Largest Cities in Japan

293 cities with population over 100,000

Japan has 293 cities with a population over 100,000. The largest city is Tokyo with 9,733,276 people. The capital city is Tokyo.

Country Population

123.2M

Major Cities

293

Largest City

Tokyo

Capital

Tokyo

Top 10 Cities

Tokyo

9.7M

Yokohama

3.8M

Osaka

2.8M

Nagoya

2.3M

Sapporo

2.0M

Fukuoka

1.6M

Kawasaki

1.5M

Kobe

1.5M

Kyoto

1.5M

Saitama

1.3M

All Cities in Japan

Cities in Japan ranked by population
#	City	Population	% of Country
1	TokyoCapital	9,733,276	7.90%
2	Yokohama	3,777,491	3.07%
3	Osaka	2,753,862	2.24%
4	Nagoya	2,332,176	1.89%
5	Sapporo	1,973,832	1.60%
6	Fukuoka	1,612,392	1.31%
7	Kawasaki	1,538,262	1.25%
8	Kobe	1,525,152	1.24%
9	Kyoto	1,463,723	1.19%
10	Saitama	1,324,854	1.08%
11	Hiroshima	1,200,754	0.97%
12	Sendai	1,096,704	0.89%
13	Chiba	979,768	0.80%
14	Kitakyushu	940,978	0.76%
15	Setagaya	940,071	0.76%
16	Sakai	826,161	0.67%
17	Niigata	797,591	0.65%
18	Hamamatsu	791,707	0.64%
19	Ōta	748,081	0.61%
20	Kumamoto	738,907	0.60%
21	Aihara	725,493	0.59%
22	Okayama	724,691	0.59%
23	Sagamihara	720,780	0.59%
24	Edogawe	697,932	0.57%
25	Adachi	695,043	0.56%
26	Shizuoka	693,389	0.56%
27	Honchō	644,668	0.52%
28	Kawaguchi	607,373	0.49%
29	Kagoshima	595,049	0.48%
30	Suginami	588,354	0.48%
31	Itabashi	584,483	0.47%
32	Hachiōji	579,355	0.47%
33	Kotō	543,730	0.44%
34	Himeji	530,495	0.43%
35	Utsunomiya	518,757	0.42%
36	Matsuyama	511,192	0.41%
37	Matsudo	498,575	0.40%
38	Ichikawa	496,676	0.40%
39	Higashiosaka	493,940	0.40%
40	Nishinomiya	485,587	0.39%
41	Kurashiki	483,576	0.39%
42	Ōita	477,715	0.39%
43	Fukuyama	468,812	0.38%
44	Kanazawa	466,029	0.38%
45	Amagasaki	459,593	0.37%
46	Katsushika	453,093	0.37%
47	Fujisawa	439,728	0.36%
48	Kashiwa	433,436	0.35%
49	Machida	431,079	0.35%
50	Toyota	426,162	0.35%
51	Shinagawa	422,488	0.34%
52	Takamatsu	418,994	0.34%
53	Toyama	415,844	0.34%
54	Yokosuka	409,478	0.33%
55	Nagasaki	409,118	0.33%
56	Hirakata	406,331	0.33%
57	Gifu	402,557	0.33%
58	Toyonaka	401,558	0.33%
59	Miyazaki	401,339	0.33%
60	Suita	385,567	0.31%
61	Okazaki	384,654	0.31%
62	Ichinomiya	380,073	0.31%
63	Toyohashi	377,453	0.31%
64	Minato	375,339	0.30%
65	Takasaki	372,973	0.30%
66	Nagano	372,760	0.30%
67	Nara-shi	367,353	0.30%
68	Iwaki	357,309	0.29%
69	Wakayama	356,729	0.29%
70	Kawagoe	354,571	0.29%
71	Takatsuki	354,468	0.29%
72	Shinjuku	349,385	0.28%
73	Koshigaya	345,353	0.28%
74	Ōtsu	345,070	0.28%
75	Nakano	344,880	0.28%
76	Tokorozawa	344,194	0.28%
77	Asahikawa	333,530	0.27%
78	Maebashi	332,149	0.27%
79	Kita	332,140	0.27%
80	Kochi	332,059	0.27%
81	Kōriyama	327,692	0.27%
82	Naha	317,625	0.26%
83	Kasugai	308,681	0.25%
84	Akita	307,672	0.25%
85	Yokkaichi	305,424	0.25%
86	Akashi	303,601	0.25%
