Hiragana and katakana place names
In Japan there are toponyms, which are not written in Kanji, but wholly or partly in the two Kana Hiragana or Katakana fonts. Traditionally, all the Japanese city names in kanji are written, however, there is here a trend towards use of hiragana or katakana, especially in newly merged cities, such as Saitama. The number of cities that are written in hiragana or katakana, increases lately, so it can be assumed that the following list is not exhaustive:
List of cities that are written entirely in hiragana
- Ama, Aichi prefecture
- Awara in Fukui Prefecture
- Ebino in Miyazaki Prefecture
- Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture
- Inabe in Mie Prefecture
- Isumi in Chiba Prefecture
- Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture
- Kahoku in Ishikawa Prefecture
- Kasumigaura in Ibaraki Prefecture
- Manno in Kagawa Prefecture
- Midori in Gunma Prefecture
- Minabe in Wakayama Prefecture
- Miyako in Fukuoka prefecture
- Miyama in Fukuoka prefecture
- Miyoshi, Aichi prefecture
- Mutsu in Aomori Prefecture
- Nikaho in Akita prefecture
- Ōi in Fukui Prefecture
- Saitama in Saitama Prefecture
- Sakura in Tochigi prefecture
- Sanuki in Kagawa Prefecture
- In the Tatsuno Hyōgo Prefecture
- Tsugaru in Aomori Prefecture
- Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture
- Tsukubamirai in Ibaraki Prefecture
- Ukiha in Fukuoka prefecture
- Uruma of Okinawa Prefecture
List of cities, some of which are written in Hiragana
- Akiruno located in Tokyo
- Fujimino in Saitama Prefecture
- Higashikagawa in Kagawa Prefecture
- Ichikikushikino in Kagoshima Prefecture
- Izu in Shizuoka Prefecture
- Kinokawa in Wakayama Prefecture
- Minamiawaji in Hyogo Prefecture
- Minamisatsuma in Kagoshima Prefecture
- Okinoshima in Shimane Prefecture
List of cities, some of which are written in Katakana
- Minami -Alps in Yamanashi Prefecture
List of cities that are completely written in Katakana
- Niseko in Hokkaidō Prefecture
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