Sitting on Tokyo Bay on the island of Honshu, Tokyo prefecture has a population of 12 million. Divided into 23 special wards - each with its own distinct characteristics - Tokyo is linked by a hyper-efficient rail network. Most Tokyo hotels are within a few minutes' walk of a train station, if not two or three, so exploring the city via rail is easy to master, even for first-timers.
Fashion-forward travelers head to Harajuku, where boutiques line narrow streets and costumed teens converge en masse. For something spiritual, the Meiji Shrine occupies a serene position in the middle of a 175-acre evergreen forest right next to Harajuku station. Another exciting stop on the Yamanote line is Akihabara - electric town. Here, shoppers can find block after block of cameras, notebooks, games consoles and phones.
Popular Cities & Areas in Japan
Cities & Areas List in Japan
- Abashiri
- Aga
- Ageo
- Aibetsu
- Aizuwakamatsu
- Ajigasawa
- Akiota
- Akita
- Akitakata
- Akune
- Amagasaki
- Amagi
- Amakusa
- Amamioshima
- Anan
- Aoki
- Aomori
- Arida
- Asago
- Asahi
- Asahikawa
- Asaka
- Asakura
- Aso
- Assabu
- Asuka
- Atami
- Atsugi
- Awara
- Ayabe
- Bando
- Beppu
- Betsukai
- Bibai
- Bifuka
- Chiba
- Chichibu
- Chikusei
- Chikushino
- Chino
- Chita
- Chofu
- Choshi
- Chuo-shi
- Daigo
- Daisen
- Daisen-shi
- Daito
- Doshi
- Ebina
- Ebino
- Ena
- Erimo
- Esashi
- Esashi (Hiyama)
- Fuchu
- Fujikawa
- Fujikawaguchiko
- Fujimi
- Fujioka
- Fukaura
- Fukaya
- Fukuchiyama
- Fukui
- Fukuoka
- Fukushima
- Funabashi
- Furano
- Geisei
- Gero
- Gifu
- Ginan-cho
- Gobo
- Gojo
- Goshogawara
- Gotemba
- Goto islands
- Haboro
- Hachimantai
- Hachinohe
- Hachioji
- Hadano
- Hagi
- Hakodate
- Hakone
- Hakuba
- Hamada
- Hamamatsu
- Hanamaki
- Hanno
- Hatoyama-machi
- Hayakawa
- Hidaka
- Hidakagawa
- Higashihiroshima
- Higashimatsuyama
- Higashine
- Higashiomi
- Higashiosaka
- Higashishirakawa
- Hikone
- Himeji
- Himeshima
- Himi
- Hino
- Hirado
- Hiraizumi
- Hirakata
- Hirakawa
- Hiratsuka
- Hirono
- Hiroo
- Hirosaki
- Hiroshima
- Hita
- Hitachi
- Hitachinaka
- Hitachiota
- Hitoyoshi
- Hoki
- Hokota
- Hokuto
- Hombetsu
- Honjo
- Horokanai
- Horonobe
- Hyogo
- Hyuga
- Ibigawa
- Ibusuki
- Ichikawamisato
- Ichinomiya
- Ichinoseki
- Iga
- Iheya
- Iida
- Iijima
- Iizuka
- Iki
- Ikoma
- Imabari
- Imizu
- Inawashiro
- Inuyama
- Isa
- Ise
- Isehara
- Isen-cho
- Isesaki
- Ishigaki
- Ishinomaki
- Itako
- Itoigawa
- Iwaki
- Iwakuni
- Iwami
- Izu
- Izu Islands
- Izumisano
- Izumo
- Jinseki
- Joso
- Kaga
- Kagoshima
- Kakogawa
- Kamaishi
- Kamakura
- Kami
- Kami (Miyagi)
- Kamijima
- Kamikatsu
- Kamikawa
- Kaminokuni
- Kamisu
- Kamisunagawa-cho
- Kanagawa
- Kanazawa
- Kani
- Kanonji
- Karatsu
- Kariya
- Karuizawa
- Karumai
- Kasagi
- Kashima
- Kashiwa
- Kasugai
- Katashina
- Kato
- Katsuyama
- Kawabe
- Kawagoe
- Kawaguchi
- Kawakami
- Kawanishi-mura
- Kazo
- Kazuno
- Kikai
- Kimino
- Kimotsuki
- Kirishima
- Kisarazu
- Kishiwada
- Kiso
- Kitaakita
- Kitahiroshima
- Kitaibaraki
- Kitakata
- Kitakyushu
- Kitami
- Kitashiobara
- Kitatsuru
- Kiyama-cho
- Kiyokawa
- Kobe
- Kochi
- Kofu
- Koga
- Koka
- Kokonoe
- Komagane
- Konan
- Koriyama
- Kosaka
- Koshigaya
- Kotohira
- Kounosu
- Koya
- Kozushima
- Kuji
- Kuki
- Kumagaya
- Kumakogen
- Kumamoto
- Kumano
- Kumejima
- Kurashiki
- Kurayoshi
- Kure
- Kuroishi
- Kurokawa-gun
- Kuromatsunai
- Kurume
- Kusatsu
- Kusatsu-shi
- Kushimoto
- Kushiro
- Kusu
- Kyotango
- Kyoto
- Kyowa
- Machida
- Maebashi
