page_title: Outline of Japan
section_title: Municipalities of Japan
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Japan / Geography of Japan / Regions of Japan / Administrative divisions of Japan / Municipalities of Japan
caption_attribution_description: Map of the cities ('shi') of Japan. Created by Rarelibra 13:52, 1 August 2007 (UTC) for public domain use, using MapInfo Professional v8.5 and various mapping resources.
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Japan:
  Japan – an island nation in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean. It lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun". Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku, which together comprise about ninety-seven percent of Japan's land area.
context_section_description: Municipalities of Japan
  Cities of Japan
  Capital of Japan: Tokyo
  Cities designated by government ordinance
  Cities, by population
  Towns of Japan
  Villages of Japan
caption: Cities of Japan
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