List of city nicknames in Japan

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Contents 1 Cities by prefecture 1.1 Aichi 1.2 Akita 1.3 Aomori 1.4 Chiba 1.5 Ehime 1.6 Fukui 1.7 Fukuoka 1.8 Fukushima 1.9 Gifu 1.10 Gunma 1.11 Hiroshima 1.12 Hokkaidō 1.13 Hyōgo 1.14 Ibaraki 1.15 Ishikawa 1.16 Iwate 1.17 Kagawa 1.18 Kagoshima 1.19 Kanagawa 1.20 Kōchi 1.21 Kumamoto 1.22 Kyoto 1.23 Mie 1.24 Miyagi 1.25 Miyazaki 1.26 Nagano 1.27 Nagasaki 1.28 Nara 1.29 Niigata 1.30 Ōita 1.31 Okayama 1.32 Okinawa 1.33 Osaka 1.34 Saga 1.35 Saitama 1.36 Shiga 1.37 Shimane 1.38 Shizuoka 1.39 Tochigi 1.40 Tokushima 1.41 Tokyo 1.42 Tottori 1.43 Toyama 1.44 Wakayama 1.45 Yamagata 1.46 Yamaguchi 1.47 Yamanashi 2 Cities referred to as Little Kyoto (小京都, Sho-Kyoto?), sorted by region 2.1 Tōhoku 2.2 Kantō,Kōshinetsu 2.3 Chūbu（Hokuriku,Tōkai） 2.4 Kinki 2.5 Chūgoku（San'in,San'yō） 2.6 Shikoku 2.7 Kyūshū 3 Cities referred to as Little Edo (小江戸, Ko-Edo?) sorted by region 3.1 Kantō 3.2 Tōkai 3.3 Kinki

[edit] Cities by prefecture

[edit] Aichi

• Takahama
  • City of Kawara（Roof tiles）
• Toyota, Nagoya
  • the castle town of Toyota
• Yatomi
  • City of Goldfish

[edit] Akita

[edit] Aomori

[edit] Chiba

[edit] Ehime

• Matsuyama
  • Town of Botchan（Botchan by Natsume Sōseki）
• Imabari
  • City of Towels
  • City of Kawara（Roof tiles）（Kikuma）
• Uchiko
  • City of Kite
  • City of White Walled
• Uwajima
  • City of Bullfighting
  • Hometown of Pearl

[edit] Fukui

• Sabae
  • City of Glasses

[edit] Fukuoka

• Fukuoka
  • City of "Yatai"（Street Stalls）
• Yanagawa
  • Venice of Japan
  • City of Water
• Yame
  • Place of Yame-tea
• Munakata（Okinoshima）
  • Island of God

[edit] Fukushima

[edit] Gifu

• Gifu
  • City of Fashion
• Ōgaki
  • City of Water
• Ena（Akechi）
  • Taishō Romantic Town

[edit] Gunma

• Maebashi
  • City of Water
• Shimonita
  • Town of Konnyaku

[edit] Hiroshima

• Fukuyama
  • City of Roses（Rose City）
  • City of Geta (footwear)
• Fuchū
  • Home of "Oomurasaki"（"Great Purple";national butterfly of Japan）
  • Town of White Walled（Jyougecho）
• Onomichi
  • City of Hills（City of Slopes）
  • City of Movies
• Innoshima
  • Island of Flower
  • Home of Hassaku
• Akitakata
  • City of Kagura（Yachiyo-Kagura, Midori-Kagura）
• Kitahiroshima（Chiyodacho）
  • Town of Kagura（Chiyoda-Kagura）
• Kure
  • City of Hills（City of Slopes）
• Hiroshima
  • City of Peace（International City of Peace and Culture）
  • City of Rivers
  • City of Water
  • Venice of Japan
• Hatsukaichi（Miyajima）
  • Itsukushima
  • Island of God
• Kumano
  • City of Brush

[edit] Hokkaidō

• Kushiro（Akan）
  • Hometown（Wintering ground） of "Tancyo"（Red-crowned Crane）
• Furano
  • City of Flowers
• Hakodate
  • City of Lights
• Otaru
  • City of Hills（City of Slopes）
  • Venice of Japan
• Teshikaga（Mashuko）
  • Lake of God
• Rishiri,Rishirifuji（Rishiritou）
  • Island of Flower
• Rebun（Rebuntou）
  • Island of Flower
• Haboro（Yagishiritou）
  • Island of Flower
• Kaibatou
  • Island of Flower

