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</style><span class="nobold"><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">沼津市</span></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="Special_cities_of_Japan" title="Special cities of Japan">Special city</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">City center, Byuo,Numazu Nakamise Shopping Street,Torii in the Heda area</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">
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</style><span class=" nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="geo:35.09558333333334,138.86344444444444"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°05′44.1″N</span> <span class="longitude">138°51′48.4″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.095583°N 138.863444°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.095583; 138.863444</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="List_of_regions_of_Japan" title="List of regions of Japan">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Ch%C5%ABbu_region" title="Chūbu region">Chūbu</a> (<a href="T%C5%8Dkai_region" title="Tōkai region">Tōkai</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Prefectures_of_Japan" title="Prefectures of Japan">Prefecture</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Shizuoka_Prefecture" title="Shizuoka Prefecture">Shizuoka</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">&nbsp;•&nbsp;Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Shuichi Yorishige (頼重秀一) &lt;from May 2018&gt;</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;">&nbsp;•&nbsp;Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">186.96&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (72.19&nbsp;sq&nbsp;mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap">&nbsp;</span>(December 1, 2019)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;">&nbsp;•&nbsp;Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">189,486</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">&nbsp;•&nbsp;Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,000/km<sup>2</sup> (2,600/sq&nbsp;mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="UTC%2B9" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+9">UTC+9</a> (<a href="Japan_Standard_Time" title="Japan Standard Time">Japan Standard Time</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">- Tree</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Pine" title="Pine">Pine</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">- Flower</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Crinum_asiaticum" title="Crinum asiaticum">Crinum asiaticum</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">- Bird</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Common_gull" title="Common gull">Common gull</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Phone&nbsp;number</th><td class="infobox-data">055-931-2500</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Address</th><td class="infobox-data">16-1 Miyukichō, Numazu-shi, Shizuoka-ken 410-8601</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.city.numazu.shizuoka.jp">Official website</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Numazu</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">沼津市</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Numazu-shi</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span> is a <a href="Cities_of_Japan" title="Cities of Japan">city</a> located in eastern <a href="Shizuoka_Prefecture" title="Shizuoka Prefecture">Shizuoka Prefecture</a>, <a href="Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. As of 1&nbsp;December&nbsp;2019, the city had an estimated <a href="Population" title="Population">population</a> of 189,486 in 91,986 households,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a <a href="Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> of 1,014 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area of the city is 186.96 square kilometres (72.19&nbsp;sq&nbsp;mi).
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<div class="thumb tright" style="width:260px;max-width:510px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize thumbimage" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="Mount_Fuji" title="Mount Fuji">Mount Fuji</a> seen from the streets of Numazu</div></div></div>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2></div>
<p>Numazu is at the northwestern end of the <a href="Izu_Peninsula" title="Izu Peninsula">Izu Peninsula</a>, which is a leisure destination known for its numerous <a href="Onsen" title="Onsen">hot springs</a>. <a href="Mount_Fuji" title="Mount Fuji">Mount Fuji</a>, Japan's tallest mountain, may also be seen from Numazu on clear days. Numazu is located 130 kilometres (81&nbsp;mi) west of <a href="Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> and is on the <a href="T%C5%8Dkaid%C5%8D_Main_Line" title="Tōkaidō Main Line">Tōkaidō Main Line</a>, the main railway line from <a href="Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a> to Tokyo. Warmed by the <a href="Kuroshio_Current" title="Kuroshio Current">Kuroshio Current</a>, the area enjoys a warm maritime climate with hot, humid summers and mild, cool winters. The <a href="Kano_River" title="Kano River">Kano River</a> runs through the middle of the city. Mount Ashitaka (1188 meters) is the highest point in the city.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Neighboring_municipalities">Neighboring municipalities</h3></div>
<p>Shizuoka Prefecture
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<ul><li><a href="Mishima%2C_Shizuoka" title="Mishima, Shizuoka">Mishima</a></li>
<li><a href="Fuji%2C_Shizuoka" title="Fuji, Shizuoka">Fuji</a></li>
<li><a href="Izu%2C_Shizuoka" title="Izu, Shizuoka">Izu</a></li>
<li><a href="Izunokuni" title="Izunokuni">Izunokuni</a></li>
<li><a href="Shimizu%2C_Shizuoka" title="Shimizu, Shizuoka">Shimizu</a></li>
<li><a href="Nagaizumi" title="Nagaizumi">Nagaizumi</a></li>
<li><a href="Kannami" title="Kannami">Kannami</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2></div>
<p>Per Japanese census data,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the population of Numazu has been in slow decline over the past 30 years.
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<p>The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (<a href="K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Cfa</i>). The average annual temperature in Numazu is 15.9&nbsp;°C. The average annual rainfall is 1938&nbsp;mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.8&nbsp;°C, and lowest in January, at around 5.9&nbsp;°C.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>
<p>Numazu is an ancient settlement, mentioned in <a href="Nara_period" title="Nara period">Nara period</a> records as the original <a href="Kokufu" title="Kokufu">provincial capital</a> of <a href="Suruga_Province" title="Suruga Province">Suruga Province</a> before the separation of <a href="Izu_Province" title="Izu Province">Izu Province</a> from Suruga in 680 AD, and subsequent transfer of the provincial capital to the banks of the <a href="Abe_River" title="Abe River">Abe River</a> in what is now <a href="Shizuoka%2C_Shizuoka" class="mw-redirect" title="Shizuoka, Shizuoka">Shizuoka city</a>. During the early part of the <a href="Tokugawa_shogunate" title="Tokugawa shogunate">Tokugawa shogunate</a>, Numazu was ruled as part of <a href="Odawara_Domain" title="Odawara Domain">Odawara Domain</a>, but with the construction of <a href="Numazu_Castle" title="Numazu Castle">Numazu Castle</a> in 1777, it became the separate <a href="Numazu_Domain" title="Numazu Domain">Numazu Domain</a>. Numazu prospered in the <a href="Edo_period" title="Edo period">Edo period</a> from its location on the <a href="T%C5%8Dkaid%C5%8D_(road)" title="Tōkaidō (road)">Tōkaidō</a> highway connecting <a href="Edo" title="Edo">Edo</a> with <a href="Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a>, with <a href="Numazu-juku" title="Numazu-juku">Numazu-juku</a> and <a href="Hara-juku_(T%C5%8Dkaid%C5%8D)" title="Hara-juku (Tōkaidō)">Hara-juku</a> as two of the 53 <a href="Shukuba" title="Shukuba">post stations</a>.
