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Japan has many place names with unusual readings (難読地名 nandoku chimei?) where the kanji are not read in the standard way. In many cases, even the Japanese need assistance in knowing the correct pronunciation unless they grew up in the area, especially when the kanji being used are not part of the 1,945 approved kanji on the Jōyō kanji list.

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[edit] Examples

The place names listed below are from north to south by region and prefecture, and then alphabetical within each prefecture.

[edit] Hokkaidō

Rōmaji Kanji Location
Aikappu 愛冠 Akkeshi
Ainonai 相内 Kitami
Akkeshi 厚岸 Akkeshi
Ashoro 足寄 Ashoro
Assabu 厚沢部 Assabu
Atoeka 跡永賀 Kushiro (town)
Bannaguru 花畔 Ishikari
Barato 茨戸 Kita-ku, Sapporo
Bekanbeushi 別寒辺牛 Akkeshi
Buima 冬窓床 Kushiro (town)
Chanbetsu 茶安別 Shibecha
Chippubetsu 秩父別 Chippubetsu
Esashi 枝幸 Esashi
Gokibiru 濃昼 Ishikari
Goyōmai 珸瑤瑁 Nemuro
Habomai 歯舞 Nemuro
Hassamu 発寒 Nishi-ku, Sapporo
Hattari 発足 Ishikari, Kyōwa
Horomui 幌向 Iwamizawa
Ichiyan 一已 Fukagawa
Iohara-chō 庵原町 Hakodate
Kamoenai 神恵内 Kamoenai
Kitoushi 来止臥 Kushiro (town)
Kunneppu 訓子府 Kunneppu
Kunnui 国縫 Oshamanbe
Kutchan 倶知安 Kutchan
Makkari 真狩 Makkari
Mareppu 稀布 Date
Maruseppu 丸瀬布 Engaru
Masarikappu 正利冠 Ishikari
Mataitoki 又飯時 Kushiro (town)
Moseuchi 妹背牛 Moseushi
Rōmaji Kanji Location
Nanporo 南幌 Nanporo
Neppu 熱郛 Kuromatsunai
Niikappu 新冠 Niikappu
Nikomanai 入境学 Kushiro (town)
Nopporo 野幌 Ebetsu
Nosappu 納沙布 Nemuro
Nusamai 幣舞 Kushiro
Okoppe 興部 Okoppe, Nishiokoppe
Ōmu 雄武 Ōmu
Onnetō 温根沼 Nemuro
Onoppunai 雄信内 Teshio
Oshamanbe 長万部 Oshamanbe
Oshamappu 老者舞 Kushiro (town)
Oshoro 忍路 Otaru
Osokinai 晩生内 Urausu
Otanoshike 大楽毛 Kushiro
Otoineppu 音威子府 Otoineppu
Oyafuru 生振 Ishikari
Panbetsu 奔別 Mikasa
Pashikuru 馬主来 Kushiro
Pinneshiri 敏音知 Nakatonbetsu
Pippu 比布 Pippu
Ponto 奔渡 Akkeshi
Poro 幌 Ishikari
Poropinai 幌美内 Chitose
Riyamunai 梨野舞納 Kyōwa
Rūku 留久 Shintotsukawa
Sakkuru 咲来 Otoineppu
Sakurū 札久留 Takinoue
Sekineppu 賤夫向 Kushiro (town)
Shakotan 積丹 Shakotan
Shana 紗那 Shana District
Rōmaji Kanji Location
Shibecha 標茶 Shibecha
Shibetoro 蘂取 Shibetoro District
Shibetsu 標津 Nakashibetsu, Shibetsu (Nemuro)
Shikotan 色丹 Shikotan District
Shimukappu 占冠 Shimukappu
Shippomanai 知方学 Kushiro (town)
Shippu 聚富 Ishikari
Shokotsu 渚滑 Monbetsu
Shōtonbetsu 小利別 Rikubetsu
Sōbetsu 壮瞥 Sōbetsu
Sonteki 初無敵 Kushiro (town)
Suttsu 寿都 Suttsu
Teshibetsu 徹別 Kushiro
Teshikaga 弟子屈 Teshikaga
Todohokke 椴法華 Hakodate
Tonkeshi 富岸 Noboribetsu
Utasutsu 歌棄 Furubira, Suttsu
Wakacharase 分遣瀬 Kushiro (town)
Wassamu 和寒 Wassamu
Wattsu 輪厚 Kitahiroshima
Yamubetsu 止別 Koshimizu
Yasosuke 安瀬 Ishikari