[edit] Hyōgo

• Takarazuka
  • City of Music
• Kōbe
  • City of Lights
  • City of Fashion
  • Town of Shoes（Nagata）
• Minamiawaji
  • City of Kawara（Roof tiles）
• Tatsuno
  • City of "Aka-tombo"（red Dragonfly）（Japanese nursery song）
• Awaji,Sumoto,Minamiawaji（Awajishima）
  • Island of Flower
  • Island of Mythologies
• Minamiawaji（Nushima）
  • Island of Mythologies

[edit] Ibaraki

[edit] Ishikawa

[edit] Iwate

• Tono
  • City of Folktales
• Hanamaki（Ohasama）
  • Town of Hayachine-Kagura

[edit] Kagawa

• Ayagawa
  • Home of Sanuki Udon
• Mitoyo
  • Home of Urashima Tarō
• Takamatsu
  • Home of Momotarō story
  • Town of Bonsai
• Marugame
  • City of Uchiwa（Japanese round paper fan）

[edit] Kagoshima

• Kagoshima
  • Naples of the Orient
  • Venice of Japan
  • City of "Ishin"（Meiji Restoration）
  • City of Streetcars
• Tokunoshima, Isen, Amagi, Kagoshima（Tokunoshima）
  • Town of Bullfighting
• Izumi
  • Hometown（Wintering ground） of "Nabezuru"（Hooded Crane）,"Kurozuru"（Common Crane）,"Manazuru"（White-necked Crane）
• Ōshima-gun（Okinoerabujima）
  • Island of Flower

[edit] Kanagawa

• Kamakura
  • Ancient City
  • City of History
• Minamiashigara
  • Home of Kintaro

[edit] Kōchi

• Kōchi
  • Birthplace of Yosakoi-Matsuri（festival）

[edit] Kumamoto

• Kumamoto
  • City of Woods
• Nagasu
  • Town of Goldfish
• Uki
  • City of Dekopon

[edit] Kyoto

• Kyoto
  • Kyo
  • Ancient City
  • City of History
• Ine
  • Home of Urashima Tarō
• Uji
  • Place of Uji-tea
• Maizuru（Kammurijima）
  • Island of God

[edit] Mie

• Iga
  • Hometown of Ninja
• Shima
  • Home of Urashima Tarō
  • Hometown of Pearl

[edit] Miyagi

• Sendai
  • City of Trees（City of Green）（Capital with the Groves）
• Shibata
  • City of Chrysanthemum

[edit] Miyazaki

• Takachiho
  • Town of Mythologies
  • Town of Takachiho-Kagura

[edit] Nagano

[edit] Nagasaki

• Nagasaki
  • City of Peace
  • City of Hills（City of Slopes）
  • City of Lights
  • City of Streetcars
  • Naples of the Orient（Naples of Japan）
• Iki（Iki Island）
  • Island of Mythologies

[edit] Nara

• Nara
  • Ancient City
• Yamatokoriyama
  • City of Goldfish

[edit] Niigata

• Ojiya
  • Home of Nishikigoi
  • City of Bullfighting
• NiigataShirone
  • City of Kite
• Sado
  • Island of Flower

[edit] Ōita

• Beppu
  • Naples of the Orient
  • Hot spring capital of the world
• Bungotakada
  • City of Shōwa

[edit] Okayama

• Okayama
  • Hometown of Momotarō
• Kurashiki
  • City of White Walled
  • Venice of Japan
• Bisei
  • Home of Stars
• Kasaoka（Manabeshima,Takashima）
  • Island of Flower
  • Island of Mythologies
• Takahashi（Nariwacho）
  • Town of Bitchu-Kagura

[edit] Okinawa

• Naha
  • the capital of the Ryūkyū Kingdom
• Itoman
  • City of Peace
• Uruma
  • City of Bullfighting
• Nanjo（Kudakajima）
  • Island of God
  • Island of Mythologies
• Uruma（Hamahigashima）
  • Island of God
  • Island of Mythologies
• Nakijin（Kourijima）
  • Island of God
• Kohama
  • Hometown of Churasan

[edit] Osaka

• Osaka
  • Naniwa
  • City of Water
  • Venice of Japan
  • City of Business
  • City of "Kuidaore"（eat until you drop）
• Sakai
  • Venice of Japan
• Izumisano
  • Rinku Town
  • City of Towels
• Kishiwada
  • City of Danjiri Matsuri

[edit] Saga

• Karatsu
  • City of Karatsu Kunchi
• Kawasoe
  • City of Nori

[edit] Saitama

• Saitama
  • Town of Bonsai
• Kazo
  • City of Koinobori
• Kounosu, Iwatsuki
  • Town of Dolls
  • Town of "Hina-ningyo"（dolls for Hinamatsuri）
  • Town of "Gogatsu-ningyo"（dolls for Tango no Sekku）

