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Japan has many major cities. Many of these cities are crowded into a relatively small area of land along the Pacific coast of Honshū, between Tōkyō and Kōbe. This heavily urbanized strip is known as the Tōkaidō Megalopolis. It is named for the historic highway that connected the cities of Tōkyō and Kyōto, which has now been replaced by expressways and the high-speed Shinkansen railway.

Methods

In Japan, there are two common methods to count population. One is the and another is the .
The Estimated Population is based on the, which itself is based on the national census. The Estimated Population counts births, deaths, and changes of residences each month from the Legal Population. Since the census information is collected from the actual residents, the Legal Population and the Estimated Population are relatively reliable figures.
The Registered Population is population registered on a jūminhyō (residential registration card) or an alien registration. As registered person may or may not reside the place, the figure does not show the real population. However, since municipal governments tax registered residents rather than actual residents, the figure is useful for such purposes.

List

Because of the reasons above, this list uses the Estimated Population rather than the Registered Population. Each figure is from the corresponding municipal official websites. When a municipal website doesn't show the Estimated Population, the figure from the corresponding prefectural official website is used instead. If neither shows the Estimated Population (which is the case of the three cities of Hokkaidō), the Registered Population without foreigners is written in blankets. For a comparison, the Registered Population of the last day of September, 2005, is written under the Legal Population.
   The Estimated Population is written in red if it's smaller than the Legal Population.
   The list includes the 23 special wards of Tokyo as single city. It also includes each special ward in italics. ť Abbreviations:

   Est. Pop.: Estimated Population, as of January 1, 2008. ť Legal Pop.: Legal Population, as of October 1, 2005.

