Cities in Japan Ranked by Land area

Name: Cities in Japan Ranked by Land area
Creator: Wikidata
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Area of the city proper as recorded in Wikidata. Source: Wikidata (CC0 1.0 (public domain)).

Summary

Tokyo ranks #1 with 2,194 km². Hamamatsu is second with 1,558 km², 40.8% behind. The top five are Tokyo, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Toyama and Iwaki. The median across all 112 is 280.3 km²; Nishitōkyō-shi is last at 15.8 km².

#1: Tokyo · 2,194 km²
Median: 280.3 km²
Coverage: 112 cities in Japan
Data year: As recorded in Wikidata
Last updated: 2026-11-14

Top 10: Area (km²). Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Tokyo 2,194; 2. Hamamatsu 1,558; 3. Shizuoka 1,412; 4. Toyama 1,242; 5. Iwaki 1,232; 6. Sapporo 1,121; 7. Matsumoto 978.8; 8. Toyota 918.3; 9. Akita 906.1; 10. Hiroshima 905.

Full ranking

Cities in Japan Ranked by Land area
Rank	City	Country	Area (km²)
1	Tokyo	Japan	2,194
2	Hamamatsu	Japan	1,558
3	Shizuoka	Japan	1,412
4	Toyama	Japan	1,242
5	Iwaki	Japan	1,232
6	Sapporo	Japan	1,121
7	Matsumoto	Japan	978.8
8	Toyota	Japan	918.3
9	Akita	Japan	906.1
10	Hiroshima	Japan	905
11	Nagaoka	Japan	890.9
12	Morioka	Japan	886.5
13	Nagano	Japan	834.9
14	Kyoto	Japan	827.8
15	Aomori	Japan	824.6
16	Okayama	Japan	789
17	Sendai	Japan	786.4
18	Fukushima	Japan	767.7
19	Kōriyama	Japan	757.2
20	Asahikawa	Japan	747.7
21	Niigata	Japan	726.1
22	Shimonoseki	Japan	716.2
23	Tsu	Japan	711.2
24	Hakodate	Japan	677.9
25	Miyazaki	Japan	643.7
26	Tokyo	Japan	627.5
27	Kobe	Japan	557
28	Kagoshima	Japan	547.1
29	Fukui	Japan	536.4
30	Himeji	Japan	534.4
31	Matsue	Japan	530.3
32	Fukuyama	Japan	518.1
33	Ōita-shi	Japan	501.3
34	Kitakyūshū	Japan	487.7
35	Kanazawa	Japan	467.8
36	Otsu	Japan	464.1
37	Takasaki	Japan	459.2
38	Yokohama	Japan	437.7
39	Matsuyama	Japan	428.9
40	Sasebo	Japan	426.1
41	Utsunomiya	Japan	416.9
42	Kumamoto	Japan	389.5
43	Okazaki	Japan	387.2
44	Yamagata	Japan	381.3
45	Takamatsu	Japan	375.4
46	Ichihara	Japan	368.2
47	Kurashiki	Japan	355.6
48	Saga	Japan	355.2
49	Kure	Japan	353.3
50	Fukuoka	Japan	340
51	Sagamihara	Japan	328.9
52	Nagoya	Japan	326.4
53	Maebashi	Japan	311.6
54	Kōchi-shi	Japan	309
55	Hachinohe	Japan	305.6
56	Tsukuba	Japan	283.7
57	Nara	Japan	276.8
58	Chiba	Japan	271.8
59	Toyohashi	Japan	261.9
60	Fuji	Japan	245
61	Kurume	Japan	230
62	Osaka	Japan	223
63	Saitama	Japan	217.4
64	Mito	Japan	217.3
65	Wakayama	Japan	208.9
66	Yokkaichi	Japan	206.4
67	Gifu	Japan	203.6
68	Tokushima	Japan	191.5
69	Hachiōji-shi	Japan	186.4
70	Ōta-shi	Japan	175.5
71	Sakai	Japan	149.8
72	Kawasaki	Japan	143
73	Isesaki	Japan	139.4
74	Kakogawa	Japan	138.5
75	Kashiwa	Japan	114.7
76	Ichinomiya	Japan	113.8
77	Kawagoe	Japan	109.1
78	Takatsuki	Japan	105.3
79	Takarazuka	Japan	101.8
80	Yokosuka	Japan	100.8
81	Nishinomiya	Japan	100
82	Atsugi	Japan	93.8
83	Kasugai	Japan	92.8
84	Funabashi	Japan	85.6
85	Ibaraki	Japan	76
86	Tokorozawa	Japan	72.1
87	Machida	Japan	71.6
88	Fujisawa	Japan	69.6
89	Hiratsuka	Japan	67.8
90	Kasukabe	Japan	66
91	Hirakata	Japan	65.1
92	Kawaguchi	Japan	62
93	Higashiōsaka-shi	Japan	61.8
94	Matsudo	Japan	61.4
95	Koshigaya	Japan	60.2
96	Ichikawa	Japan	57.5
97	Yachiyo	Japan	51.4
98	Amagasaki	Japan	50
99	Akashi	Japan	49.4
100	Ageo	Japan	45.5