The hiragana cities of Japan are cities whose names are written in hiragana rather than kanji. Traditionally, all Japanese place names were written using kanji. However, some recently founded cities such as Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture have names which are written in hiragana only. The number is growing rapidly, and is set to rise to forty-five by the end of March 2006.
City / Town |
Hiragana + Kanji |
Full kanji |
Prefecture |
Founded |
Inhabitants |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Akiruno | あきる野市 | 秋留野、阿伎留野 | Tokyo-to | ||
Ichikikushikino | いちき串木野市 | 市来串木野 | Kagoshima | ||
Higashikagawa | 東かがわ市 | 東香川 | Kagawa | ||
Higashimiyoshi | 東みよし町 | 東三好 | Tokushima | ||
Kinokawa | 紀の川市 | Wakayama | |||
Minamiawaji | 南あわじ市 | 南淡路 | Hyōgo | ||
Izunokuni | 伊豆の国市 | Shizuoka | |||
Fujimino | ふじみ野市 | 富士見野 | Saitama |
Romanized |
Katakana + Kanji |
Prefecture |
Founded |
Inhabitants |
Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Niseko | ニセコ町 | Hokkaidō | from Ainu | ||
Minamiarupusu | 南アルプス市 | Yamanashi | from " Alps" |
{{Expand list|date=October 2009}} [[Category:Settlements in Japan]] [[Category:Japanese writing system]] [[Category:Articles lacking sources (Erik9bot)]] [[de:Japanische Toponyme in Kana]] [[ko:가나 지명]] [[ja:ひらがな・カタカナ地名]]
The hiragana cities of Japan are cities whose names are written in hiragana rather than kanji. Traditionally, all Japanese place names were written using kanji. However, some recently founded cities such as Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture have names which are written in hiragana only. The number is growing rapidly, and is set to rise to forty-five by the end of March 2006.
City / Town |
Hiragana + Kanji |
Full kanji |
Prefecture |
Founded |
Inhabitants |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Akiruno | あきる野市 | 秋留野、阿伎留野 | Tokyo-to | ||
Ichikikushikino | いちき串木野市 | 市来串木野 | Kagoshima | ||
Higashikagawa | 東かがわ市 | 東香川 | Kagawa | ||
Higashimiyoshi | 東みよし町 | 東三好 | Tokushima | ||
Kinokawa | 紀の川市 | Wakayama | |||
Minamiawaji | 南あわじ市 | 南淡路 | Hyōgo | ||
Izunokuni | 伊豆の国市 | Shizuoka | |||
Fujimino | ふじみ野市 | 富士見野 | Saitama |
Romanized |
Katakana + Kanji |
Prefecture |
Founded |
Inhabitants |
Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Niseko | ニセコ町 | Hokkaidō | from Ainu | ||
Minamiarupusu | 南アルプス市 | Yamanashi | from " Alps" |
{{Expand list|date=October 2009}} [[Category:Settlements in Japan]] [[Category:Japanese writing system]] [[Category:Articles lacking sources (Erik9bot)]] [[de:Japanische Toponyme in Kana]] [[ko:가나 지명]] [[ja:ひらがな・カタカナ地名]]