Towns of Japan

Administrative divisions of Japan
Prefectural level
Prefectures
(都道府県 todōfuken)
Subprefectural level
Subprefectures
(支庁 shichō)

Districts
(郡 gun)
Municipal level
Designated cities
(政令指定都市 seirei-shitei-toshi)

Core cities
(中核市 chūkaku-shi)

Special cities
(特例市 tokurei-shi)

Cities
(市 shi)

Special wards (Tokyo)
(特別区 tokubetsu-ku)

Towns
(町 chō, machi)

Villages
(村 son, mura)
Sub-municipal level
Wards
(区 ku)

A town (町; chō or machi) is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture (ken or other equivalents), city (shi), and village (mura). Geographically, a town's extent is contained within a prefecture.

Note that the same word (町; machi or chō) is also used in names of smaller region, usually a part of ward in a city.

See also

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