</p><p>After the <a href="Meiji_Restoration" title="Meiji Restoration">Meiji Restoration</a>, <a href="Numazu_Station" title="Numazu Station">Numazu Station</a> was opened on the <a href="T%C5%8Dkaid%C5%8D_Main_Line" title="Tōkaidō Main Line">Tōkaidō Main Line</a> on February 1, 1889. With the establishment of the modern municipalities system of the early <a href="Meiji_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Meiji period">Meiji period</a> in 1889, the area was reorganized into Numazu Town within <a href="Sunt%C5%8D_District%2C_Shizuoka" title="Suntō District, Shizuoka">Suntō District, Shizuoka</a> From its seaside location, Numazu gained a reputation as a health resort, which was further enhanced by its selection as the location of an <a href="Numazu_Imperial_Villa" title="Numazu Imperial Villa">imperial villa</a> built for <a href="Emperor_Meiji" title="Emperor Meiji">Emperor Meiji</a> in 1893. The area become popular with other members of the <a href="Kazoku" title="Kazoku">nobility</a>, statesmen (including <a href="Inoue_Kaoru" title="Inoue Kaoru">Inoue Kaoru</a>) and writers. Numazu town expanded in 1923 by merger with Yanagihara village, becoming Numazu City on July 1, 1923.
</p><p>Central Numazu was destroyed by a fire in 1926. In 1944, the city further expanded through merger with neighboring Katahama, Kanaoka, Ooka and Shizuura villages. The city was a target for American <a href="Strategic_bombing" title="Strategic bombing">air raids</a> in <a href="World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, and was largely destroyed by <a href="Bombing_of_Numazu_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Numazu in World War II">bombing on July 17, 1945</a>.
</p><p>In 1955, the villages of Ashitaka, Oohira, Uchiura, and Nishiura merged with Numazu, and in 1968 Hara Town also merged with Numazu. In the year 2000, Numazu was designated a Special City<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">特例市</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tokurei-shi</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span> by the central government with increased local autonomy. In April 2005, the village of <a href="Heda%2C_Shizuoka" title="Heda, Shizuoka">Heda</a> (from <a href="Tagata_District%2C_Shizuoka" title="Tagata District, Shizuoka">Tagata District</a>) was merged into Numazu. In 2007, Numazu hosted the 29th <a href="WorldSkills" title="WorldSkills">WorldSkills</a> International Championship.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2></div>
<p>Numazu has a <a href="Mayor-council" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor-council">mayor-council</a> form of government with a directly elected mayor and a <a href="Unicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Unicameral">unicameral</a> city legislature of 28 members.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2></div>
<p>Numazu is an industrial city and regional financial center, and its port is a major center of Shizuoka prefecture's <a href="Commercial_fishing" title="Commercial fishing">commercial fishing</a> industry. Numazu produces more dried <a href="Japanese_horse_mackerel" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese horse mackerel">Japanese horse mackerel</a> than any other region in Japan. The city accounts for about half of Japan's total production. Agriculture is dominated by production of <a href="Mikan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mikan">mandarin oranges</a> and <a href="Green_tea" title="Green tea">green tea</a>, with <a href="Brussels_sprouts" class="mw-redirect" title="Brussels sprouts">Brussels sprouts</a>, dairy products and rice as secondary products. Numazu is the location of the head office of Suruga Bank, Shizuoka Chuo Bank and Numazu Shinkin Bank.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2></div>
<p>Numazu has 24 public elementary schools, 17 public middle schools and one public combined middle/high school operated by the city government. The city has four public high schools operated by the Shizuoka Prefectural Board of Education. There are also one private elementary school, one private combined middle/high school and five private high schools. The prefecture also operates three special education schools in Numazu for the handicapped.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railway">Railway</h3></div>
<ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"></span> <a href="Central_Japan_Railway_Company" title="Central Japan Railway Company">Central Japan Railway Company</a> - <a href="T%C5%8Dkaid%C5%8D_Main_Line" title="Tōkaidō Main Line">Tōkaidō Main Line</a>
<ul><li><a href="Numazu_Station" title="Numazu Station">Numazu</a> - <a href="Katahama_Station" title="Katahama Station">Katahama</a> - <a href="Hara_Station_(Shizuoka)" title="Hara Station (Shizuoka)">Hara</a></li></ul></li>
<li><span typeof="mw:File"></span> <a href="Central_Japan_Railway_Company" title="Central Japan Railway Company">Central Japan Railway Company</a> - <a href="Gotemba_Line" title="Gotemba Line">Gotemba Line</a>
<ul><li><a href="Numazu_Station" title="Numazu Station">Numazu</a> - <a href="%C5%8Coka_Station_(Shizuoka)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ōoka Station (Shizuoka)">Ōoka</a></li></ul></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Highway">Highway</h3></div>
<ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> <a href="AH1" title="AH1">AH1</a> <a href="Tomei_Expressway" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomei Expressway">Tomei Expressway</a></li>
<li><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> <a href="Shin-T%C5%8Dmei_Expressway" title="Shin-Tōmei Expressway">Shin-Tōmei Expressway</a></li>
<li><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> <a href="Izu-J%C5%ABkan_Expressway" title="Izu-Jūkan Expressway">Izu-Jūkan Expressway</a></li>
<li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> <a href="Japan_National_Route_1" title="Japan National Route 1">National Route&nbsp;1</a></li>
<li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> <a href="Japan_National_Route_246" title="Japan National Route 246">National Route&nbsp;246</a></li>
<li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> <a href="Japan_National_Route_414" title="Japan National Route 414">National Route&nbsp;414</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_attractions">Local attractions</h2></div>

<p>Numazu is a gateway to Mount Fuji, <a href="Hakone" title="Hakone">Hakone</a>, and <a href="Izu_Peninsula" title="Izu Peninsula">Izu Peninsula</a>, which are major tourist attractions. The harbour area has seafood restaurants and features an anti-<a href="Tsunami" title="Tsunami">tsunami</a> barrier with an observation floor on top that offers a panoramic view of the city and the surrounding area. There is a shopping street close to the main train station.
