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This table contains a list of Japanese metropolitan areas (都市圏) of more than 100,000 people in population size order. Each area is listed along with the prefecture it belongs to, the metropolitan area's population, the major city(-ies) within the area, and the population of the major city. The data is valid as of 2005. The region containing most of the people in Japan, between Tokyo and Fukuoka is often called Taiheiyo Belt.

The metropolitan areas written in bold characters are called "the 7 major metropolitan areas of Japan", considered to be de-facto primate cities of each regions of the country.

Usage note: Metropolitan area populations are often controversial and the methods used to calculate them vary from country to country and source to source, so great care should be taken when comparing the figures in this table with figures for any other country. Meaningful comparisons of metropolitan area population figures can only be made if the methods used to determine each figure are thoroughly understood.

Rank	Region	Prefecture	Main City	Regional Population	Main City Population
01	Greater Tokyo Area	Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture	23 special wards area	36,510,000	8,390,000
02	Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto ("Keihanshin") Metropolitan Area	Osaka Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture	Osaka	19,220,000	2,630,000
03	Chūkyō Metropolitan Area	Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, Mie Prefecture	Nagoya	9,480,000	2,200,000
04	Fukuoka-Kitakyushu Metropolitan Area	Fukuoka Prefecture	Fukuoka	4,990,000	1,390,000
05	Central Hokkaido Region	Hokkaido	Sapporo	2,400,000	1,860,000
06	Maebashi-Takasaki Region	Gunma Prefecture	Maebashi	2,000,000	320,000
07	Southern Okayama Area	Okayama Prefecture	Okayama	1,620,000	660,000
08	Hiroshima Metropolitan Area	Hiroshima Prefecture	Hiroshima	1,570,000	1,150,000
09	Sendai Metropolitan Area	Miyagi Prefecture	Sendai	1,540,000	1,020,000
10	Utsunomiya	Tochigi Prefecture	Utsunomiya	1,270,000	450,000
11	Niigata	Niigata Prefecture	Niigata	1,250,000	810,000
12	Kumamoto	Kumamoto Prefecture	Kumamoto	1,240,000	670,000
13	Western Totomi Region	Shizuoka Prefecture	Hamamatsu	1,200,000	800,000
14	Central Shizuoka Region	Shizuoka Prefecture	Shizuoka	1,120,000	700,000
15	Eastern Suruga Bay Area	Shizuoka Prefecture	Numazu	1,100,000	210,000
15	Toyama-Takaoka Region	Toyama Prefecture	Toyama	1,100,000	420,000
17	South Central Okinawa Region	Okinawa Prefecture	Naha	1,040,000	310,000
17	Kagoshima	Kagoshima Prefecture	Kagoshima	1,040,000	600,000
19	Kanazawa	Ishikawa Prefecture	Kanazawa	1,020,000	450,000
20	Takamatsu	Kagawa Prefecture	Takamatsu	880,000	330,000
21	Ōita	Ōita Prefecture	Ōita	810,000	460,000
21	Mito-Hokota Region	Ibaraki Prefecture	Mito	810,000	260,000
23	Fukuyama	Hiroshima Prefecture	Fukuyama	800,000	410,000
24	Fukui	Fukui Prefecture	Fukui	740,000	250,000
25	Sasebo	Nagasaki Prefecture	Sasebo	720,000	240,000
26	Tsu	Mie Prefecture	Tsu	710,000	160,000
27	Yamagata	Yamagata Prefecture	Yamagata	690,000	250,000
