List of villages in Japan

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A village ( mura, sometimes son) is a local administrative unit in Japan.

It is a local public body along with prefecture ( ken, or other equivalents), city ( shi), and town ( chō, sometimes machi). Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture.

It is larger than an actual settlement, being in actuality a subdivision of a rural district ( gun), which are subdivided into towns and villages with no overlap and no uncovered area.

As a result of mergers, the number of villages in Japan is decreasing.

Currently 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), Saga (since March 20, 2006).

The six villages in the Northern Territories dispute are not including in the list below.

Villages

Village Japanese Prefecture District Area
Shinshinotsu新篠津村HokkaidoIshikari78.04
Shimamaki島牧村HokkaidoShimamaki437.18
Makkari真狩村HokkaidoAbuta114.25
Rusutsu留寿都村HokkaidoAbuta119.84
Tomari泊村HokkaidoFuruu82.28
Kamoenai神恵内村HokkaidoFuruu147.80
Akaigawa赤井川村HokkaidoYoichi280.09
Shimukappu占冠村HokkaidoYūfutsu571.41
Otoineppu音威子府村HokkaidoNakagawa (Teshio)275.63
Shosanbetsu初山別村HokkaidoTomamae279.51
Sarufutsu猿払村HokkaidoSōya589.97
Nishiokoppe西興部村HokkaidoMonbetsu308.08
Nakasatsunai中札内村HokkaidoKasai292.58
Sarabetsu更別村HokkaidoKasai176.90
Tsurui鶴居村HokkaidoAkan571.80
Yomogita蓬田村AomoriHigashitsugaru80.65
Nishimeya西目屋村AomoriNakatsugaru246.02
Inakadate田舎館村AomoriMinamitsugaru22.35
Rokkasho六ヶ所村AomoriKamikita252.68
Higashidōri東通村AomoriShimokita295.27
Kazamaura風間浦村AomoriShimokita69.55
Sai佐井村AomoriShimokita135.04
Shingō新郷村AomoriSannohe150.77
Tanohata田野畑村IwateShimohei156.19
Fudai普代村IwateShimohei69.66
Noda野田村IwateKunohe80.80
Kunohe九戸村IwateKunohe134.02
Ōhira大衡村MiyagiKurokawa60.32
Kamikoani上小阿仁村AkitaKitaakita256.72
Ōgata大潟村AkitaMinamiakita170.11
Higashinaruse東成瀬村AkitaOgachi203.69
Ōkura大蔵村YamagataMogami211.63
Sakegawa鮭川村YamagataMogami122.14
Tozawa戸沢村YamagataMogami261.31
Ōtama大玉村FukushimaAdachi79.44
Ten'ei天栄村FukushimaIwase225.52
Hinoemata檜枝岐村FukushimaMinamiaizu390.46
Kitashiobara北塩原村FukushimaYama234.08
Yugawa湯川村FukushimaKawanuma16.37
Shōwa昭和村FukushimaŌnuma209.46
Nishigō西郷村FukushimaNishishirakawa192.06
Izumizaki泉崎村FukushimaNishishirakawa35.43
Nakajima中島村FukushimaNishishirakawa18.92
Samegawa鮫川村FukushimaHigashishirakawa131.34
Tamakawa玉川村FukushimaIshikawa46.67
Hirata平田村FukushimaIshikawa93.42
Kawauchi川内村FukushimaFutaba197.35
Katsurao葛尾村FukushimaFutaba84.37
Iitate飯舘村FukushimaSōma230.13
Tōkai東海村IbarakiNaka37.98
Miho美浦村IbarakiInashiki66.61
Shintō榛東村GunmaKitagunma27.92
Ueno上野村GunmaTano181.85
Nanmoku南牧村GunmaKanra118.83
Tsumagoi嬬恋村GunmaAgatsuma337.58
Takayama高山村GunmaAgatsuma64.18
Katashina片品村GunmaTone391.76
Kawaba川場村GunmaTone85.25
Shōwa昭和村GunmaTone64.14
Higashichichibu東秩父村SaitamaChichibu37.06
Chōsei長生村ChibaChōsei28.29
Hinohara檜原村TokyoNishitama105.41
Toshima利島村Tokyo(Ōshima)4.12
Niijima新島村Tokyo(Ōshima)27.52
Kōzushima神津島村Tokyo(Ōshima)18.58
Miyake三宅村Tokyo(Miyake)55.27
Mikurajima御蔵島村Tokyo(Miyake)20.54
Aogashima青ヶ島村Tokyo(Hachijō)5.96
Ogasawara小笠原村Tokyo(Ogasawara)104.35
Kiyokawa清川村KanagawaAikō71.24
Yahiko弥彦村NiigataNishikanbara25.17
Kariwa刈羽村NiigataKariwa26.27
Sekikawa関川村NiigataIwafune299.61
Awashimaura粟島浦村NiigataIwafune9.78
Funahashi舟橋村ToyamaNakaniikawa3.47
Dōshi道志村YamanashiMinamitsuru79.68
Oshino忍野村YamanashiMinamitsuru25.05