</p><p>Numazu has the longest coastline of any municipality in the prefecture. The <i>Senbonhama</i> ("Thousand Tree Beach") seaside is considered one of the best places to view Osezaki, <a href="Nihondaira" title="Nihondaira">Nihondaira</a>, or the southern <a href="Japan_Alps" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan Alps">Japan Alps</a> against the background of Sembonmatsubara and Mount Fuji. Three aquariums are located in Numazu: Mito Sea Paradise, Awashima Marine Park and Numazu Deepblue Aquarium.
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<div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:1510px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize thumbimage" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Numazu city from Mount Kanuki</div></div></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Historic_Sites">National Historic Sites</h3></div>
<ul><li>Nagahama Castle ruins</li>
<li><a href="K%C5%8Dkokuji_Castle" title="Kōkokuji Castle">Kōkokuji Castle</a> ruins</li>
<li><a href="Yasumiba_ruins" title="Yasumiba ruins">Yasumiba Archaeological Site</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2></div>
<ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="United_States" title="United States"></a></span></span> <a href="Kalamazoo" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalamazoo">Kalamazoo</a>, <a href="Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>, United States, since 1963</li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="China" title="China"></a></span></span> <a href="Yueyang" title="Yueyang">Yueyang</a>, <a href="Hunan" title="Hunan">Hunan</a>, China, since 1985<sup id="cite_ref-International_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-International-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Japan" title="Japan"></a></span></span> <a href="Ueda%2C_Nagano" title="Ueda, Nagano">Ueda, Nagano</a>, Japan</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people_from_Numazu">Notable people from Numazu</h2></div>

<ul><li><a href="Tomita_Tsunejir%C5%8D" title="Tomita Tsunejirō">Tomita Tsunejirō</a> (1865–1937) – the earliest disciple of <a href="Judo" title="Judo">judo</a></li>
<li><a href="Nobutaka_Machimura" title="Nobutaka Machimura">Nobutaka Machimura</a> – politician</li>
<li><a href="Shinji_Ono" title="Shinji Ono">Shinji Ono</a> – professional soccer player</li>
<li><a href="Masakuni_Yamamoto" title="Masakuni Yamamoto">Masakuni Yamamoto</a> – professional soccer player</li>
<li><a href="Kento_Sugiyama" title="Kento Sugiyama">Kento Sugiyama</a> – professional baseball player</li>
<li><a href="Kyoko_Iwasaki" title="Kyoko Iwasaki">Kyoko Iwasaki</a> – Olympic medalist swimmer</li>
<li><a href="Koji_Murofushi" title="Koji Murofushi">Koji Murofushi</a> – Olympic medalist in hammer-throw</li>
<li><a href="Miu_Hirano" title="Miu Hirano">Miu Hirano</a> – Table Tennis player</li>
<li><a href="Yamada_Nagamasa" title="Yamada Nagamasa">Yamada Nagamasa</a> – <a href="Sengoku_period" title="Sengoku period">Sengoku period</a> merchant-adventurer</li>
<li><a href="Norio_Ohga" title="Norio Ohga">Norio Ohga</a> – former CEO of Sony</li>
<li><a href="Tomoyoshi_Murayama" title="Tomoyoshi Murayama">Tomoyoshi Murayama</a> – artist and playwright</li>
<li><a href="Masato_Harada" title="Masato Harada">Masato Harada</a> – movie director</li>
<li><a href="Ulka_Sasaki" title="Ulka Sasaki">Ulka Sasaki</a> — mixed martial artist</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_culture">Popular culture</h2></div>
<p>Numazu is the main setting of the anime <i><a href="Love_Live!_Sunshine!!" title="Love Live! Sunshine!!">Love Live! Sunshine!!</a></i>, and several characters live in Uchiura and Awashima Island. As such, many tourists come to Numazu because of the anime, and various things in the city, such as taxicabs, buses, ferries, and manhole covers, have special <i>Love Live</i>-themed designs.