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Source	Prefecture	City	Est. Pop.	Legal Pop.	Status
(External Link)	TokyoTōkyō	23 special wards	8,663,751	8,483,050	Group of special wards
(External Link)	Kanagawa	Yokohama	3,631,236	3,579,133	Government ordinance city
(External Link)	OsakaŌsaka	OsakaŌsaka	2,645,305	2,628,776	Government ordinance city
(External Link)	Aichi	Nagoya	2,239,464	2,215,031	Government ordinance city
(External Link)	Hokkaidō	Sapporo	1,895,882	1,880,875	Government ordinance city
(External Link)	Hyōgo	KobeKōbe	1,530,847	1,525,389	Government ordinance city
(External Link)	Kyōto	Kyōto	1,468,906	1,474,764	Government ordinance city
(External Link)	Fukuoka	Fukuoka	1,430,371	1,400,621	Government ordinance city
(External Link)	Kanagawa	Kawasaki	1,373,630	1,327,009	Government ordinance city
(External Link)	Saitama	Saitama	1,192,418	1,176,269	Government ordinance city
(External Link)	Hiroshima	Hiroshima	1,163,806	1,154,595	Government ordinance city
(External Link)	Miyagi	Sendai	1,029,552	1,024,947	Government ordinance city
(External Link)	Fukuoka	Kitakyūshū	986,998	993,483	Government ordinance city
(External Link)	Chiba	Chiba	938,695	924,353	Government ordinance city
TokyoTōkyō	Setagaya	857,046	841,399	Special ward	N/A
(External Link)	OsakaŌsaka	Sakai	835,333	831,111	Government ordinance city
(External Link)	Nigata	Niigata	813,053	813,847	Government ordinance city
(External Link)	Shizuoka	Hamamatsu	811,431	804,067	Government ordinance city
(External Link)	Shizuoka	Shizuoka	710,944	713,716	Government ordinance city
(External Link)	Kanagawa	Sagamihara	706,342	701,568	Core city
TokyoTōkyō	Nerima	703,850	692,225	Special ward	N/A
(External Link)	Okayama	Okayama	701,293	696,172	Core city
TokyoTōkyō	OtaŌta	675,914	665,370	Special ward	N/A
(External Link)	Kumamoto	Kumamoto	670,348	669,541	Core city
TokyoTōkyō	Edogawa	663,733	653,882	Special ward	N/A
TokyoTōkyō	Adachi	632,140	624,548	Special ward	N/A
(External Link)	Kagoshima	Kagoshima	605,196	604,387	Core city
(External Link)	Chiba	Funabashi	586,762	569,829	Core city
(External Link)	TokyoTōkyō	Hachiōji	567,367	560,048
TokyoTōkyō	Suginami	536,191	528,180	Special ward	N/A
(External Link)	Hyōgo	Himeji	536,170	536,234	Core city
TokyoTōkyō	Itabashi	529,477	522,710	Special ward	N/A
(External Link)	Ehime	Matsuyama	515,068	514,944	Core city
(External Link)	OsakaŌsaka	Higashiōsaka	509,157	513,744	Core city
(External Link)	Tochigi	Utsunomiya	507,833	502,279	Core city
(External Link)	Saitama	Kawaguchi	492,675	479,986	Special city
(External Link)	Chiba	Matsudo	477,603	472,504
(External Link)	Hyōgo	Nishinomiya	477,056	465,338
(External Link)	Okayama	Kurashiki	472,452	469,372	Core city
(External Link)	Chiba	Ichikawa	470,149	466,408
(External Link)	OitaŌita	OitaŌita	467,267	462,322	Core city
(External Link)	Hiroshima	Fukuyama	461,368	459,015	Core city
(External Link)	Hyōgo	Amagasaki	461,202	462,484	Special city
(External Link)	Ishikawa	Kanazawa	455,765	454,607	Core city
(External Link)	Nagasaki	Nagasaki	448,792	455,131	Core city
TokyoTōkyō	KotoKōtō	438,200	420,831	Special ward	N/A
TokyoTōkyō	Katsushika	428,606	424,801	Special ward	N/A
(External Link)	Kanagawa	Yokosuka	421,397	426,162	Core city
(External Link)	Toyama	Toyama	421,116	421,156	Core city
(External Link)	Aichi	Toyota	420,286	412,131	Core city
(External Link)	Kagawa	Takamatsu	418,557	417,986	Core city
(External Link)	TokyoTōkyō	Machida	413,786	404,798
(External Link)	Gifu	Gifu	412,779	413,356	Core city
(External Link)	OsakaŌsaka	Hirakata	406,201	404,004	Special city
(External Link)	Kanagawa	Fujisawa	402,628	395,997
(External Link)	Chiba	Kashiwa	389,036	381,016
(External Link)	OsakaŌsaka	Toyonaka	387,269	386,633	Special city
(External Link)	Nagano	Nagano	378,204	378,495	Core city
(External Link)	Aichi	Toyohashi	377,045	372,471	Core city
(External Link)	Aichi	Ichinomiya	375,939	371,446	Special city
(External Link)	Wakayama	Wakayama	372,275	375,718	Core city
(External Link)	Aichi	Okazaki	371,380	363,811	Core city
(External Link)	Miyazaki	Miyazaki	369,473	366,867	Core city
(External Link)	Nara	Nara	367,393	370,106	Core city
(External Link)	Hokkaidō	Asahikawa	357,180- （357,180）	354,988 （360,118）	Core city
TokyoTōkyō	Shinagawa	356,046	346,361	Special ward	N/A
(External Link)	OsakaŌsaka	Suita	354,600	353,853	Special city
(External Link)	OsakaŌsaka	Takatsuki	354,228	351,803	Core city
(External Link)	Fukushima	Iwaki	349,796	354,403	Core city
(External Link)	KochiKōchi	KochiKōchi	346,858	348,909	Core city
