List of city nicknames in Japan

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Cities by prefecture

Aichi

Akita

Aomori

Chiba

Ehime

Fukui

Fukuoka

The Land of Bloodbath

Fukushima

Utsukushima Fukushima (Beautiful Fukushima)

Gifu

Gunma

Empire of Gunma

Hiroshima

Hokkaidō

Hyōgo

Hyogoslavia

Ibaraki

Ishikawa

Kaga Millon Koku

Iwate

Kagawa

Udon Prefecture

Kagoshima

Kanagawa

Kōchi

Kumamoto

Kyoto

Mie

Miyagi

Miyazaki

Nagano

Nagasaki

Nara

Niigata

Ōita

Onsen Prefecture

Okayama

Okinawa

Osaka

Saga

Saitama

Shiga

Shimane

Shizuoka

Tochigi

Tokushima

Tokyo

Flowery City

Tottori

Toyama

Wakayama

Yamagata

Yamaguchi

Yamanashi

Cities referred to as Little Kyoto, by region

In Japanese Little Kyoto (小京都, Sho-Kyoto).

Tōhoku

Kantō, Kōshinetsu

Chūbu (Hokuriku, Tōkai)

Kinki

Chūgoku (San'in, San'yō)

Shikoku

Kyūshū

Cities referred to as Little Edo, by region

In Japanese Little Edo (小江戸, Ko-Edo).

Kantō

Tōkai

Kinki

See also

  1. Muraoka, Maiko (10 March 2022). "Fukuyama, City of Roses, to host world convention and expo". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  2. "Discover Fukuyama" (PDF). City of Fukuyama. p. 8. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  3. "Kobe Fashion Museum". Google Arts & Culture. 25 April 1997. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

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