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</style><div id="20x20px_Shizuoka_Prefecture305" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><span typeof="mw:File"></span> <a href="Shizuoka_Prefecture" title="Shizuoka Prefecture">Shizuoka Prefecture</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><a href="Shizuoka_(city)" title="Shizuoka (city)">Shizuoka</a> <small>(<a href="List_of_capitals_in_Japan" title="List of capitals in Japan">capital</a>)</small></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Shizuoka_(city)" title="Shizuoka (city)">Shizuoka</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Wards24" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Wards_of_Japan" title="Wards of Japan">Wards</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Aoi-ku%2C_Shizuoka" title="Aoi-ku, Shizuoka">Aoi</a></li>
<li><a href="Shimizu-ku%2C_Shizuoka" title="Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka">Shimizu</a></li>
<li><a href="Suruga-ku%2C_Shizuoka" title="Suruga-ku, Shizuoka">Suruga</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Hamamatsu" title="Hamamatsu">Hamamatsu</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Wards5" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Wards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D-ku%2C_Hamamatsu" title="Chūō-ku, Hamamatsu">Chūō</a></li>
<li><a href="Hamana-ku%2C_Hamamatsu" title="Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu">Hamana</a></li>
<li><a href="Tenry%C5%AB_Ward" class="mw-redirect" title="Tenryū Ward">Tenryū</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Special_cities_of_Japan" title="Special cities of Japan">Special cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Fuji%2C_Shizuoka" title="Fuji, Shizuoka">Fuji</a></li>
</ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Atami" title="Atami">Atami</a></li>
<li><a href="Mishima%2C_Shizuoka" title="Mishima, Shizuoka">Mishima</a></li>
<li><a href="Fujinomiya%2C_Shizuoka" title="Fujinomiya, Shizuoka">Fujinomiya</a></li>
<li><a href="It%C5%8D%2C_Shizuoka" title="Itō, Shizuoka">Itō</a></li>
<li><a href="Shimada%2C_Shizuoka" title="Shimada, Shizuoka">Shimada</a></li>
<li><a href="Iwata%2C_Shizuoka" title="Iwata, Shizuoka">Iwata</a></li>
<li><a href="Yaizu%2C_Shizuoka" class="mw-redirect" title="Yaizu, Shizuoka">Yaizu</a></li>
<li><a href="Kakegawa%2C_Shizuoka" title="Kakegawa, Shizuoka">Kakegawa</a></li>
<li><a href="Fujieda%2C_Shizuoka" title="Fujieda, Shizuoka">Fujieda</a></li>
<li><a href="Gotemba%2C_Shizuoka" title="Gotemba, Shizuoka">Gotemba</a></li>
<li><a href="Fukuroi%2C_Shizuoka" title="Fukuroi, Shizuoka">Fukuroi</a></li>
<li><a href="Shimoda%2C_Shizuoka" title="Shimoda, Shizuoka">Shimoda</a></li>
<li><a href="Susono%2C_Shizuoka" class="mw-redirect" title="Susono, Shizuoka">Susono</a></li>
<li><a href="Kosai%2C_Shizuoka" title="Kosai, Shizuoka">Kosai</a></li>
<li><a href="Izu%2C_Shizuoka" title="Izu, Shizuoka">Izu</a></li>
<li><a href="Omaezaki" title="Omaezaki">Omaezaki</a></li>
<li><a href="Kikugawa" title="Kikugawa">Kikugawa</a></li>
<li><a href="Izunokuni" title="Izunokuni">Izunokuni</a></li>
<li><a href="Makinohara" title="Makinohara">Makinohara</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Kamo_District%2C_Shizuoka" title="Kamo District, Shizuoka">Kamo District</a>
<ul><li><a href="Higashiizu" title="Higashiizu">Higashiizu</a></li>
<li><a href="Kawazu%2C_Shizuoka" title="Kawazu, Shizuoka">Kawazu</a></li>
<li><a href="Minamiizu" title="Minamiizu">Minamiizu</a></li>
<li><a href="Matsuzaki%2C_Shizuoka" title="Matsuzaki, Shizuoka">Matsuzaki</a></li>
<li><a href="Nishiizu" title="Nishiizu">Nishiizu</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Tagata_District%2C_Shizuoka" title="Tagata District, Shizuoka">Tagata District</a>
<ul><li><a href="Kannami" title="Kannami">Kannami</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Sunt%C5%8D_District%2C_Shizuoka" title="Suntō District, Shizuoka">Suntō District</a>
<ul><li><a href="Shimizu%2C_Shizuoka" title="Shimizu, Shizuoka">Shimizu</a></li>
<li><a href="Nagaizumi" title="Nagaizumi">Nagaizumi</a></li>
<li><a href="Oyama%2C_Shizuoka" title="Oyama, Shizuoka">Oyama</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Haibara_District%2C_Shizuoka" title="Haibara District, Shizuoka">Haibara District</a>
<ul><li><a href="Yoshida%2C_Shizuoka" title="Yoshida, Shizuoka">Yoshida</a></li>
<li><a href="Kawanehon" title="Kawanehon">Kawanehon</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Sh%C5%ABchi_District%2C_Shizuoka" title="Shūchi District, Shizuoka">Shūchi District</a>
<ul><li><a href="Mori%2C_Shizuoka" title="Mori, Shizuoka">Mori</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><a href="List_of_mergers_in_Shizuoka_Prefecture" title="List of mergers in Shizuoka Prefecture">List of mergers in Shizuoka Prefecture</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Metropolitan_cities_of_Japan237" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Metropolitan_cities_of_Japan237" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="List_of_cities_in_Japan" title="List of cities in Japan">Metropolitan cities</a> of <a href="Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo Metropolis</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Special_wards_of_Tokyo" title="Special wards of Tokyo">Special wards of Tokyo</a><sup>※</sup>