(External Link)	Gunma	Takasaki	341,838	339,860	Special city
(External Link)	Fukushima	KoriyamaKōriyama	339,360	338,830	Core city
(External Link)	Saitama	Tokorozawa	338,560	336,081	Special city
(External Link)	Saitama	Kawagoe	335,693	333,765	Core city
TokyoTōkyō	Kita	331,469	330,378	Special ward	N/A
(External Link)	Akita	Akita	329,287	333,047	Core city
(External Link)	Shiga	OtsuŌtsu	329,024	323,713	Special city
(External Link)	Saitama	Koshigaya	318,592	315,782	Special city
(External Link)	Gunma	Maebashi	318,058	318,653	Special city
(External Link)	Okinawa	Naha	314,162	312,308
TokyoTōkyō	Nakano	312,477	310,210	Special ward	N/A
TokyoTōkyō	Shinjuku	310,570	302,287	Special ward	N/A
(External Link)	Mie	Yokkaichi	306,584	303,851	Special city
(External Link)	Aomori	Aomori	305,884	311,307	Core city
(External Link)	Fukuoka	Kurume	305,147	306,439	Special city
(External Link)	Aichi	Kasugai	300,713	295,795	Special city
(External Link)	Iwate	Morioka	299,746	300,740	Special city
(External Link)	Hyōgo	Akashi	292,162	291,033	Special city
(External Link)	Hokkaidō	Hakodate	290,140- （290,140）	294,212 （297,280）	Core city
(External Link)	Fukushima	Fukushima	289,422	290,867
(External Link)	Mie	Tsu	289,215	288,876
(External Link)	Yamaguchi	Shimonoseki	286,073	290,693	Core city
(External Link)	Niigata	Nagaoka	281,222	283,234	Special city
(External Link)	Chiba	Ichihara	279,591	280,241
(External Link)	OsakaŌsaka	Yao	273,244	273,474	Special city
(External Link)	OsakaŌsaka	Ibaraki	272,240	267,976	Special city
(External Link)	Fukui	Fukui	268,574	269,147	Special city
TokyoTōkyō	Meguro	267,894	264,158	Special ward	N/A
(External Link)	Hyōgo	Kakogawa	267,631	267,103	Special city
(External Link)	Tokushima	Tokushima	266,370	267,845
(External Link)	Ibaraki	Mito	264,062	262,532	Special city
(External Link)	Kanagawa	Hiratsuka	260,419	259,017	Special city
TokyoTōkyō	Toshima	257,165	250,153	Special ward	N/A
(External Link)	Yamagata	Yamagata	255,370	255,959	Special city
(External Link)	Nagasaki	Sasebo	254,650	258,324	Special city
(External Link)	TokyoTōkyō	Fuchū	248,445	245,626
(External Link)	Hiroshima	Kure	246,118	251,009	Special city
(External Link)	Aomori	Hachinohe	241,613	244,678	Special city
(External Link)	Saga	Saga	239,932	241,370
TokyoTōkyō	Sumida	239,188	230,996	Special ward	N/A
(External Link)	OsakaŌsaka	Neyagawa	239,029	241,825	Special city
(External Link)	Saitama	SokaSōka	237,964	236,268	Special city
(External Link)	Shizuoka	Fuji	237,279	236,493	Special city
(External Link)	Saitama	Kasukabe	236,854	238,499
(External Link)	Kanagawa	Chigasaki	231,005	228,430	Special city
(External Link)	Nagano	Matsumoto	227,392	227,579	Special city
(External Link)	Kanagawa	Atsugi	225,163	222,349	Special city
(External Link)	Kanagawa	Yamato	223,127	221,218	Special city
(External Link)	Saitama	Ageo	222,479	220,223
(External Link)	Hyōgo	Takarazuka	222,071	219,853	Special city
(External Link)	TokyoTōkyō	Chōfu	219,053	216,146
(External Link)	Gunma	OtaŌta	214,049	213,300	Special city
TokyoTōkyō	Minato	208,326	185,649	Special ward	N/A
(External Link)	Ibaraki	Tsukuba	207,314	200,546	Special city
(External Link)	Shizuoka	Numazu	206,818	208,001	Special city
(External Link)	Niigata	Jōetsu	206,175	208,083	Special city
(External Link)	Saitama	Kumagaya	204,853	204,676
TokyoTōkyō	Shibuya	204,445	203,129	Special ward	N/A
(External Link)	Gunma	Isesaki	204,240	202,442	Special city
(External Link)	OsakaŌsaka	Kishiwada	200,538	200,984	Special city
(External Link)	Tottori	Tottori	200,315	201,727	Special city
(External Link)	Yamanashi	KofuKōfu	199,374	200,097	Special city
(External Link)	Kanagawa	Odawara	198,841	198,722	Special city
(External Link)	Mie	Suzuka	197,437	193,112
(External Link)	Shimane	Matsue	195,875	196,603
TokyoTōkyō	Bunkyō	195,871	189,589	Special ward	N/A
(External Link)	Ibaraki	Hitachi	195,844	199,203
TokyoTōkyō	Arakawa	195,656	191,145	Special ward	N/A
(External Link)	Hyōgo	Itami	194,488	192,248
(External Link)	TokyoTōkyō	Nishitōkyō	193,350	189,749
(External Link)	Yamaguchi	Yamaguchi	192,008	191,682
(External Link)	Kyoto	Uji	191,297	189,589
(External Link)	Hokkaidō	Kushiro	190,886- （190,886）	198,243 （195,039）
(External Link)	Hiroshima	Higashihiroshima	187,711	184,423
(External Link)	Aomori	Hirosaki	185,865	189,050

TokyoTōkyō	Taitō	168,673	165,193	Special ward	N/A
TokyoTōkyō	Chūō	106,868	98,135	Special ward	N/A
TokyoTōkyō	Chiyoda	43,946	41,721	Special ward	N/A

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