List of city nicknames in Japan

Cities by prefecture

Aichi

• Takahama
• City of Kawara (roof tiles)
• Toyota, Nagoya
• Castle Town of Toyota
• Yatomi
• City of Goldfish

Akita

Aomori

Chiba

Ehime

• Matsuyama
• Town of Botchan (Botchan by Natsume Sōseki)
• Imabari
• City of Towels
• City of Kawara (roof tiles) (Kikuma)
• Uchiko
• City of Kite
• City of White Walled
• Uwajima
• City of Bullfighting
• Hometown of Pearl

Fukui

• Sabae
• City of Glasses

Fukuoka

The Land of Bloodbath

• Fukuoka
• City of Yatai (street stalls)
• Yanagawa
• Venice of Japan
• City of Water
• Yame
• Place of Yame-tea
• Munakata (Okinoshima)
• Island of Gods

Fukushima

Utsukushima Fukushima (Beautiful Fukushima)

Gifu

• Gifu
• City of Fashion
• Ōgaki
• City of Water
• Ena (Akechi)
• Taishō Romantic Town

Gunma

Empire of Gunma

• Maebashi
• City of Water
• Shimonita
• Town of Konnyaku

Hiroshima

• Fukuyama
• City of Roses (Rose City)
• City of Geta (Japanese footwear), mostly referred to the Matsunaga area of the city
• FuchÅ«
• Home of Oomurasaki (great purple, the national butterfly of Japan)
• Town of White Walled (Jyougecho)
• Onomichi
• City of Hills (City of Slopes)
• City of Movies
• Innoshima
• Island of Flower
• Home of Hassaku
• Akitakata
• City of Kagura (Yachiyo-Kagura, Midori-Kagura)
• Kitahiroshima (Chiyodacho)
• Town of Kagura (Chiyoda-Kagura)
• Kure
• City of Hills (City of Slopes)
• Hiroshima
• City of Peace (International City of Peace and Culture)
• City of Rivers
• City of Water
• Venice of Japan
• Hatsukaichi (Miyajima)
• Itsukushima
• Island of God
• Kumano
• City of Brush

Hokkaidō

• Kushiro (Akan)
• Hometown of Tanchō (wintering ground of red-crowned crane)
• Furano
• City of Flowers
• Hakodate
• City of Lights
• Otaru
• City of Hills (City of Slopes)
• Venice of Japan
• Teshikaga (Mashuko)
• Lake of God
• Rishiri, Rishirifuji (Rishiritou)
• Island of Flower
• Rebun (Rebuntou)
• Island of Flower
• Haboro (Yagishiritou)
• Island of Flower
• Kaibatou
• Island of Flower

Hyōgo

Hyogoslavia

• Takarazuka
• City of Music
• Kōbe
• City of Lights
• City of Fashion
• Town of Shoes (Nagata)
• Million Dollar Lights
• Minamiawaji
• City of Kawara (roof tiles)
• Tatsuno
• City of Aka-tombo (red dragonfly) (Japanese nursery song)
• Awaji, Sumoto, Minamiawaji (Awajishima)
• Island of Flower
• Island of Mythologies
• Minamiawaji (Nushima)
• Island of Mythologies

Ibaraki

Ishikawa

Kaga Millon Koku

Iwate

• Tono
• City of Folktales
• Hanamaki (Ohasama)
• Town of Hayachine-Kagura

Kagawa

Udon Prefecture

• Ayagawa
• Home of Sanuki Udon
• Mitoyo
• Home of Urashima Tarō
• Takamatsu
• Home of Momotarō story
• Town of Bonsai
• Marugame
• City of Uchiwa (Japanese rigid paper fan)

Kagoshima

• Kagoshima
• Naples of the Orient
• Venice of Japan
• City of Ishin (Meiji Restoration)
• City of Streetcars
• Tokunoshima, Isen, Amagi, Kagoshima (Tokunoshima)
• Town of Bullfighting
• Izumi
• Hometown (wintering ground) of Nabezuru (hooded crane), Kurozuru (common crane), Manazuru (white-necked crane)
• Ōshima-gun (Okinoerabujima)
• Island of Flower

Kanagawa

• Kamakura
• Ancient City
• City of History
• Minamiashigara
• Home of Kintaro (a Japanese folk hero)

Kōchi

• Kōchi
• Birthplace of Yosakoi-Matsuri (traditional summer dance festival)

Kumamoto

• Kumamoto
• City of Woods
• Nagasu
• Town of Goldfish
• Uki
• City of Dekopon (a Japanese orange_

Kyoto

• Kyoto
• Kyo
• Ancient City
• City of History
• Ine
• Home of Urashima Tarō
• Uji
• Place of Uji-tea
• Maizuru (Kammurijima)
• Island of God

Mie

• Iga
• Hometown of Ninja
• Shima
• Home of Urashima Tarō
• Hometown of Pearl

Miyagi

• Sendai
• City of Trees (City of Green) (Capital with the Groves)
• Shibata
• City of Chrysanthemum

Miyazaki

• Takachiho
• Town of Mythologies
• Town of Takachiho-Kagura

Nagano

Nagasaki

• Nagasaki
• City of Peace
• City of Hills (City of Slopes)
• City of Lights
• City of Streetcars
• Naples of the Orient (Naples of Japan)
• Iki (Iki Island)
• Island of Mythologies

Nara

• Nara
• Ancient City
• Yamatokoriyama
• City of Goldfish

Niigata

• Ojiya
• Home of Nishikigoi
• City of Bullfighting
• Niigata, Shirone
• City of Kite
• Sado
• Island of Flower

Ōita

Onsen Prefecture

• Beppu
• Naples of the Orient
• Hot spring Capital of the World
• Bungotakada
• City of Shōwa