[edit] Tōhoku

[edit] Aomori

Rōmaji Kanji Location
Domeki 百目木 Yokohama
Hashikami 階上 Hashikami
Henashi 舮作 Fukaura
Masago 真砂 Mutsu
Minmaya 三厩 Minmaya
Momoishi 百石 Oirase
Naijōshi 撫牛子 Hirosaki
Obuchi 尾駮 Rokkasho
Sabishiro 淋代 Misawa
Shishipashi 鹿橋 Higashidōri
Shitsukari 尻労 Higashidōri
Takahoko 鷹架 Rokkasho
Ushiroyachi 後萢 Aomori
Yagen 薬研 Mutsu

[edit] Iwate

Rōmaji Kanji Location
Getō 夏油 Kitakami
Hanokibae 柈生 Tōno

[edit] Miyagi

Rōmaji Kanji Location
Akiu 秋保 Taihaku-ku
Ayashi 愛子 Aoba-ku
Gōraki-dōri 椌木通 Wakabayashi-ku
Kasegai 合戦谷 Ishinomaki
Kogota 小牛田 Misato
Ōkuma 逢隈 Watari
Otamayashita 霊屋下 Aoba-ku
Ōtoya-machi 大塒町 Taihaku-ku
Tōgatta 遠刈田 Zaō
Yuriage 閖上 Natori

[edit] Akita

Rōmaji Kanji Location
Ara-machi 万町 Noshiro
Age 阿気 Noshiro
Aratokoro 新処 Yokote
Barajima 茨島 Akita
Dojōnuma 鯲沼 Akita, Yokote
Fukkoshi 吹越 Noshiro
Fuku-Ōzutsumi 婦気大堤 Yokote
Furukawashiki 古川布 Noshiro
Haragai no Sawa 腹鞁ノ沢 Noshiro
Hataorisori no Me 機織轌ノ目 Noshiro
Hihata 比八田 Noshiro
Hitane 直根 Yurihonjō
Honokise 朴瀬 Noshiro
Iwao 磐 Noshiro
Jinego 笹子 Yurihonjō
Kairagefuchi 鰄渕 Noshiro
Kawabata-machi 川反町 Noshiro
Keiseizuka 傾城塚 Yokote
Kisakata 象潟 Nikaho
Konōra 金浦 Nikaho
Matsunagashiki 松長布 Noshiro
Nihata 荷八田 Noshiro
Niozaki 鳰崎 Akita
Nishimonai 西馬音内 Ugo
Noriage 乗阿気 Yokote
Ōkuzo 大葛 Ōdate
Oniokashinai 阿仁笑内 Kitaakita
Ōtamote 太田面 Noshiro
Saikachi 槐 Noshiro
Sarahannai 狙半内 Yokote
Sesenagi 剰水 Yokote
Shidōmori 芝童森 Noshiro
Takahana 高塙 Noshiro
Takō 竹生 Noshiro
Tamerakokawabata 滑良子川端 Noshiro
Towarida 外割田 Noshiro
Toyaba 鳥矢場 Noshiro
Toyowaki 樋脇 Yokote
Yabase 八橋 Akita

[edit] Yamagata

Rōmaji Kanji Location
Aterazawa 左沢 Ōe
Atsumi 温海 Tsuruoka
Hōdashi 文下 Tsuruoka
Nozoki 及位 Mamurogawa
Ringō 梨郷 Nan'yō
Sagae 寒河江 Sagae

[edit] Fukushima

Rōmaji Kanji Location
Kōri 桑折 Kōri
Nakoso 勿来 Iwaki
Niidera 飯寺 Aizuwakamatsu
Ōnukari 大垬 Yamatsuri
Saiso 差塩 Iwaki