<ul><li><a href="Adachi%2C_Tokyo" title="Adachi, Tokyo">Adachi</a></li>
<li><a href="Arakawa%2C_Tokyo" title="Arakawa, Tokyo">Arakawa</a></li>
<li><a href="Bunky%C5%8D" title="Bunkyō">Bunkyō</a></li>
<li><a href="Chiyoda%2C_Tokyo" title="Chiyoda, Tokyo">Chiyoda</a></li>
<li><a href="Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D%2C_Tokyo" title="Chūō, Tokyo">Chūō</a></li>
<li><a href="Edogawa%2C_Tokyo" title="Edogawa, Tokyo">Edogawa</a></li>
<li><a href="Itabashi" title="Itabashi">Itabashi</a></li>
<li><a href="Katsushika" title="Katsushika">Katsushika</a></li>
<li><a href="Kita%2C_Tokyo" title="Kita, Tokyo">Kita</a></li>
<li><a href="K%C5%8Dt%C5%8D" title="Kōtō">Kōtō</a></li>
<li><a href="Meguro" title="Meguro">Meguro</a></li>
<li><a href="Minato%2C_Tokyo" title="Minato, Tokyo">Minato</a></li>
<li><a href="Nakano%2C_Tokyo" title="Nakano, Tokyo">Nakano</a></li>
<li><a href="Nerima" title="Nerima">Nerima</a></li>
<li><a href="%C5%8Cta%2C_Tokyo" title="Ōta, Tokyo">Ōta</a></li>
<li><a href="Setagaya" title="Setagaya">Setagaya</a></li>
<li><a href="Shibuya" title="Shibuya">Shibuya</a></li>
<li><a href="Shinagawa" title="Shinagawa">Shinagawa</a></li>
<li><a href="Shinjuku" title="Shinjuku">Shinjuku</a></li>
<li><a href="Suginami" title="Suginami">Suginami</a></li>
<li><a href="Sumida%2C_Tokyo" title="Sumida, Tokyo">Sumida</a></li>
<li><a href="Toshima" title="Toshima">Toshima</a></li>
<li><a href="Tait%C5%8D" title="Taitō">Taitō</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Cities_designated_by_government_ordinance_of_Japan" title="Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan">Designated cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Chiba_(city)" title="Chiba (city)">Chiba</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Fukuoka" title="Fukuoka">Fukuoka</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Hamamatsu" title="Hamamatsu">Hamamatsu</a></li>
<li><a href="Hiroshima" title="Hiroshima">Hiroshima</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Kawasaki%2C_Kanagawa" title="Kawasaki, Kanagawa">Kawasaki</a></li>
<li><a href="Kitakyushu" title="Kitakyushu">Kitakyushu</a></li>
<li><a href="Kobe" title="Kobe">Kobe</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Kumamoto" title="Kumamoto">Kumamoto</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Nagoya" title="Nagoya">Nagoya</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Niigata_(city)" title="Niigata (city)">Niigata</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Okayama" title="Okayama">Okayama</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Sagamihara" title="Sagamihara">Sagamihara</a></li>
<li><a href="Saitama_(city)" title="Saitama (city)">Saitama</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Sakai" title="Sakai">Sakai</a></li>
<li><a href="Sapporo" title="Sapporo">Sapporo</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Sendai" title="Sendai">Sendai</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Shizuoka_(city)" title="Shizuoka (city)">Shizuoka</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama</a><sup>※</sup></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Core_cities_of_Japan" title="Core cities of Japan">Core cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Akashi%2C_Hy%C5%8Dgo" title="Akashi, Hyōgo">Akashi</a></li>
<li><a href="Akita_(city)" title="Akita (city)">Akita</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Amagasaki" title="Amagasaki">Amagasaki</a></li>
<li><a href="Aomori" title="Aomori">Aomori</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Asahikawa" title="Asahikawa">Asahikawa</a></li>
<li><a href="Fukui_(city)" title="Fukui (city)">Fukui</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Fukushima_(city)" title="Fukushima (city)">Fukushima</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Fukuyama%2C_Hiroshima" title="Fukuyama, Hiroshima">Fukuyama</a></li>
<li><a href="Funabashi" title="Funabashi">Funabashi</a></li>
<li><a href="Gifu" title="Gifu">Gifu</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Hachinohe" title="Hachinohe">Hachinohe</a></li>
<li><a href="Hachi%C5%8Dji" title="Hachiōji">Hachiōji</a></li>
<li><a href="Hakodate" title="Hakodate">Hakodate</a></li>
<li><a href="Higashi%C5%8Dsaka" title="Higashiōsaka">Higashiōsaka</a></li>
<li><a href="Himeji" title="Himeji">Himeji</a></li>
<li><a href="Hirakata" title="Hirakata">Hirakata</a></li>
<li><a href="Ichinomiya%2C_Aichi" title="Ichinomiya, Aichi">Ichinomiya</a></li>
<li><a href="Iwaki%2C_Fukushima" title="Iwaki, Fukushima">Iwaki</a></li>
<li><a href="Kagoshima" title="Kagoshima">Kagoshima</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Kanazawa" title="Kanazawa">Kanazawa</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Kashiwa" title="Kashiwa">Kashiwa</a></li>
