa (豊川市) is a city in southeastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan, founded in 1943 around the Toyokawa Naval Arsenal; known for Toyokawa Inari temple, the Toyogawa River, and about 182,000 residents.
Toyonaka
Toyonaka (豊中市) is a core city in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan, with about 398,000 residents on 36.6 km². Incorporated in 1936 after Hankyu railway suburban development, it contains part of Senri New Town, Japan's first large-scale planned new town, and Osaka International Airport.
Toyota, Aichi
Toyota (豊田市) is a city in central Aichi Prefecture, Japan, formerly Koromo until its 1959 renaming. Home to Toyota Motor Corporation's headquarters and six plants, it covers 918.32 km², has about 412,000 residents, and leads Japan in manufacturing shipment value.
Tsu
Tsu (津市, Tsu-shi) is the prefectural capital of Mie Prefecture, Japan, near the country's center. Formerly Anotsu, one of Japan's three historic ports; 711.18 km²; 264,662 residents (2026); formed by a 2006 ten-municipality merger.
Tsukuba
Tsukuba (つくば市) is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, built around Tsukuba Science City, a planned research city founded by 1963 cabinet decision; 271,592 residents, 29 national research institutes, University of Tsukuba, and Tsukuba Express rail link to Tokyo.
Ube
Ube (宇部市, Ube-shi) is a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, facing the Seto Inland Sea, known for the Ube Method pollution controls and its sculpture exhibition.
Uji
Uji (宇治) is a city of about 177,000 in southern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, home to the World Heritage Byodoin Temple and Ujigami Shrine, the setting of the Tale of Genji's final chapters, and the historic center of Uji tea, 17 minutes from Kyoto Station.
Utsunomiya
Utsunomiya (宇都宮市), capital and largest city of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan; core city of about 509,000 people, 48-53 min from Tokyo by Shinkansen, known for gyoza, Oya stone, and Japan's first new-build LRT (Light Line, 2023).
Wakayama (city)
Wakayama (和歌山市) is the capital of Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, at the mouth of the Kinokawa River facing the Kii Channel. A castle town founded in 1585 and seat of the Kishū Tokugawa, it had 351,067 residents in 2025.
Yachiyo, Chiba
Yachiyo (八千代市) is a commuter city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, near Tokyo; site of Yachiyodai, Japan's first large-scale housing estate (1957), population about 209,000.
Yamagata, Yamagata
Yamagata (山形市) is the capital and largest city of Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, in the southeastern Yamagata Basin; about 234,000 residents, 381.58 km², city since 1889, core city since 2019, UNESCO City of Film, and site of Japan's 40.8 °C record set in 1933.
Yamaguchi (city)
Yamaguchi (山口市) is the capital of Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Honshu, Japan. Founded by the Ouchi clan in the 14th century, the "Kyoto of the West" is known for Rurikoji's National Treasure pagoda, Yuda Onsen, and the Gion Festival.
Yamato
Yamato (大和市, Yamato-shi) is a city in central Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan; 27.09 km², about 245,000 residents, second-highest density in the prefecture, cityhood 1959, named from Yamato village (1891).
Yao, Osaka
Yao (八尾市, Yao-shi) is a core city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, east of Osaka City. Founded 1948, area 41.72 km², about 257,000 residents, 9th in the prefecture, known for manufacturing including toothbrushes and ancient kofun tombs.
Yokkaichi, Mie
Yokkaichi (四日市市) is Mie Prefecture's most populous city, on Ise Bay, home of Japan's first petrochemical complex and the 1960s Yokkaichi asthma pollution episode and 1972 landmark lawsuit.
Yokohama (横浜)
Yokohama (横浜), capital of Kanagawa Prefecture on Tokyo Bay, is Japan's second-largest city with about 3.75 million residents. Its port opened in 1859; landmarks include Minato Mirai 21, Landmark Tower, and Chinatown.
Yokosuka
Yokosuka (横須賀市), Kanagawa Prefecture city on the Miura Peninsula facing Tokyo Bay; former Imperial Japanese naval port founded around the 1865 arsenal, now hosting JMSDF and US Seventh Fleet, with about 400,000 residents and a growing tourism industry.