87	Kurume	303,579	0.25%
88	Toshima	301,599	0.24%
89	Aomori	298,394	0.24%
90	Fukushima	294,237	0.24%
91	Morioka	290,700	0.24%
92	Meguro	288,088	0.23%
93	Sumida	287,766	0.23%
94	Ibaraki	287,730	0.23%
95	Ichihara	283,531	0.23%
96	Hakodate	275,730	0.22%
97	Tsu	274,537	0.22%
98	Yao	273,213	0.22%
99	Kakogawachō-honmachi	271,634	0.22%
100	Mito	270,685	0.22%
101	Tokushima	267,345	0.22%
102	Nagaoka	266,936	0.22%
103	Shimonoseki	265,684	0.22%
104	Fuchū	262,790	0.21%
105	Fukui-shi	262,328	0.21%
106	Minato City	260,486	0.21%
107	Hiratsuka	258,422	0.21%
108	Sōka	249,645	0.20%
109	Yamagata	248,772	0.20%
110	Fuji	245,392	0.20%
111	Sasebo	243,223	0.20%
112	Chigasaki	242,798	0.20%
113	Chōfu	242,614	0.20%
114	Yamato	242,065	0.20%
115	Tsukuba	241,656	0.20%
116	Matsumoto	241,145	0.20%
117	Bunkyo	240,069	0.19%
118	Hachinohe	239,046	0.19%
119	Neyagawa	238,549	0.19%
120	Saga	233,301	0.19%
121	Shibuya	230,609	0.19%
122	Kasukabe	229,792	0.19%
123	Ageo	226,940	0.18%
124	Takarazuka	226,432	0.18%
125	Ōta	224,358	0.18%
126	Minamirinkan	224,015	0.18%
127	Atsugi	223,960	0.18%
128	Arakawa	216,900	0.18%
129	Kure	214,592	0.17%
130	Isesaki	211,850	0.17%
131	Taito	211,444	0.17%
132	Nishi-Tokyo-shi	207,388	0.17%
133	Kishiwada	205,561	0.17%
134	Matsue	203,616	0.17%
135	Nagareyama	200,136	0.16%
136	Yachiyo	199,498	0.16%
137	Kodaira	198,739	0.16%
138	Itami	198,138	0.16%
139	Higashihiroshima	196,608	0.16%
140	Suzuka	195,670	0.16%
141	Kamirenjaku	195,391	0.16%
142	Kumagaya	195,277	0.16%
143	Yamaguchi	193,966	0.16%
144	Uji	192,925	0.16%
145	Hino	190,435	0.15%
146	Kofu	189,591	0.15%
147	Numazu	189,486	0.15%
148	Jōetsu	189,430	0.15%
149	Odawara	188,856	0.15%
150	Anjō	188,693	0.15%
151	Tottori-shi	188,465	0.15%
152	Toyokawa	184,661	0.15%
153	Izumi	184,615	0.15%
154	Tachikawa	183,581	0.15%
155	Narashino	176,197	0.14%
156	Tomakomai	174,806	0.14%
157	Hitachi	174,508	0.14%
158	Sakura	173,740	0.14%
159	Ube	173,733	0.14%
160	Kamakura	172,929	0.14%
161	Izumo	172,775	0.14%
162	Urayasu	171,362	0.14%
163	Imabari	170,986	0.14%
164	Takaoka	170,077	0.14%
165	Nishio	169,984	0.14%
166	Chūō	169,179	0.14%
167	Hirosaki	168,739	0.14%
168	Kushiro	167,875	0.14%
169	Oyama	167,647	0.14%
170	Iwata	166,672	0.14%
171	Obihiro	166,536	0.14%
172	Niiza	166,017	0.13%
173	Hadano	163,787	0.13%
174	Ōgaki	161,539	0.13%
175	Miyakonojō	161,137	0.13%
176	Sayama	160,843	0.13%
177	Matsusaka	159,145	0.13%
178	Tochigi	159,056	0.13%
179	Ueda	157,480	0.13%
180	Hitachi-Naka	156,581	0.13%
181	Katsuta	155,968	0.13%
182	Kawanishi	155,165	0.13%
183	Noda	154,114	0.13%
184	Kariya	153,834	0.12%
185	Higashimurayama	151,815	0.12%
186	Kukichūō	150,582	0.12%
187	Musashino	150,149	0.12%
188	Shūnan	149,632	0.12%
189	Komaki	148,872	0.12%
190	Yonago	148,720	0.12%
191	Tama	148,285	0.12%