<li><a href="Kawagoe%2C_Saitama" title="Kawagoe, Saitama">Kawagoe</a></li>
<li><a href="Kawaguchi%2C_Saitama" title="Kawaguchi, Saitama">Kawaguchi</a></li>
<li><a href="K%C5%8Dchi%2C_K%C5%8Dchi" title="Kōchi, Kōchi">Kōchi</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="K%C5%8Dfu" title="Kōfu">Kōfu</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="K%C5%8Driyama" title="Kōriyama">Kōriyama</a></li>
<li><a href="Koshigaya" title="Koshigaya">Koshigaya</a></li>
<li><a href="Kurashiki" title="Kurashiki">Kurashiki</a></li>
<li><a href="Kure%2C_Hiroshima" title="Kure, Hiroshima">Kure</a></li>
<li><a href="Kurume" title="Kurume">Kurume</a></li>
<li><a href="Maebashi" title="Maebashi">Maebashi</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Matsue" title="Matsue">Matsue</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Matsumoto%2C_Nagano" title="Matsumoto, Nagano">Matsumoto</a></li>
<li><a href="Matsuyama" title="Matsuyama">Matsuyama</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Miyazaki_(city)" title="Miyazaki (city)">Miyazaki</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Mito%2C_Ibaraki" title="Mito, Ibaraki">Mito</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Morioka" title="Morioka">Morioka</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Naha" title="Naha">Naha</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Nagano_(city)" title="Nagano (city)">Nagano</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Nagasaki" title="Nagasaki">Nagasaki</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Nara_(city)" title="Nara (city)">Nara</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Neyagawa%2C_Osaka" title="Neyagawa, Osaka">Neyagawa</a></li>
<li><a href="Nishinomiya" title="Nishinomiya">Nishinomiya</a></li>
<li><a href="%C5%8Cita_(city)" title="Ōita (city)">Ōita</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Okazaki%2C_Aichi" title="Okazaki, Aichi">Okazaki</a></li>
<li><a href="%C5%8Ctsu" title="Ōtsu">Ōtsu</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Sasebo" title="Sasebo">Sasebo</a></li>
<li><a href="Shimonoseki" title="Shimonoseki">Shimonoseki</a></li>
<li><a href="Suita" title="Suita">Suita</a></li>
<li><a href="Takamatsu" title="Takamatsu">Takamatsu</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Takasaki" title="Takasaki">Takasaki</a></li>
<li><a href="Takatsuki" title="Takatsuki">Takatsuki</a></li>
<li><a href="Tottori_(city)" title="Tottori (city)">Tottori</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Toyama_(city)" title="Toyama (city)">Toyama</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Toyohashi" title="Toyohashi">Toyohashi</a></li>
<li><a href="Toyonaka" title="Toyonaka">Toyonaka</a></li>
<li><a href="Toyota%2C_Aichi" title="Toyota, Aichi">Toyota</a></li>
<li><a href="Utsunomiya" title="Utsunomiya">Utsunomiya</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Wakayama_(city)" title="Wakayama (city)">Wakayama</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Yao%2C_Osaka" title="Yao, Osaka">Yao</a></li>
<li><a href="Yamagata_(city)" title="Yamagata (city)">Yamagata</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="Yokosuka" title="Yokosuka">Yokosuka</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Special_cities_of_Japan" title="Special cities of Japan">Special cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Atsugi" title="Atsugi">Atsugi</a></li>
<li><a href="Chigasaki%2C_Kanagawa" title="Chigasaki, Kanagawa">Chigasaki</a><sup>☆</sup></li>
<li><a href="Fuji%2C_Shizuoka" title="Fuji, Shizuoka">Fuji</a><sup>☆</sup></li>
<li><a href="Hiratsuka" title="Hiratsuka">Hiratsuka</a></li>
<li><a href="Ibaraki%2C_Osaka" title="Ibaraki, Osaka">Ibaraki</a></li>
<li><a href="Isesaki" title="Isesaki">Isesaki</a></li>
<li><a href="J%C5%8Detsu%2C_Niigata" title="Jōetsu, Niigata">Jōetsu</a></li>
<li><a href="Kakogawa%2C_Hy%C5%8Dgo" title="Kakogawa, Hyōgo">Kakogawa</a></li>
<li><a href="Kasugai%2C_Aichi" title="Kasugai, Aichi">Kasugai</a></li>
<li><a href="Kasukabe%2C_Saitama" title="Kasukabe, Saitama">Kasukabe</a></li>
<li><a href="Kishiwada%2C_Osaka" title="Kishiwada, Osaka">Kishiwada</a><sup>☆</sup></li>
<li><a href="Kumagaya" title="Kumagaya">Kumagaya</a></li>
<li><a href="Nagaoka%2C_Niigata" title="Nagaoka, Niigata">Nagaoka</a></li>

<li><a href="Odawara" title="Odawara">Odawara</a><sup>☆</sup></li>
<li><a href="%C5%8Cta%2C_Gunma" title="Ōta, Gunma">Ōta</a></li>
<li><a href="Saga_(city)" title="Saga (city)">Saga</a><sup>※</sup></li>
<li><a href="S%C5%8Dka" title="Sōka">Sōka</a></li>
<li><a href="Takarazuka%2C_Hy%C5%8Dgo" title="Takarazuka, Hyōgo">Takarazuka</a></li>
<li><a href="Tokorozawa%2C_Saitama" title="Tokorozawa, Saitama">Tokorozawa</a><sup>☆</sup></li>
<li><a href="Tsukuba" title="Tsukuba">Tsukuba</a><sup>☆</sup></li>
<li><a href="Yamato%2C_Kanagawa" title="Yamato, Kanagawa">Yamato</a></li>