[edit] Shiga

• Kōka
  • Hometown of Ninja

[edit] Shimane

• Matsue
  • City of Water
  • Venice of Japan
  • City of Kawara（Roof tiles）
• Izumo
  • City of Mythologies
• Gotsu（Sakuraecho）
  • Town of Kagura（Omoto-Kagura）
• Hamada（Kanagi）
  • Town of Iwami-Kagura
• Oda
  • City of Silver Mine "Iwami"
• Okinoshima
  • Island of Pictures
  • Island of Flower
  • Town of Bullfighting

[edit] Shizuoka

• Atami
  • City of Lights
  • Naples of the Orient
• Fuji
  • City of Paper
• Hamamatsu
  • City of Music
• Oyama
  • Hometown of Kintaro
• Shizuoka, Okabe, Fujieda
  • Places of Shizuoka-tea

[edit] Tochigi

[edit] Tokushima

• Tokushima
  • Birthplace of Awa Dance Festival

[edit] Tokyo

• Shibuya, Harajuku
  • Town for young people
• Sugamo
  • Obaachan no Harajuku（Grandma's Harajuku）
• Akihabara
  • Town for Otaku
• Katsushika-Shibamata
  • Hometown of "Tora-san"（Otoko wa Tsurai yo）
• Fuchū
  • City of Woods

[edit] Tottori

• Kurayoshi
  • City of White Walled
  • City of Red Roof
• Sakaiminato
  • City of Yōkai（Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro by Shigeru Mizuki）

[edit] Toyama

• Toyama
  • City of Medicine

[edit] Wakayama

[edit] Yamagata

• Higashine
  • City of Cherries
• Nanyō
  • City of Chrysanthemum

[edit] Yamaguchi

• Hagi
  • City of "Ishin"（Meiji Restoration）
• Yanai
  • City of White Walled
• Iwakuni
  • Taishō Romantic Town
• Shimonoseki
  • City of "Fuku"（Fugu）（"Fuku":Happiness）
• Shimonoseki（Futaoijima）
  • Island of Mythologies
• Shunan
  • Hometown（Wintering ground） of "Nabezuru"（Hooded Crane）

[edit] Yamanashi

• Hokuto（Nagasaka）
  • Town of "Oomurasaki"（"Great Purple";national butterfly of Japan）

[edit] Cities referred to as Little Kyoto (小京都, Sho-Kyoto^?), sorted by region

[edit] Tōhoku

• Hirosaki, Aomori
• Iwadeyama, Miyagi
• Kakunodate, Akita
• Morioka, Iwate
• Murata, Miyagi
• Sakata, Yamagata
• Tono, Iwate
• Yamagata, Yamagata
• Yuzawa, Akita

[edit] Kantō,Kōshinetsu

• Ashikaga, Tochigi
• Iida, Nagano
• Iiyama, Nagano
• Kamo, Niigata
• Koga, Ibaraki
• Ogawa, Saitama
• Ranzan, Saitama
• Sano, Tochigi
• Tochigi, Tochigi
• Yugawara, Kanagawa

[edit] Chūbu（Hokuriku,Tōkai）

• Gujohachiman, Gifu
• Inuyama, Aichi
• Johana, Toyama
• Kanazawa, Ishikawa
• Nishio, Aichi
• Obama, Fukui
• Takayama, Gifu

[edit] Kinki

• Igaueno, Mie
• Izushi, Hyogo
• Sasayama, Hyogo
• Tatsuno, Hyogo

[edit] Chūgoku（San'in,San'yō）

• Hagi, Yamaguchi
• Kurayoshi, Tottori
• Matsue, Shimane
• Onomichi, Hiroshima
• Takahashi, Okayama
• Takehara, Hiroshima
• Tsuwano, Shimane
• Tsuyama, Okayama
• Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi

[edit] Shikoku

• Nakamura, Kochi
• Ōzu, Ehime

[edit] Kyūshū

• Asakura, Fukuoka
• Chiran, Kagoshima
• Hita, Oita
• Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto
• Imari, Saga
• Kitsuki, Oita
• Nichinan, Miyazaki
• Ogi, Saga

[edit] Cities referred to as Little Edo (小江戸, Ko-Edo^?) sorted by region

[edit] Kantō

• Atsugi, Kanagawa
• Katori, Chiba
• Kawagoe, Saitama
• Otaki, Chiba
• Tochigi, Tochigi

[edit] Tōkai

• Iwata, Shizuoka（Asaba, Shizuoka）

[edit] Kinki

• Hikone, Shiga