28	Tokushima	Tokushima Prefecture	Tokushima	680,000	260,000
29	Matsuyama	Ehime Prefecture	Matsuyama	670,000	510,000
30	Kofu	Yamanashi Prefecture	Kofu	660,000	190,000
31	Koriyama	Fukushima Prefecture	Koriyama	650,000	330,000
32	Matsumoto	Nagano Prefecture	Matsumoto	640,000	230,000
33	Nagano	Nagano Prefecture	Nagano	620,000	380,000
33	Kochi	Kochi Prefecture	Kochi	620,000	330,000
35	Akita	Akita Prefecture	Akita	610,000	330,000
36	Miyazaki	Miyazaki Prefecture	Miyazaki	560,000	310,000
37	Morioka	Iwate Prefecture	Morioka	540,000	280,000
38	Saga	Saga Prefecture	Saga	520,000	200,000
38	Oyama	Tochigi Prefecture	Oyama	520,000	150,000
40	Nagaoka	Niigata Prefecture	Nagaoka	500,000	230,000
41	Hachinohe	Aomori Prefecture	Hachinohe	490,000	240,000
42	Fukushima	Fukushima Prefecture	Fukushima	470,000	290,000
43	Asahikawa	Hokkaido	Asahikawa	420,000	350,000
43	Shinji Lake Region	Shimane Prefecture	Matsue	420,000	190,000
45	Aomori	Aomori Prefecture	Aomori	390,000	310,000
46	Hakodate	Hokkaido	Hakodate	380,000	290,000
47	Hitachi	Ibaraki Prefecture	Hitachi	370,000	200,000
47	Iwaki	Fukushima Prefecture	Iwaki	370,000	350,000
49	Nagasaki	Nagasaki Prefecture	Nagasaki	360,000	440,000
50	Ueda	Nagano Prefecture	Ueda	350,000	120,000
50	Hirosaki	Aomori Prefecture	Hirosaki	350,000	170,000
52	Yamaguchi	Yamaguchi Prefecture	Yamaguchi	320,000	190,000
53	Tottori	Tottori Prefecture	Tottori	300,000	200,000
53	Shimonoseki	Yamaguchi Prefecture	Shimonoseki	300,000	290,000
55	Obihiro	Hokkaido	Obihiro	280,000	160,000
55	Aizuwakamatsu	Fukushima Prefecture	Aizuwakamatsu	280,000	130,000
57	Tokuyama Region	Yamaguchi Prefecture	Shunan	260,000	150,000
57	Joetsu	Niigata Prefecture	Joetsu	260,000	210,000
57	Yonago	Tottori Prefecture	Yonago	260,000	150,000
60	Ube	Yamaguchi Prefecture	Ube	250,000	180,000
61	Kitakami	Iwate Prefecture	Kitakami	240,000	90,000
62	Miyakonojo	Miyazaki Prefecture	Miyakonojo	230,000	130,000
62	Kushiro	Hokkaido Prefecture	Kushiro	230,000	190,000
64	Ishinomaki	Miyagi Prefecture	Ishinomaki	220,000	160,000
65	Imabari	Ehime Prefecture	Imabari	210,000	170,000
65	Tomakomai	Hokkaido	Tomakomai	210,000	170,000
67	Niihama	Ehime Prefecture	Niihama	200,000	120,000
68	Muroran	Hokkaido	Muroran	190,000	90,000
68	Iwakuni	Yamaguchi Prefecture	Iwakuni	190,000	100,000
68	Iida	Nagano Prefecture	Iida	180,000	100,000
71	Yatsushiro	Kumamoto Prefecture	Yatsushiro	170,000	130,000
71	Ina	Nagano Prefecture	Ina	170,000	60,000
71	Kashima	Ibaraki Prefecture	Kashima	170,000	30,000
74	Sakata	Yamagata Prefecture	Sakata	160,000	110,000
74	Kitami	Hokkaido	Kitami	160,000	110,000
76	Tsuruoka	Yamagata Prefecture	Tsuruoka	150,000	140,000
76	Chino	Nagano Prefecture	Chino	150,000	50,000
78	Kanoya	Kagoshima Prefecture	Kanoya	140,000	80,000
79	Ichinoseki	Iwate Prefecture	Ichinoseki	120,000	120,000
79	Tanabe	Wakayama Prefecture	Tanabe	120,000	80,000
79	Fukuchiyama	Kyoto Prefecture	Fukuchiyama	120,000	60,000
82	Maizuru	Kyoto Prefecture	Maizuru	110,000	90,000
82	Uwajima	Ehime Prefecture	Uwajima	110,000	90,000
84	Takayama	Gifu Prefecture	Takayama	100,000	90,000

[edit] See also

• Metropolitan Area
• List of metropolitan areas by populationja:都市圏人口の順位 (日本)