<li><a href="Yokkaichi" title="Yokkaichi">Yokkaichi</a><sup>☆</sup></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_capitals_in_Japan" title="List of capitals in Japan">Prefectural capitals</a><br> <small>without designation</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Tsu%2C_Mie" title="Tsu, Mie">Tsu</a></li>
<li><a href="Tokushima_(city)" title="Tokushima (city)">Tokushima</a></li>
<li><a href="Yamaguchi_(city)" title="Yamaguchi (city)">Yamaguchi</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><sup>※</sup> also a <a href="List_of_capitals_in_Japan" title="List of capitals in Japan">prefectural capital</a>; <sup>†</sup> eligible for core city status but not yet nominated; <sup>☆</sup> to become core cities</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="23x15px&amp;#124;border_&amp;#124;alt=Japan&amp;#124;link=Japan_Cities_in_Japan_with_a_population_of_200,000+240" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="23x15px&amp;#124;border_&amp;#124;alt=Japan&amp;#124;link=Japan_Cities_in_Japan_with_a_population_of_200,000+240" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Japan" title="Japan"></a></span></span> <a href="List_of_cities_in_Japan" title="List of cities in Japan">Cities in Japan with a population of 200,000+</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2,000,000 and more</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> (capital)</li>
<li><a href="Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama</a></li>
<li><a href="Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a></li>
<li><a href="Nagoya" title="Nagoya">Nagoya</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1,000,000–1,999,999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Sapporo" title="Sapporo">Sapporo</a></li>
<li><a href="Fukuoka" title="Fukuoka">Fukuoka</a></li>
<li><a href="Kobe" title="Kobe">Kobe</a></li>
<li><a href="Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a></li>
<li><a href="Kawasaki%2C_Kanagawa" title="Kawasaki, Kanagawa">Kawasaki</a></li>
<li><a href="Saitama_(city)" title="Saitama (city)">Saitama</a></li>
<li><a href="Hiroshima" title="Hiroshima">Hiroshima</a></li>
<li><a href="Sendai" title="Sendai">Sendai</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">500,000–999,999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Kitakyushu" title="Kitakyushu">Kitakyushu</a></li>
<li><a href="Chiba_(city)" title="Chiba (city)">Chiba</a></li>
<li><a href="Setagaya" title="Setagaya">Setagaya</a></li>
<li><a href="Sakai" title="Sakai">Sakai</a></li>
<li><a href="Niigata_(city)" title="Niigata (city)">Niigata</a></li>
<li><a href="Hamamatsu" title="Hamamatsu">Hamamatsu</a></li>
<li><a href="Shizuoka_(city)" title="Shizuoka (city)">Shizuoka</a></li>
<li><a href="Sagamihara" title="Sagamihara">Sagamihara</a></li>
<li><a href="Nerima" title="Nerima">Nerima</a></li>
<li><a href="Okayama" title="Okayama">Okayama</a></li>
<li><a href="%C5%8Cta%2C_Tokyo" title="Ōta, Tokyo">Ōta</a></li>
<li><a href="Kumamoto" title="Kumamoto">Kumamoto</a></li>
<li><a href="Edogawa%2C_Tokyo" title="Edogawa, Tokyo">Edogawa</a></li>
<li><a href="Adachi%2C_Tokyo" title="Adachi, Tokyo">Adachi</a></li>
<li><a href="Kagoshima" title="Kagoshima">Kagoshima</a></li>
<li><a href="Funabashi" title="Funabashi">Funabashi</a></li>
<li><a href="Hachi%C5%8Dji" title="Hachiōji">Hachiōji</a></li>
<li><a href="Kawaguchi%2C_Saitama" title="Kawaguchi, Saitama">Kawaguchi</a></li>
<li><a href="Himeji" title="Himeji">Himeji</a></li>
<li><a href="Suginami" title="Suginami">Suginami</a></li>
<li><a href="Itabashi" title="Itabashi">Itabashi</a></li>
<li><a href="Matsuyama" title="Matsuyama">Matsuyama</a></li>
<li><a href="Higashi%C5%8Dsaka" title="Higashiōsaka">Higashiōsaka</a></li>
<li><a href="Utsunomiya" title="Utsunomiya">Utsunomiya</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">200,000–499,999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Matsudo" title="Matsudo">Matsudo</a></li>
<li><a href="Nishinomiya" title="Nishinomiya">Nishinomiya</a></li>
<li><a href="Kurashiki" title="Kurashiki">Kurashiki</a></li>
<li><a href="Ichikawa%2C_Chiba" title="Ichikawa, Chiba">Ichikawa, Chiba</a></li>
<li><a href="%C5%8Cita_(city)" title="Ōita (city)">Oita</a></li>
<li><a href="Fukuyama%2C_Hiroshima" title="Fukuyama, Hiroshima">Fukuyama</a></li>
<li><a href="Amagasaki" title="Amagasaki">Amagasaki</a></li>
<li><a href="Kanazawa" title="Kanazawa">Kanazawa</a></li>
<li><a href="Nagasaki" title="Nagasaki">Nagasaki</a></li>
<li><a href="K%C5%8Dt%C5%8D" title="Kōtō">Kōtō</a></li>
<li><a href="Katsushika" title="Katsushika">Katsushika</a></li>
<li><a href="Yokosuka" title="Yokosuka">Yokosuka</a></li>
<li><a href="Toyama_(city)" title="Toyama (city)">Toyama</a></li>
<li><a href="Toyota%2C_Aichi" title="Toyota, Aichi">Toyota</a></li>
<li><a href="Takamatsu%2C_Kagawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Takamatsu, Kagawa">Takamatsu</a></li>
<li><a href="Machida%2C_Tokyo" title="Machida, Tokyo">Machida</a></li>
<li><a href="Gifu" title="Gifu">Gifu</a></li>
<li><a href="Hirakata" title="Hirakata">Hirakata</a></li>
<li><a href="Fujisawa%2C_Kanagawa" title="Fujisawa, Kanagawa">Fujisawa</a></li>
