Japonya'nın çekirdek şehirleri
Çekirdek şehirler listesi

1 Nisan 2021 tarihi itibarı ile Japonya'da 62 adet çekirdek şehir bulunmaktadır.
| Adı | Kanji | Bölge | Prefektörlük | Nüfus¹ | Belirlenme tarihi |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Akashi | 明石市 | Kansai | Hyōgo | 290.927 | 2018-04-01 |
|  Akita | 秋田市 | Tōhoku | Akita | 322.224 | 1997-04-01 |
|  Amagasaki | 尼崎市 | Kansai | Hyōgo | 451.353 | 2009-04-01 |
|  Aomori | 青森市 | Tōhoku | Aomori | 297.348 | 2006-10-01 |
|  Asahikawa | 旭川市 | Hokkaidō | Hokkaidō | 351.765 | 2000-04-01 |
|  Fukui | 福井市 | Chūbu | Fukui | 266.612 | 2019-04-01 |
|  Fukuşima | 福島市 | Tōhoku | Fukuşima | 289.355 | 2018-04-01 |
|  Fukuyama | 福山市 | Chūgoku | Hiroşima | 462.144 | 1998-04-01 |
|  Funabashi | 船橋市 | Kantō | Chiba | 610.492 | 2003-04-01 |
|  Gifu | 岐阜市 | Chūbu | Gifu | 412.718 | 1996-04-01 |
|  Hachinohe | 八戸市 | Tōhoku | Aomori | 241.613 | 2017-01-01 |
|  Hachiōji | 八王子市 | Kantō | Tokyo | 579.799 | 2015-04-01 |
|  Hakodate | 函館市 | Hokkaidō | Hokkaidō | 279.056 | 2005-10-01 |
|  Higashiōsaka | 東大阪市 | Kansai | Osaka | 508.267 | 2005-04-01 |
|  Hirakata | 枚方市 | Kansai | Osaka | 407.270 | 2014-04-01 |
|  Himeji | 姫路市 | Kansai | Hyōgo | 536.218 | 1996-04-01 |
|  Ichinomiya | 一宮市 | Chūbu | Aichi | 378.996 | 2011-04-01 |
|  Iwaki | いわき市 | Tōhoku | Fukuşima | 332.994 | 1999-04-01 |
|  Kagoshima | 鹿児島市 | Kyūshū | Kagoshima | 607.257 | 1996-04-01 |
|  Kashiwa | 柏市 | Kantō | Chiba | 404.863 | 2008-04-01 |
|  Kanazawa | 金沢市 | Chūbu | Ishikawa | 462.796 | 1996-04-01 |
|  Kawagoe | 川越市 | Kantō | Saitama | 345.361 | 2003-04-01 |
|  Kawaguchi | 川口市 | Kantō | Saitama | 561.788 | 2018-04-01 |
|  Kōchi | 高知市 | Shikoku | Kōchi | 342.568 | 1998-04-01 |
|  Kōfu | 甲府市 | Chūbu | Yamanashi | 197.318 | 2019-04-01 |
|  Kōriyama | 郡山市 | Tōhoku | Fukuşima | 331.140 | 1997-04-01 |
|  Koshigaya | 越谷市 | Kantō | Saitama | 328.079 | 2015-04-01 |
|  Kurashiki | 倉敷市 | Chūgoku | Okayama | 477.086 | 2002-04-01 |
|  Kure | 呉市 | Chūgoku | Hiroşima | 236.595 | 2016-04-01 |
|  Kurume | 久留米市 | Kyūshū | Fukuoka | 301.821 | 2008-04-01 |
|  Maebashi | 前橋市 | Kantō | Gunma | 338.481 | 2009-04-01 |
|  Matsue | 松江市 | Chūgoku | Shimane | 208.160 | 2018-04-01 |
|  Matsumoto | 松本市 | Chūbu | Nagano | 243.431 | 2021-04-01 |
|  Matsuyama | 松山市 | Shikoku | Ehime | 516.823 | 2000-04-01 |
|  Mito | 水戸市 | Kantō | Ibaraki | 269.162 | 2020-04-01 |
|  Miyazaki | 宮崎市 | Kyūshū | Miyazaki | 402.289 | 1998-04-01 |
|  Morioka | 盛岡市 | Tōhoku | Iwate | 299.734 | 2008-04-01 |
|  Naha | 那覇市 | Kyūshū | Okinawa | 321.695 | 2013-04-01 |
|  Nagano | 長野市 | Chūbu | Nagano | 380.581 | 1999-04-01 |
|  Nagasaki | 長崎市 | Kyūshū | Nagasaki | 440.911 | 1997-04-01 |
|  Nara | 奈良市 | Kansai | Nara | 365.421 | 2002-04-01 |
|  Neyagawa | 寝屋川市 | Kansai | Osaka | 238.819 | 2019-04-01 |
|  Nishinomiya | 西宮市 | Kansai | Hyōgo | 483.878 | 2008-04-01 |
|  Ōita | 大分市 | Kyūshū | Ōita | 476.008 | 1997-04-01 |
|  Okazaki | 岡崎市 | Chūbu | Aichi | 374.085 | 2003-04-01 |
|  Ōtsu | 大津市 | Kansai | Shiga | 339.469 | 2009-04-01 |
|  Sasebo | 佐世保市 | Kyūshū | Nagasaki | 259.676 | 2016-04-01 |
|  Suita | 吹田市 | Kansai | Osaka | 357.917 | 2020-04-01 |
|  Şimonoseki | 下関市 | Chūgoku | Yamaguchi | 277.937 | 2005-10-01 |
|  Takamatsu | 高松市 | Shikoku | Kagawa | 420.356 | 1999-04-01 |
|  Takasaki | 高崎市 | Kantō | Gunma | 371.820 | 2011-04-01 |
|  Takatsuki | 高槻市 | Kansai | Osaka | 355.840 | 2003-04-01 |
|  Tottori | 鳥取市 | Chūgoku | Tottori | 196.538 | 2018-04-01 |
|  Toyama | 富山市 | Chūbu | Toyama | 421.393 | 2005-04-01 |
|  Toyohashi | 豊橋市 | Chūbu | Aichi | 375.804 | 1999-04-01 |
|  Toyonaka | 豊中市 | Kansai | Osaka | 390.457 | 2012-04-01 |
|  Toyota | 豊田市 | Chūbu | Aichi | 420.680 | 1998-04-01 |
|  Utsunomiya | 宇都宮市 | Kantō | Tochigi | 513.722 | 1996-04-01 |
|  Wakayama | 和歌山市 | Kansai | Wakayama | 368.684 | 1997-04-01 |
|  Yamagata | 山形市 | Tōhoku | Yamagata | 254.519 | 2019-04-01 |
|  Yao | 八尾市 | Kansai | Osaka | 270.735 | 2018-04-01 |
|  Yokosuka | 横須賀市 | Kantō | Kanagawa | 415.259 | 2001-04-01 |
Notlar: ¹ 2012 yılı itibarı ile