Okayama

• Okayama
• Hometown of Momotarō
• Kurashiki
• City of White Walled
• Venice of Japan
• Bisei
• Home of Stars
• Kasaoka (Manabeshima, Takashima)
• Island of Flower
• Island of Mythologies
• Takahashi (Nariwacho)
• Town of Bitchu-Kagura

Okinawa

• Naha
• Capital of the RyÅ«kyÅ« Kingdom
• Itoman
• City of Peace
• Uruma
• City of Bullfighting
• Nanjo (Kudakajima)
• Island of God
• Island of Mythologies
• Uruma (Hamahigashima)
• Island of God
• Island of Mythologies
• Nakijin (Kourijima)
• Island of God
• Kohama
• Hometown of Churasan

Osaka

• Osaka
• Naniwa
• City of Water
• Venice of Japan
• City of Business
• City of Kuidaore (eat until you drop)
• Sakai
• Venice of Japan
• Izumisano
• Rinku Town
• City of Towels
• Kishiwada
• City of Danjiri Matsuri

Saga

• Karatsu
• City of Karatsu Kunchi
• Kawasoe
• City of Nori

Saitama

• Saitama
• Town of Bonsai
• Kazo
• City of Koinobori
• Kounosu, Iwatsuki
• Town of Dolls
• Town of Hina-ningyo (dolls for Girls' Dayy)
• Town of Gogatsu-ningyo (dolls for Children's Day)

Shiga

• Kōka
• Hometown of Ninja

Shimane

• Matsue
• City of Water
• Venice of Japan
• City of Kawara (roof tiles)
• Izumo
• City of Mythologies
• Gotsu (Sakuraecho)
• Town of Kagura (Omoto-Kagura)
• Hamada (Kanagi)
• Town of Iwami-Kagura
• Oda
• City of Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
• Okinoshima
• Island of Pictures
• Island of Flower
• Town of Bullfighting

Shizuoka

• Atami
• City of Lights
• Naples of the Orient
• Fuji
• City of Paper
• Hamamatsu
• City of Music
• Oyama
• Hometown of Kintaro (a folk hero)
• Shizuoka, Okabe, Fujieda
• Places of Shizuoka-tea

Tochigi

Tokushima

• Tokushima
• Birthplace of Awa Dance Festival

Tokyo

Flowery City

• Shibuya, Harajuku
• Town for Young People
• Sugamo
• Obaachan no Harajuku (Grandma's Harajuku)
• Akihabara
• Town for Otaku
• The Electric Town
• Katsushika-Shibamata
• Hometown of Tora-san (from the film series Otoko wa Tsurai yo)
• FuchÅ«
• City of Woods
• Shinjuku
• City of the Beasts (from manga and anime series Hyper Police)

Tottori

• Kurayoshi
• City of White Walled
• City of Red Roof
• Sakaiminato
• City of Yōkai (from the manga series Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro)

Toyama

• Toyama
• City of Medicine

Wakayama

Yamagata

• Higashine
• City of Cherries
• Nanyō
• City of Chrysanthemum

Yamaguchi

• Hagi
• City of "Ishin" (Meiji Restoration)
• Yanai
• City of White Walled
• Iwakuni
• Taishō Romantic Town
• Shimonoseki
• City of Fuku (pufferfish) ("Fuku": Happiness)
• Shimonoseki (Futaoijima)
• Island of Mythologies
• Shunan
• Hometown of Nabezuru (wintering ground of hooded crane)

Yamanashi

• Hokuto (Nagasaka)
• Town of Oomurasaki (great purple, the national butterfly of Japan)

Cities referred to as Little Kyoto, by region

In Japanese .

Tōhoku

• Hirosaki, Aomori
• Iwadeyama, Miyagi
• Kakunodate, Akita
• Morioka, Iwate
• Murata, Miyagi
• Sakata, Yamagata
• Tono, Iwate
• Yamagata, Yamagata
• Yuzawa, Akita

Kantō, Kōshinetsu

• Ashikaga, Tochigi
• Iida, Nagano
• Iiyama, Nagano
• Kamo, Niigata
• Koga, Ibaraki
• Ogawa, Saitama
• Ranzan, Saitama
• Sano, Tochigi
• Tochigi, Tochigi
• Yugawara, Kanagawa

Chūbu (Hokuriku, Tōkai)

• Gujohachiman, Gifu
• Inuyama, Aichi
• Johana, Toyama
• Kanazawa, Ishikawa
• Nishio, Aichi
• Obama, Fukui
• Takayama, Gifu

Kinki

• Igaueno, Mie
• Izushi, Hyogo
• Sasayama, Hyogo
• Tatsuno, Hyogo

Chūgoku (San'in, San'yō)

• Hagi, Yamaguchi
• Kurayoshi, Tottori
• Matsue, Shimane
• Onomichi, Hiroshima
• Takahashi, Okayama
• Takehara, Hiroshima
• Tsuwano, Shimane
• Tsuyama, Okayama
• Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi

Shikoku

• Nakamura, Kōchi
• Ōzu, Ehime

Kyūshū

• Asakura, Fukuoka
• Chiran, Kagoshima
• Hita, Oita
• Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto
• Imari, Saga
• Kitsuki, Oita
• Nichinan, Miyazaki
• Ogi, Saga

Cities referred to as Little Edo, by region

In Japanese .

Kantō

• Atsugi, Kanagawa
• Katori, Chiba
• Kawagoe, Saitama
• Otaki, Chiba
• Tochigi, Tochigi

Tōkai

• Iwata, Shizuoka (Asaba, Shizuoka)

Kinki

• Hikone, Shiga

See also

• Lists of nicknames – nickname list articles on Wikipedia

References