<li><a href="Kashiwa" title="Kashiwa">Kashiwa</a></li>
<li><a href="Toyonaka" title="Toyonaka">Toyonaka</a></li>
<li><a href="Nagano_(city)" title="Nagano (city)">Nagano</a></li>
<li><a href="Toyohashi" title="Toyohashi">Toyohashi</a></li>
<li><a href="Ichinomiya%2C_Aichi" title="Ichinomiya, Aichi">Ichinomiya</a></li>
<li><a href="Wakayama_(city)" title="Wakayama (city)">Wakayama</a></li>
<li><a href="Okazaki%2C_Aichi" title="Okazaki, Aichi">Okazaki</a></li>
<li><a href="Miyazaki_(city)" title="Miyazaki (city)">Miyazaki</a></li>
<li><a href="Nara_(city)" title="Nara (city)">Nara</a></li>
<li><a href="Suita" title="Suita">Suita</a></li>
<li><a href="Takatsuki" title="Takatsuki">Takatsuki</a></li>
<li><a href="Shinagawa" title="Shinagawa">Shinagawa</a></li>
<li><a href="Asahikawa" title="Asahikawa">Asahikawa</a></li>
<li><a href="Iwaki%2C_Fukushima" title="Iwaki, Fukushima">Iwaki</a></li>
<li><a href="K%C5%8Dchi_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kōchi (city)">Kochi</a></li>
<li><a href="Takasaki" title="Takasaki">Takasaki</a></li>
<li><a href="K%C5%8Driyama" title="Kōriyama">Kōriyama</a></li>
<li><a href="Tokorozawa%2C_Saitama" title="Tokorozawa, Saitama">Tokorozawa</a></li>
<li><a href="Kawagoe%2C_Saitama" title="Kawagoe, Saitama">Kawagoe</a></li>
<li><a href="Kita%2C_Tokyo" title="Kita, Tokyo">Kita</a></li>
<li><a href="Akita_(city)" title="Akita (city)">Akita</a></li>
<li><a href="%C5%8Ctsu" title="Ōtsu">Ōtsu</a></li>
<li><a href="Koshigaya" title="Koshigaya">Koshigaya</a></li>
<li><a href="Maebashi" title="Maebashi">Maebashi</a></li>
<li><a href="Naha" title="Naha">Naha</a></li>
<li><a href="Nakano%2C_Tokyo" title="Nakano, Tokyo">Nakano, Tokyo</a></li>
<li><a href="Shinjuku" title="Shinjuku">Shinjuku</a></li>
<li><a href="Yokkaichi" title="Yokkaichi">Yokkaichi</a></li>
<li><a href="Aomori" title="Aomori">Aomori</a></li>
<li><a href="Kurume" title="Kurume">Kurume</a></li>
<li><a href="Kasugai%2C_Aichi" title="Kasugai, Aichi">Kasugai</a></li>
<li><a href="Morioka" title="Morioka">Morioka</a></li>
<li><a href="Akashi%2C_Hy%C5%8Dgo" title="Akashi, Hyōgo">Akashi</a></li>
<li><a href="Fukushima_(city)" title="Fukushima (city)">Fukushima</a></li>
<li><a href="Tsu%2C_Mie" title="Tsu, Mie">Tsu</a></li>
<li><a href="Shimonoseki" title="Shimonoseki">Shimonoseki</a></li>
<li><a href="Nagaoka%2C_Niigata" title="Nagaoka, Niigata">Nagaoka</a></li>
<li><a href="Ichihara%2C_Chiba" title="Ichihara, Chiba">Ichihara</a></li>
<li><a href="Hakodate" title="Hakodate">Hakodate</a></li>
<li><a href="Yao%2C_Osaka" title="Yao, Osaka">Yao</a></li>
<li><a href="Ibaraki%2C_Osaka" title="Ibaraki, Osaka">Ibaraki, Osaka</a></li>
<li><a href="Fukui_(city)" title="Fukui (city)">Fukui</a></li>
<li><a href="Meguro" title="Meguro">Meguro</a></li>
<li><a href="Kakogawa%2C_Hy%C5%8Dgo" title="Kakogawa, Hyōgo">Kakogawa</a></li>
<li><a href="Tokushima_(city)" title="Tokushima (city)">Tokushima</a></li>
<li><a href="Mito%2C_Ibaraki" title="Mito, Ibaraki">Mito</a></li>
<li><a href="Hiratsuka" title="Hiratsuka">Hiratsuka</a></li>
<li><a href="Toshima" title="Toshima">Toshima</a></li>
<li><a href="Yamagata_(city)" title="Yamagata (city)">Yamagata</a></li>
<li><a href="Sasebo" title="Sasebo">Sasebo</a></li>
<li><a href="Fuch%C5%AB%2C_Tokyo" title="Fuchū, Tokyo">Fuchū, Tokyo</a></li>
<li><a href="Kure%2C_Hiroshima" title="Kure, Hiroshima">Kure, Hiroshima</a></li>
<li><a href="Hachinohe" title="Hachinohe">Hachinohe</a></li>
<li><a href="Saga_(city)" title="Saga (city)">Saga</a></li>
<li><a href="Neyagawa%2C_Osaka" title="Neyagawa, Osaka">Neyagawa</a></li>
<li><a href="S%C5%8Dka" title="Sōka">Sōka</a></li>
<li><a href="Sumida%2C_Tokyo" title="Sumida, Tokyo">Sumida</a></li>
<li><a href="Fuji%2C_Shizuoka" title="Fuji, Shizuoka">Fuji</a></li>
<li><a href="Kasukabe%2C_Saitama" title="Kasukabe, Saitama">Kasukabe</a></li>
<li><a href="Chigasaki%2C_Kanagawa" title="Chigasaki, Kanagawa">Chigasaki</a></li>
<li><a href="Matsumoto%2C_Nagano" title="Matsumoto, Nagano">Matsumoto</a></li>
<li><a href="Atsugi" title="Atsugi">Atsugi</a></li>
<li><a href="Yamato%2C_Kanagawa" title="Yamato, Kanagawa">Yamato</a></li>
<li><a href="Ageo" title="Ageo">Ageo</a></li>
<li><a href="Takarazuka%2C_Hy%C5%8Dgo" title="Takarazuka, Hyōgo">Takarazuka</a></li>
<li><a href="Ch%C5%8Dfu" title="Chōfu">Chōfu</a></li>
<li><a href="%C5%8Cta%2C_Gunma" title="Ōta, Gunma">Ōta, Gunma</a></li>
<li><a href="Tsukuba" title="Tsukuba">Tsukuba</a></li>

<li><a href="J%C5%8Detsu%2C_Niigata" title="Jōetsu, Niigata">Joetsu</a></li>
<li><a href="Shibuya" title="Shibuya">Shibuya</a></li>
<li><a href="Minato%2C_Tokyo" title="Minato, Tokyo">Minato</a></li>
<li><a href="Kumagaya" title="Kumagaya">Kumagaya</a></li>
<li><a href="Isesaki" title="Isesaki">Isesaki</a></li>
<li><a href="Nishitokyo" title="Nishitokyo">Nishitokyo</a></li>
<li><a href="Kishiwada%2C_Osaka" title="Kishiwada, Osaka">Kishiwada</a></li>
<li><a href="Tottori_(city)" title="Tottori (city)">Tottori</a></li></ul>
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