Largest Cities in Japan 2026: Population Ranking

Japan's cities at a glance

Updated October 2026

Dots sized by population · Tokyo in orange

Japan has 12 cities with more than a million inhabitants and 150 with more than 100,000 (city-proper figures). The largest is Tokyo with 9,733,276 people, followed by Yokohama (3,777,491) and Osaka (2,753,862). The three largest cities together hold about 13.3% of the country's 122.2 million people.

The capital, Tokyo, is also the largest city.

By region, the most large cities are in Kanagawa (17), Aichi (15), Hyōgo (10).

Country-level figures — live population, births and deaths, growth, density and history — are on the Japan population page; provinces, terrain, rivers and society maps are in the Japan atlas.

Japan cities by population

150 cities · GeoNames · city proper

#	City	Region	Population	Share of Japan
1	TokyoCapital	Tokyo	9,733,276	8%
2	Yokohama	Kanagawa	3,777,491	3.1%
3	Osaka	Osaka	2,753,862	2.3%
4	Nagoya	Aichi	2,332,176	1.9%
5	Sapporo	Hokkaido	1,973,832	1.6%
6	Fukuoka	Fukuoka	1,612,392	1.3%
7	Kawasaki	Kanagawa	1,538,262	1.3%
8	Kobe	Hyōgo	1,525,152	1.2%
9	Kyoto	Kyoto	1,463,723	1.2%
10	Saitama	Saitama	1,324,854	1.1%
11	Hiroshima	Hiroshima	1,200,754	1%
12	Sendai	Miyagi	1,096,704	0.9%
13	Chiba	Chiba	979,768	0.8%
14	Niigata	Niigata	797,591	0.7%
15	Hamamatsu	Shizuoka	791,707	0.6%
16	Kumamoto	Kumamoto	738,907	0.6%
17	Aihara	Kanagawa	725,493	0.6%
18	Okayama	Okayama	724,691	0.6%
19	Sagamihara	Kanagawa	720,780	0.6%
20	Shizuoka	Shizuoka	693,389	0.6%
21	Kagoshima	Kagoshima	595,049	0.5%
22	Himeji	Hyōgo	530,495	0.4%
23	Utsunomiya	Tochigi	518,757	0.4%
24	Matsuyama	Ehime	511,192	0.4%
25	Nishinomiya	Hyōgo	485,587	0.4%
26	Ōita	Oita	477,715	0.4%
27	Fukuyama	Hiroshima	468,812	0.4%
28	Kanazawa	Ishikawa	466,029	0.4%
29	Amagasaki	Hyōgo	459,593	0.4%
30	Fujisawa	Kanagawa	439,728	0.4%
31	Toyota	Aichi	426,162	0.3%
32	Shinagawa	Ehime	422,488	0.3%
33	Takamatsu	Kagawa	418,994	0.3%
34	Toyama	Toyama	415,844	0.3%
35	Yokosuka	Kanagawa	409,478	0.3%
36	Nagasaki	Nagasaki	409,118	0.3%
37	Gifu	Gifu	402,557	0.3%
38	Miyazaki	Miyazaki	401,339	0.3%
39	Okazaki	Aichi	384,654	0.3%
40	Ichinomiya	Aichi	380,073	0.3%
41	Toyohashi	Aichi	377,453	0.3%
42	Minato	Wakayama	375,339	0.3%
43	Takasaki	Gunma	372,973	0.3%
44	Nagano	Nagano	372,760	0.3%
45	Nara-shi	Nara	367,353	0.3%
46	Iwaki	Fukushima	357,309	0.3%
47	Wakayama	Wakayama	356,729	0.3%
48	Ōtsu	Shiga	345,070	0.3%
49	Asahikawa	Hokkaido	333,530	0.3%
50	Maebashi	Gunma	332,149	0.3%
51	Kochi	Kochi	332,059	0.3%
52	Kōriyama	Fukushima	327,692	0.3%
53	Naha	Okinawa	317,625	0.3%
54	Kasugai	Aichi	308,681	0.3%
55	Akita	Akita	307,672	0.3%
56	Yokkaichi	Mie	305,424	0.2%
57	Akashi	Hyōgo	303,601	0.2%
58	Aomori	Aomori	298,394	0.2%
59	Fukushima	Fukushima	294,237	0.2%
60	Morioka	Iwate	290,700	0.2%
61	Hakodate	Hokkaido	275,730	0.2%
62	Tsu	Mie	274,537	0.2%
63	Kakogawachō-honmachi	Hyōgo	271,634	0.2%
64	Mito	Ibaraki	270,685	0.2%
65	Tokushima	Tokushima	267,345	0.2%
66	Shimonoseki	Yamaguchi	265,684	0.2%
67	Fukui-shi	Fukui	262,328	0.2%
68	Hiratsuka	Kanagawa	258,422	0.2%
69	Yamagata	Yamagata	248,772	0.2%
70	Chigasaki	Kanagawa	242,798	0.2%
71	Yamato	Kanagawa	242,065	0.2%
72	Tsukuba	Ibaraki	241,656	0.2%
73	Hachinohe	Aomori	239,046	0.2%
74	Saga	Saga	233,301	0.2%
75	Takarazuka	Hyōgo	226,432	0.2%