Yamanakako山中湖村YamanashiMinamitsuru53.05
Narusawa鳴沢村YamanashiMinamitsuru89.58
Kosuge小菅村YamanashiKitatsuru52.78
Tabayama丹波山村YamanashiKitatsuru101.30
Kawakami川上村NaganoMinamisaku209.61
Minamimaki南牧村NaganoMinamisaku133.09
Minamiaiki南相木村NaganoMinamisaku66.05
Kitaaiki北相木村NaganoMinamisaku56.32
Aoki青木村NaganoChiisagata57.10
Hara原村NaganoSuwa43.26
Minamiminowa南箕輪村NaganoKamiina40.99
Nakagawa中川村NaganoKamiina77.05
Miyada宮田村NaganoKamiina54.50
Achi阿智村NaganoShimoina214.43
Hiraya平谷村NaganoShimoina77.37
Neba根羽村NaganoShimoina89.97
Shimojō下條村NaganoShimoina38.12
Urugi売木村NaganoShimoina43.43
Tenryū天龍村NaganoShimoina109.44
Yasuoka泰阜村NaganoShimoina64.59
Takagi喬木村NaganoShimoina66.61
Toyooka豊丘村NaganoShimoina76.79
Ōshika大鹿村NaganoShimoina248.28
Kiso木祖村NaganoKiso140.50
Ōtaki王滝村NaganoKiso310.82
Ōkuwa大桑村NaganoKiso234.47
Omi麻績村NaganoHigashichikuma34.38
Ikusaka生坂村NaganoHigashichikuma39.05
Yamagata山形村NaganoHigashichikuma24.98
Asahi朝日村NaganoHigashichikuma70.62
Chikuhoku筑北村NaganoHigashichikuma99.47
Matsukawa松川村NaganoKitaazumi47.07
Hakuba白馬村NaganoKitaazumi189.36
Otari小谷村NaganoKitaazumi267.91
Takayama高山村NaganoKamitakai98.56
Kijimadaira木島平村NaganoShimotakai99.32
Nozawaonsen野沢温泉村NaganoShimotakai57.96
Ogawa小川村NaganoKamiminochi58.11
Sakae栄村NaganoShimominochi271.66
Higashishirakawa東白川村GifuKamo87.09
Shirakawa白川村GifuŌno356.64
Tobishima飛島村AichiAma22.42
Toyone豊根村AichiKitashitara155.88
Minamiyamashiro南山城村KyotoSōraku64.11
Chihayaakasaka千早赤阪村OsakaMinamikawachi37.30
Yamazoe山添村NaraYamabe66.52
Soni曽爾村NaraUda47.76
Mitsue御杖村NaraUda79.58
Asuka明日香村NaraTakaichi24.10
Kurotaki黒滝村NaraYoshino47.70
Tenkawa天川村NaraYoshino175.66
Nosegawa野迫川村NaraYoshino154.90
Totsukawa十津川村NaraYoshino672.38
Shimokitayama下北山村NaraYoshino133.39
Kamikitayama上北山村NaraYoshino274.22
Kawakami川上村NaraYoshino269.26
Higashiyoshino東吉野村NaraYoshino131.65
Kitayama北山村WakayamaHigashimuro48.20
Hiezu日吉津村TottoriSaihaku4.20
Chibu知夫村ShimaneOki13.70
Shinjō新庄村OkayamaManiwa67.11
Nishiawakura西粟倉村OkayamaAida57.97
Sanagōchi佐那河内村TokushimaMyōdō42.28
Kitagawa北川村KōchiAki196.73
Umaji馬路村KōchiAki165.48
Geisei芸西村KōchiAki39.60
Ōkawa大川村KōchiTosa95.27
Hidaka日高村KōchiTakaoka44.85
Mihara三原村KōchiHata85.37
Tōhō東峰村FukuokaAsakura51.97
Aka赤村FukuokaTagawa31.98
Ubuyama産山村KumamotoAso60.81
Nishihara西原村KumamotoAso77.22
Minamiaso南阿蘇村KumamotoAso137.32
Mizukami水上村KumamotoKuma190.96
Sagara相良村KumamotoKuma94.54
Itsuki五木村KumamotoKuma252.92
Yamae山江村KumamotoKuma121.19
Kuma球磨村KumamotoKuma207.58
Himeshima姫島村ŌitaHigashikunisaki6.98
Nishimera西米良村MiyazakiKoyu271.51
Morotsuka諸塚村MiyazakiHigashiusuki187.56
Shiiba椎葉村MiyazakiHigashiusuki537.29
Mishima三島村KagoshimaKagoshima31.40
Toshima十島村KagoshimaKagoshima101.14
Yamato大和村KagoshimaŌshima88.26
Uken宇検村KagoshimaŌshima103.07
Kunigami国頭村OkinawaKunigami194.80
Ōgimi大宜味村OkinawaKunigami63.55
Higashi東村OkinawaKunigami81.88
Nakijin今帰仁村OkinawaKunigami39.93
Onna恩納村OkinawaKunigami50.82
Ginoza宜野座村OkinawaKunigami31.30
Ie伊江村OkinawaKunigami22.78
Yomitan読谷村OkinawaNakagami35.28
Kitanakagusuku北中城村OkinawaNakagami11.54
Nakagusuku中城村OkinawaNakagami15.53
Tokashiki渡嘉敷村OkinawaShimajiri19.23
Zamami座間味村OkinawaShimajiri16.74
Aguni粟国村OkinawaShimajiri7.65
Tonaki渡名喜村OkinawaShimajiri3.87
Minamidaitō南大東村OkinawaShimajiri30.53
Kitadaitō北大東村OkinawaShimajiri13.09
Iheya伊平屋村OkinawaShimajiri21.82
Izena伊是名村OkinawaShimajiri15.42
Tarama多良間村OkinawaMiyako21.99

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