192	Iruma	147,166	0.12%
193	Fujieda	145,032	0.12%
194	Ashikaga	144,746	0.12%
195	Kakamigahara	144,521	0.12%
196	Tsuchiura	144,399	0.12%
197	Kusatsu	143,913	0.12%
198	Moriguchi	143,096	0.12%
199	Okinawa	142,752	0.12%
200	Misato, Saitama	142,145	0.12%
201	Fukayachō	141,268	0.11%
202	Asaka	141,083	0.11%
203	Shimotoda	140,899	0.11%
204	Ishinomaki	140,151	0.11%
205	Kuwana	140,051	0.11%
206	Yaizu	139,578	0.11%
207	Koga	139,344	0.11%
208	Minoh	136,868	0.11%
209	Ebina	136,516	0.11%
210	Kisarazu	136,166	0.11%
211	Isahaya	135,546	0.11%
212	Inazawa	134,751	0.11%
213	Ebetsu	133,953	0.11%
214	Ōme	133,535	0.11%
215	Narita	132,906	0.11%
216	Tondabayashichō	132,873	0.11%
217	Sandachō	132,858	0.11%
218	Fujinomiya	132,507	0.11%
219	Zama	132,325	0.11%
220	Ōmuta	131,974	0.11%
221	Abiko	131,771	0.11%
222	Kadoma	131,727	0.11%
223	Onomichi	131,170	0.11%
224	Matsubara	130,855	0.11%
225	Kokubunji	129,242	0.10%
226	Iwakuni	129,125	0.10%
227	Ōsaki	128,763	0.10%
228	Seto	127,792	0.10%
229	Iizuka	126,364	0.10%
230	Koganei	126,074	0.10%
231	Tsuruoka	125,389	0.10%
232	Uruma	125,303	0.10%
233	Kashihara-shi	124,521	0.10%
234	Ise	123,533	0.10%
235	Kirishima	123,205	0.10%
236	Honmachi	123,067	0.10%
237	Niihama	123,059	0.10%
238	Beppu	122,643	0.10%
239	Kashiwara	120,922	0.10%
240	Ikoma	120,741	0.10%
241	Nobeoka	119,521	0.10%
242	Daitō	119,367	0.10%
243	Kitami	119,135	0.10%
244	Aizu-Wakamatsu	118,159	0.10%
245	Kakegawa	117,925	0.10%
246	Handa	117,884	0.10%
247	Sano	117,669	0.10%
248	Karatsu	117,663	0.10%
249	Higashikurume	117,020	0.09%
250	Hōfu	116,925	0.09%
251	Kōnosu	116,828	0.09%
252	Nasushiobara	115,794	0.09%
253	Urasoe	115,690	0.09%
254	Otaru	115,333	0.09%
255	Ichinoseki	114,476	0.09%
256	Hatsukaichi	114,173	0.09%
257	Akishima	113,949	0.09%
258	Tōkai	113,787	0.09%
259	Hikone	113,647	0.09%
260	Nagahama	113,636	0.09%
261	Fujimino	113,597	0.09%
262	Ōshū	112,937	0.09%
263	Youkaichi	112,819	0.09%
264	Kazo	112,792	0.09%
265	Kasuga	111,023	0.09%
266	Matsutō	110,408	0.09%
267	Kamagaya	109,932	0.09%
268	Marugame	109,513	0.09%
269	Habikino	109,479	0.09%
270	Kiryū	108,991	0.09%
271	Iwatsuki	108,833	0.09%
272	Komatsu	108,509	0.09%
273	Mishima	107,851	0.09%
274	Tajimi	107,818	0.09%
275	Inzai	105,463	0.09%
276	Ikeda	104,993	0.09%
277	Saijō	104,791	0.09%
278	Toride	104,524	0.08%
279	Isehara	103,401	0.08%
280	Chikushino-shi	103,311	0.08%
281	Yono	102,364	0.08%
282	Tsuyama	102,294	0.08%
283	Kani	102,143	0.08%
284	Ōnojō	102,085	0.08%
285	Kawachi-Nagano	101,692	0.08%
286	Iida	101,536	0.08%
287	Tokuyama	101,133	0.08%
288	Kanoya	101,096	0.08%
289	Chikusei	100,753	0.08%
290	Sakado	100,275	0.08%
291	Sakata	100,273	0.08%
292	Izumisano	100,131	0.08%
293	Ginowan	100,125	0.08%

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