List of villages in Japan

A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Japan’s Local Government System Tokyo Metropolitan Government

It is a local public body along with , , and . Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture. Villages are larger than a local settlement; each is a subdivision of rural , which are subdivided into towns and villages with no overlap and no uncovered area. As a result of mergers and elevation to higher statuses, the number of villages in Japan is decreasing.

As of 2006, 13 prefectures no longer have any villages: Tochigi (since March 20, 2006), Fukui (since March 3, 2006), Ishikawa (since March 1, 2005), Shizuoka (since July 1, 2005), Hyōgo (since April 1, 1999), Mie (since November 1, 2005), Shiga (since January 1, 2005), Hiroshima (since November 5, 2004), Yamaguchi (since March 20, 2006), Ehime (since January 16, 2005), Kagawa (since April 1, 1999), Nagasaki (since October 1, 2005), and Saga (since March 20, 2006).

村 can have the reading of mura or son, but with the exception of Tottori, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tokushima, Miyazaki and Okinawa, most prefectures use the mura reading.

Atarashiki-mura (which is an autonomous village community) is not included in the list below because it is not a separate municipality.

Villages

Village Japanese Prefecture District Area (in km2)ShinshinotsuHokkaidoIshikari78.04ShimamakiShimamaki437.18MakkariAbuta114.25Rusutsu119.84TomariFuruu82.28Kamoenai147.80AkaigawaYoichi280.09ShimukappuYūfutsu571.41OtoineppuNakagawa (Teshio)275.63ShosanbetsuTomamae279.51SarufutsuSōya589.97NishiokoppeMonbetsu308.08NakasatsunaiKasai292.58Sarabetsu176.90TsuruiAkan571.80YomogitaAomoriHigashitsugaru80.65NishimeyaNakatsugaru246.02InakadateMinamitsugaru22.35RokkashoKamikita252.68HigashidōriShimokita295.27Kazamaura69.55Sai135.04ShingōSannohe150.77TanohataIwateShimohei156.19Fudai69.66NodaKunohe80.80Kunohe134.02ŌhiraMiyagiKurokawa60.32KamikoaniAkitaKitaakita256.72ŌgataMinamiakita170.11HigashinaruseOgachi203.69ŌkuraYamagataMogami211.63Sakegawa122.14Tozawa261.31ŌtamaFukushimaAdachi79.44Ten'eiIwase225.52HinoemataMinamiaizu390.46KitashiobaraYama234.08YugawaKawanuma16.37ShōwaŌnuma209.46NishigōNishishirakawa192.06Izumizaki35.43Nakajima18.92SamegawaHigashishirakawa131.34TamakawaIshikawa46.67Hirata93.42KawauchiFutaba197.35Katsurao84.37IitateSōma230.13TōkaiIbarakiNaka37.98MihoInashiki66.61ShintōGunmaKitagunma27.92UenoTano181.85NanmokuKanra118.83TsumagoiAgatsuma337.58Takayama64.18KatashinaTone391.76Kawaba85.25Shōwa64.14HigashichichibuSaitamaChichibu37.06ChōseiChibaChōsei28.29HinoharaTokyoNishitama105.41Toshima(Ōshima)4.12Niijima27.52Kōzushima18.58Miyake(Miyake)55.27Mikurajima20.54Aogashima(Hachijō)5.96Ogasawara(Ogasawara)106.88KiyokawaKanagawaAikō71.24YahikoNiigataNishikanbara25.17KariwaKariwa26.27SekikawaIwafune299.61Awashimaura9.78FunahashiToyamaNakaniikawa3.47DōshiYamanashiMinamitsuru79.68Oshino25.05Yamanakako53.05Narusawa89.58KosugeKitatsuru52.78Tabayama101.30KawakamiNaganoMinamisaku209.61Minamimaki133.09Minamiaiki66.05Kitaaiki56.32AokiChiisagata57.10HaraSuwa43.26MinamiminowaKamiina40.99Nakagawa77.05Miyada54.50AchiShimoina214.43Hiraya77.37Neba89.97Shimojō38.12Urugi43.43Tenryū109.44Yasuoka64.59Takagi66.61Toyooka76.79Ōshika248.28KisoKiso140.50Ōtaki310.82Ōkuwa234.47OmiHigashichikuma34.38Ikusaka39.05Yamagata24.98Asahi70.62Chikuhoku99.47MatsukawaKitaazumi47.07Hakuba189.36Otari267.91TakayamaKamitakai98.56KijimadairaShimotakai99.32NozawaonsenShimotakai57.96OgawaKamiminochi58.11SakaeShimominochi271.66HigashishirakawaGifuKamo87.09ShirakawaŌno356.64TobishimaAichiAma22.42ToyoneKitashitara155.88MinamiyamashiroKyotoSōraku64.11ChihayaakasakaOsakaMinamikawachi37.30YamazoeNaraYamabe66.52SoniUda47.76Mitsue79.58AsukaTakaichi24.10KurotakiYoshino47.70Tenkawa175.66Nosegawa154.90Totsukawa672.38Shimokitayama133.39Kamikitayama274.22Kawakami269.26Higashiyoshino131.65KitayamaWakayamaHigashimuro48.20HiezuTottoriSaihaku4.20ChibuShimaneOki13.70ShinjōOkayamaManiwa67.11NishiawakuraAida57.97SanagōchiTokushimaMyōdō42.28KitagawaKōchiAki196.73Umaji165.48Geisei39.60ŌkawaTosa95.27HidakaTakaoka44.85MiharaHata85.37TōhōFukuokaAsakura51.97AkaTagawa31.98UbuyamaKumamotoAso60.81Nishihara77.22Minamiaso137.32MizukamiKuma190.96Sagara94.54Itsuki252.92Yamae121.19Kuma207.58HimeshimaŌitaHigashikunisaki6.98NishimeraMiyazakiKoyu271.51MorotsukaHigashiusuki187.56Shiiba537.29MishimaKagoshimaKagoshima31.40Toshima101.14YamatoŌshima88.26Uken103.07KunigamiOkinawaKunigami194.80Ōgimi63.55Higashi81.88Nakijin39.93Onna50.82Ginoza31.30Ie22.78YomitanNakagami35.28Kitanakagusuku11.54Nakagusuku15.53TokashikiShimajiri19.23Zamami16.74Aguni7.65Tonaki3.87Minamidaitō30.53Kitadaitō13.09Iheya21.82Izena15.42TaramaMiyako21.99

Villages in the Northern Territories

The following is a list of disputed villages in the southern Kuril Islands. The territories are de facto administered by Russia but are claimed by Japan as part of Nemuro Subprefecture, Hokkaido.

Name Japanese Russian Area (in km2) IslandRubetsu (Pioner)留別村Рубэцу1,442.82Etorofu (Iturup)Ruyobetsu (Yuzhno-Kurilsk)留夜別村Ю́жно-Кури́льск960.27Kunashiri (Kunashir)Shana (Kurilsk)紗那村Кури́льск973.3Etorofu (Iturup)Shibetoro (Rudnaya)蘂取村760.5Etorofu (Iturup)Shikotan色丹村Шикотан253.33ShikotanTomari (Golovnino)泊村Головнино538.56Kunashiri (Kunashir)

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List of villages in Japan

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