- Maibara
- Maizuru
- Maniwa
- Manno
- Marugame
- Mashike
- Matsue
- Matsumae
- Matsumoto
- Matsushima
- Matsuyama
- Mibu
- Mihama
- Mima
- Mimasaka
- Minabe
- Minakami
- Minami
- Minami-Alps
- Minamimaki
- Minamioguni
- Minamisoma
- Mine
- Minobu
- Minoh
- Minokamo
- Misasa
- Misawa
- Mitake
- Mito
- Miyake
- Miyako
- Miyakojima
- Miyakonojo
- Miyazaki
- Miyazu
- Miyoshi
- Miyoshi-shi
- Mizunami
- Mogami
- Monbetsu
- Morioka
- Moriya
- Motegi
- Motosu
- Mukaigawa
- Mukawa
- Munakata
- Murakami
- Muroto
- Musashino
- Mutsu
- Nachikatsuura
- Nagahama
- Nagano
- Nagaoka
- Nagasaki
- Nagashima
- Nagato
- Nagoya
- Nakagawa
- Nakanojo
- Nakanoto-machi
- Nakashibetsu
- Nakatosa
- Nakatsu
- Nakatsugawa
- Nanao
- Nanbu
- Nango-cho
- Nantan
- Nanyo
- Naoshima
- Nara
- Narita
- Naruto
- Nasu
- Nasushiobara
- Nayoro
- Neyagawa
- Nichinan
- Nihonmatsu
- Niigata
- Niihama
- Niijima
- Niimi
- Nikaho
- Niki
- Nikko
- Ninohe
- Nirasaki
- Niseko
- Nishikawa
- Nishimeya
- Nishio
- Nishiokoppe
- Nishiwaga
- Nishiwaki
- Nobeoka
- Noboribetsu
- Noda
- Nogi
- Nonoichi
- Noshiro
- Noto
- Numata
- Obama
- Obanazawa
- Oda
- Odate
- Odawara
- Oga
- Ogano
- Ogasawara
- Oiso
- Oita
- Okayama
- Okazaki
- Oki Islands
- Okinawa Main island
- Okinoerabujima
- Okura
- Okushiri
- Okutama
- Omachi
- Omihachiman
- Omitama
- Onjuku
- Ono
- Ono (Gifu)
- Onomichi
- Ono-shi
- Osaka
- Osaki
- Osakikamijima
- Oshika
- Oshu
- Otaki-machi
- Otaru
- Otobe
- Otoineppu
- Otoyo
- Otsu
- Otsuki
- Oumu
- Owani
- Ozu
- Rausu
- Rebun
- Rikuzentakata
- Rishiri
- Rumoi
- Ryugasaki
- Sado
- Saga
- Sagae
- Sagamihara
- Saijo
- Saitama
- Sakai
- Sakai-shi
- Saku
- Sakura
- Samukawa-machi
- Sanda
- Sanjo
- Sano
- Sanuki
- Sapporo
- Saroma
- Sarufutsu
- Sasayama
- Sasebo
- Satsumasendai
- Satte
- Sayama
- Seiyo
- Seki
- Sekigahara
- Semboku
- Sendai
- Sennan
- Sera
- Setana
- Seto
- Setouchi
- Shakotan
- Shari
- Shibetsu
- Shibukawa
- Shiiba
- Shikokuchuo
- Shima
- Shimanto
- Shimogou
- Shimokawa
- Shimonoseki
- Shingu
- Shinjo
- Shin'onsen
- Shinshiro
- Shintotsukawa
- Shirahama
- Shirakawa
- Shirakawa (Gifu)
- Shirakawago
- Shiranuka
- Shiroishi
- Shiso
- Shiwa
- Shizuoka
- Shobara
- Shodoshima
- Shosanbetsu
- Shunan
- Sotogahama
- Suita
- Sunagawa
- Susaki
- Suttsu
- Suwa
- Suzuka
- Tadami
- Tahara
- Tajimi
- Takachiho
- Takahama
- Takaharu
- Takahashi
- Takamatsu
- Takanabe
- Takaoka
- Takarazuka
- Takasaki
- Takashima
- Takatsuki
- Takayama
- Takehara
- Takeo
- Taketomi
- Takikawa
- Tamba
- Tanabe
- Tanagura
- Tanegashima
- Tanohata
- Tara
- Tarumizu
- Tateshina
- Tateyama
- Tatsuno
- Tenei
- Tenryu
- Teshio
- Toba
- Tohoku
- Tokachi
- Tokai (Aichi)
- Tokamachi
- Tokashiki
- Tokorozawa
- Tokushima
- Tokyo
- Toma
- Tomakomai
- Tomamae
- Tomari
- Tosashimizu
- Totsukawa
- Tottori
- Towada
- Toyama
- Toyohashi
- Toyonaka
- Toyone
- Toyooka
- Toyota
- Toyoura
- Tsu
- Tsukigata
- Tsukuba
- Tsukumi
- Tsumagoi
- Tsuru
- Tsuruga
- Tsuruoka
- Tsushima
- Tsuwano
- Tsuyama
- Ube
- Uchiko
- Uda
- Ueda
- Uenohara
- Uji
- Unzen
- Uonuma
- Ureshino
- Urugi
- Utashinai
- Uto
- Utsunomiya
- Uwajima
- Wakayama
- Wakkanai
- Wako
- Yabu
- Yakushima
- Yamagata
- Yamaguchi
- Yamakita
- Yamanakako
- Yamanashi
- Yamato-son
- Yanagawa
- Yanaizu
- Yaotsu
- Yasugi
- Yatsushiro
- Yawatahama
- Yokkaichi
- Yokohama
- Yokosuka
- Yonago
- Yonaguni
- Yonezawa
- Yoshino
- Yoshinogawa
- Yuasa
- Yufu
- Yugawara
- Yuki
- Yukuhashi
- Yura
- Yurihama
- Yurihonjo
- Yuzawa
- Yuzawa-shi
- Zamami