76	Ōta	Gunma	224,358	0.2%
77	Minamirinkan	Kanagawa	224,015	0.2%
78	Atsugi	Kanagawa	223,960	0.2%
79	Isesaki	Gunma	211,850	0.2%
80	Matsue	Shimane	203,616	0.2%
81	Itami	Hyōgo	198,138	0.2%
82	Suzuka	Mie	195,670	0.2%
83	Yamaguchi	Yamaguchi	193,966	0.2%
84	Kofu	Yamanashi	189,591	0.2%
85	Jōetsu	Niigata	189,430	0.2%
86	Odawara	Kanagawa	188,856	0.2%
87	Anjō	Aichi	188,693	0.2%
88	Tottori-shi	Tottori	188,465	0.2%
89	Toyokawa	Aichi	184,661	0.2%
90	Tomakomai	Hokkaido	174,806	0.1%
91	Hitachi	Ibaraki	174,508	0.1%
92	Kamakura	Kanagawa	172,929	0.1%
93	Izumo	Shimane	172,775	0.1%
94	Imabari	Ehime	170,986	0.1%
95	Nishio	Aichi	169,984	0.1%
96	Kushiro	Hokkaido	167,875	0.1%
97	Oyama	Tochigi	167,647	0.1%
98	Obihiro	Hokkaido	166,536	0.1%
99	Hadano	Kanagawa	163,787	0.1%
100	Matsusaka	Mie	159,145	0.1%
101	Tochigi	Tochigi	159,056	0.1%
102	Hitachi-Naka	Ibaraki	156,581	0.1%
103	Katsuta	Ibaraki	155,968	0.1%
104	Kawanishi	Hyōgo	155,165	0.1%
105	Kariya	Aichi	153,834	0.1%
106	Komaki	Aichi	148,872	0.1%
107	Yonago	Tottori	148,720	0.1%
108	Tsuchiura	Ibaraki	144,399	0.1%
109	Kusatsu	Shiga	143,913	0.1%
110	Okinawa	Okinawa	142,752	0.1%
111	Ishinomaki	Miyagi	140,151	0.1%
112	Kuwana	Mie	140,051	0.1%
113	Koga	Ibaraki	139,344	0.1%
114	Ebina	Kanagawa	136,516	0.1%
115	Inazawa	Aichi	134,751	0.1%
116	Ebetsu	Hokkaido	133,953	0.1%
117	Sandachō	Hyōgo	132,858	0.1%
118	Zama	Kanagawa	132,325	0.1%
119	Ōmuta	Fukuoka	131,974	0.1%
120	Onomichi	Hiroshima	131,170	0.1%
121	Iwakuni	Yamaguchi	129,125	0.1%
122	Ōsaki	Miyagi	128,763	0.1%
123	Seto	Aichi	127,792	0.1%
124	Tsuruoka	Yamagata	125,389	0.1%
125	Kashihara-shi	Nara	124,521	0.1%
126	Ise	Mie	123,533	0.1%
127	Niihama	Ehime	123,059	0.1%
128	Kashiwara	Nara	120,922	0.1%
129	Ikoma	Nara	120,741	0.1%
130	Nobeoka	Miyazaki	119,521	0.1%
131	Kitami	Hokkaido	119,135	0.1%
132	Handa	Aichi	117,884	0.1%
133	Nasushiobara	Tochigi	115,794	0.1%
134	Otaru	Hokkaido	115,333	0.1%
135	Ichinoseki	Iwate	114,476	0.1%
136	Tōkai	Aichi	113,787	0.1%
137	Hikone	Shiga	113,647	0.1%
138	Nagahama	Shiga	113,636	0.1%
139	Ōshū	Iwate	112,937	0.1%
140	Youkaichi	Shiga	112,819	0.1%
141	Matsutō	Ishikawa	110,408	0.1%
142	Marugame	Kagawa	109,513	0.1%
143	Kiryū	Gunma	108,991	0.1%
144	Komatsu	Ishikawa	108,509	0.1%
145	Saijō	Ehime	104,791	0.1%
146	Toride	Ibaraki	104,524	0.1%
147	Isehara	Kanagawa	103,401	0.1%
148	Iida	Nagano	101,536	0.1%
149	Chikusei	Ibaraki	100,753	0.1%
150	Sakata	Yamagata	100,273	0.1%

Cities with 300,000 or more people link to their own page. The list keeps every city of 100,000+ and at least the 30 largest places of the country.

Frequently asked questions

What is the largest city in Japan?

Tokyo, with about 9,733,276 inhabitants (city proper).

What is the capital of Japan?

Tokyo — population 9,733,276, the largest city in the country.

How many cities in Japan have over one million people?

12: Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kawasaki, Kobe, Kyoto, Saitama, Hiroshima, Sendai.

Are these metropolitan-area populations?

No. They are city-proper figures (the administrative city) from GeoNames, based on the latest census or official estimate. Metropolitan areas, which include suburbs and satellite towns, are larger — often several times larger for the biggest cities.

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