[edit] Kantō

[edit] Ibaraki

Rōmaji Kanji Location
Abokke-chō 木葉下町 Mito
Baraki 茨城 Ishioka
Higashigōto-chō 東河内町 Hitachi
Isagozawa-chō 砂沢町 Hitachi
Itako 潮来 Itako
Kakiwa-chō 堅磐町 Hitachiōta
Kanakubo 鹿窪 Yūki
Kegano-chō 天下野町 Hitachiōta
Kobuke 小浮気 Toride
Konaji 子生 Hokota
Mamiana 狸穴 Tsukubamirai
Mataguma-chō 全隈町 Mito
Namegata 行方 Namegata
Nemusanzuke 随分附 Kasama
Onabake 女化 Ushiku
Sasagi 大角豆 Tsukuba
Shimeba 七五三場 Yūki
Sūbuna 直鮒 Ryūgasaki

[edit] Tochigi

Rōmaji Kanji Location
Funyū 船生 Shioya
Fuzakashi 汗 Kaminokawa
Hitotonoya 神鳥谷 Oyama
Kanezuka 庚申塚 Sano
Nogoya 野高谷 Utsunomiya
Tokujira 徳次郎 Utsunomiya
Yobe-chō 五十部町 Ashikaga

[edit] Gunma

Rōmaji Kanji Location
Kanra 甘楽 Kanra
Kuni 六合 Kuni
Nudeshima
Note: also a surname		 橳島
 
ぬで島		 Maebashi
Ōra 邑楽 Ōra
Tsumagoi 嬬恋 Tsumagoi

[edit] Saitama

Rōmaji Kanji Location
Aōda 粟生田 Sakado
Azeyoshi 畔吉 Ageo
Ennami 円阿弥 Chūō-ku, Saitama
Futtono 風渡野 Minuma-ku, Saitama
Jinde 神田 Sakura-ku, Saitama
Kagiage 釣上 Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama
Kazo 加須 Kazo
Menuma 妻沼 Kumagaya
(formerly Menuma)
Mizuhata 水判土 Nishi-ku, Saitama
Nishiasuma 西遊馬 Nishi-ku, Saitama
Nissai 入西 Sakado
Ogose 越生 Ogose
Oinezuka 生出塚 Kōnosu
Saido 道祖土 Midori-ku, Saitama
Seiganji 清河寺 Nishi-ku, Saitama
Shibaraki 新開 Sakura-ku, Saitama
Yakyū 箭弓 Higashimatsuyama

[edit] Chiba

Rōmaji Kanji Location
Abiko 我孫子 Abiko
Ajikibokkui 安食ト杭 Motono
Amaariki 海士有木 Ichihara
Bokke-machi 北方町 Ichikawa
Gumyō 求名 Togane
Hasama 飯山満 Funabashi
Hebara 部原 Katsuura
Hibiri 日秀 Abiko
Honda 誉田 Chiba
Ichibu 都部 Abiko
Imonokubo 神久保 Yachiyo
Iriyamazu 不入斗 Ichihara
Itabu 飯給 Ichihara
Kōde 幸田 Matsudo
Kōnodai 国府台 Ichikawa
Mikoze 三ヶ月 Matsudo
Odorobayashi 行々林 Funabashi
Okahotto 岡発戸 Abiko
Sakakuba 猿楽場 Shisui
Shinga
formerly read "Shinkan"		 新官 Katsuura
Shisui 酒々井 Shisui
Sōsa 匝瑳 Sōsa, Sōsa District
Takabyō 中峠 Abiko
Tona 墨名 Katsuura
Torami 東浪見 Ichinomiya
Toyofuta 十余二 Kashiwa
Toyohito 十余一 Shiroi
Toyomi 十余三 Narita
Tsuiheiji 廿五里 Ichihara
Yasashido-chō 小食土町 Chiba
Yachimata 八街 Yachimata
Yōrogo 丁子 Katori

