Special cities of Japan
List of special cities
Columns: Name | Japanese | Population ( 2012 ) | Date of designation | Region | Prefecture
Akashi | 明石 | 290927 | 2002-04-01 | Kansai | Hyōgo | Atsugi | 厚木 | 224181 | 2002-04-01 | Kantō | Kanagawa | Chigasaki | 茅ヶ崎 | 236222 | 2003-04-01 | Kantō | Kanagawa | Fuji | 富士 | 253455 | 2001-04-01 | Chūbu | Shizuoka | Fukui | 福井 | 266612 | 2000-04-01 | Chūbu | Fukui | Hachinohe | 八戸 | 236390 | 2001-04-01 | Tōhoku | Aomori | Hirakata | 枚方 | 407270 | 2001-04-01 | Kansai | Osaka | Hiratsuka | 平塚 | 260061 | 2001-04-01 | Kantō | Kanagawa | Ibaraki | 茨木 | 276474 | 2001-04-01 | Kansai | Osaka | Ichinomiya | 一宮 | 378996 | 2001-04-01 | Chūbu | Aichi | Isesaki | 伊勢崎 | 207253 | 2007-04-01 | Kantō | Gunma | Jōetsu | 上越 | 202366 | 2007-04-01 | Chūbu | Niigata | Kakogawa | 加古川 | 268175 | 2002-04-01 | Kansai | Hyōgo | Kasugai | 春日井 | 306573 | 2002-04-01 | Chūbu | Aichi | Kasukabe | 春日部 | 236976 | 2008-04-01 | Kantō | Saitama | Kawaguchi | 川口 | 561788 | 2001-04-01 | Kantō | Saitama | Kishiwada | 岸和田 | 198615 | 2002-04-01 | Kansai | Osaka | Kōfu | 甲府 | 197318 | 2000-04-01 | Chūbu | Yamanashi | Koshigaya | 越谷 | 328079 | 2003-04-01 | Kantō | Saitama | Kumagaya | 熊谷 | 201814 | 2009-04-01 | Kantō | Saitama | Kure | 呉 | 236595 | 2000-04-01 | Chūgoku | Hiroshima | Matsue | 松江 | 208160 | 2012-04-01 | Chūgoku | Shimane | Matsumoto | 松本 | 243431 | 2000-04-01 | Chūbu | Nagano | Mito | 水戸 | 269162 | 2001-04-01 | Kantō | Ibaraki | Nagaoka | 長岡 | 281101 | 2007-04-01 | Chūbu | Niigata | Neyagawa | 寝屋川 | 238819 | 2001-04-01 | Kansai | Osaka | Numazu | 沼津 | 199883 | 2000-04-01 | Chūbu | Shizuoka | Odawara | 小田原 | 197413 | 2000-04-01 | Kantō | Kanagawa | Ōta | 太田 | 217107 | 2007-04-01 | Kantō | Gunma | Sasebo | 佐世保 | 259676 | 2001-04-01 | Kyushu | Nagasaki | Sōka | 草加 | 244851 | 2004-04-01 | Kantō | Saitama | Suita | 吹田 | 357917 | 2001-04-01 | Kansai | Osaka | Takarazuka | 宝塚 | 227617 | 2003-04-01 | Kansai | Hyōgo | Tokorozawa | 所沢 | 342321 | 2002-04-01 | Kantō | Saitama | Tottori | 鳥取 | 196538 | 2005-04-01 | Chūgoku | Tottori | Tsukuba | つくば | 216221 | 2007-04-01 | Kantō | Ibaraki | Yamagata | 山形 | 254519 | 2001-04-01 | Tōhoku | Yamagata | Yamato | 大和 | 230357 | 2000-04-01 | Kantō | Kanagawa | Yao | 八尾 | 270735 | 2001-04-01 | Kansai | Osaka | Yokkaichi | 四日市 | 307599 | 2000-04-01 | Kansai | Mie