[edit] Tokyo

Rōmaji Kanji Location
Azabumamiana-chō 麻布狸穴町 Minato
Azusawa 小豆沢 Itabashi
Bakuro-chō 馬喰町 Chūō
Ecchūjima 越中島 Kōtō
Fussa 福生 Fussa
Gyoranzaka 魚藍坂 Minato
Henbori 人里 Hinohara
Himon'ya 碑文谷 Meguro
Kanda-Jinbōchō 神田神保町 Chiyoda
Jūnisō 十二社 Shinjuku
Kaitai-chō 改代町 Shinjuku
Kameido 亀戸 Kōtō
Kanoto 神戸 Hinohara
Kichijōji 吉祥寺 Musashino
Kinuta 砧 Setagaya
Kōtō-ku 江東区 Kōtō
Kotta 乞田 Tama
Narihira 業平 Sumida
Nippori 日暮里 Arakawa
Nukui 貫井 Nerima
Ogu 尾久 Arakawa
Okachi-machi 御徒町 Taitō
Ōme 青梅 Ōme
Senzoku 千束 Taitō
Shakujii 石神井 Nerima
Shinonome 東雲 Kōtō
Shishibone 鹿骨 Edogawa
Tansu-chō 箪笥町 Shinjuku
Todori 廿里 Hachiōji
Todoroki 等々力 Setagaya
Toneri 舎人 Adachi
Tozura 留浦 Hinohara
Tsurumaki 弦巻 Setagaya
Yagōchi 谷河内 Edogawa
Yamatomura 大和郷 Bunkyō
Yarai-chō 矢来町 Shinjuku

[edit] Kanagawa

Rōmaji Kanji Location
Akutsu 明津 Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki
Daigiri 大鋸 Fujisawa
Fuda 布田 Tama-ku, Kawasaki
Gōdo-chō 神戸町 Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama
Gumizawa 汲沢 Totsuka-ku, Yokohama
Gumyōji-chō 弘明寺町 Minami-ku, Yokohama
Guzo 公所 Hiratsuka
Hanabusa-chō 英町 Naka-ku, Yokohama
Hemi 逸見 Yokosuka
Higiriyama 日限山 Kōnan-ku, Yokohama
Ikonobe
formerly read Ikebe		 池辺 Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama
Ino 入野 Hiratsuka, Kanagawa
Inoyama-chō 犬山町 Sakae-ku, Yokohama
Iriyamazu 不入斗 Yokosuka
Iryūda 入生田 Odawara
Isago 砂子 Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki
Jūniso 十二所 Kamakura
Kandaiji 神大寺 Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
Kano-machi 上町 Odawara
Katabira-chō 帷子町 Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama
Kawamukō-chō 川向町 Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama
Kawawa 川匂 Odawara, Ninomiya
Kayama 栢山 Odawara
Kewaizaka 化粧坂 Kamakura
Kōzu 国府津 Odawara
Kuden-chō 公田町 Sakae-ku, Yokohama
Kugenuma 鵠沼 Fujisawa
Kugō-chō 公郷町 Yokosuka
Kurogane-chō 鉄町 Aoba-ku, Yokohama
Maita-chō 蒔田町 Minami-ku, Yokohama
Makigahara 万騎が原 Asahi-ku, Yokohama
Mamedo 大豆戸 Kōhaku-ku, Yokohama
Namegaya 行谷 Chigasaki
Negishikazōdai 根岸加曽台 Naka-ku, Yokohama
Nippa-chō 新羽町 Kōhaku-ku, Yokohama
Noba-chō 野庭町 Kōnan-ku, Yokohama
Ōgigayatsu 扇ガ谷 Kamakura
Oppama 追浜 Yokosuka
Osogō 獺郷 Fujisawa
Otsutomo-chō 乙舳町 Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
Sakawa 酒匂 Odawara
Sagakoumi 曽我光海 Odawara
Shiboku 神木 Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki
Shitte 尻手 Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama
Sugesengoku 菅仙谷 Tama-ku, Kawasaki
Sumiredaira 菫平 Hiratsuka
Tanjōgaoka 達上ケ丘 Hiratsuka
Todoroki 等々力 Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki
Tsukuno-chō 佃野町 Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama
Tsuoka-chō 都岡町 Asahi-ku, Yokohama
Zushi 逗子 Zushi
Masago 真砂 Mutsu
Masago 真砂 Mutsu
Masago 真砂 Mutsu
Masago 真砂 Mutsu
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Masago 真砂 Mutsu
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