A village (, mura)[lower-alpha 1] is a local administrative unit in Japan.

It is a local public body along with prefecture (, ken, or other equivalents), city (, shi), and town (, chō, sometimes machi). Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture. Villages are larger than a local settlement; each is a subdivision of rural district (, gun), which are subdivided into towns and villages with no overlap and no uncovered area. As a result of mergers and elevation to higher statuses, the number of villages in Japan is decreasing.

As of 2006, 13 prefectures no longer have any villages: Tochigi (since March 20, 2006), Fukui (since March 3, 2006), Ishikawa (since March 1, 2005), Shizuoka (since July 1, 2005), Hyōgo (since April 1, 1999), Mie (since November 1, 2005), Shiga (since January 1, 2005), Hiroshima (since November 5, 2004), Yamaguchi (since March 20, 2006), Ehime (since January 16, 2005), Kagawa (since April 1, 1999), Nagasaki (since October 1, 2005), and Saga (since March 20, 2006).

Atarashiki-mura (which is an autonomous village community) is not included in the list below.

Villages

VillageJapanesePrefectureDistrictArea (in km²)
Shinshinotsu新篠津村HokkaidoIshikari78.04
Shimamaki島牧村Shimamaki437.18
Makkari真狩村Abuta114.25
Rusutsu留寿都村119.84
Tomari泊村Furuu82.28
Kamoenai神恵内村147.80
Akaigawa赤井川村Yoichi280.09
Shimukappu占冠村Yūfutsu571.41
Otoineppu音威子府村Nakagawa (Teshio)275.63
Shosanbetsu初山別村Tomamae279.51
Sarufutsu猿払村Sōya589.97
Nishiokoppe西興部村Monbetsu308.08
Nakasatsunai中札内村Kasai292.58
Sarabetsu更別村176.90
Tsurui鶴居村Akan571.80
Yomogita蓬田村AomoriHigashitsugaru80.65
Nishimeya西目屋村Nakatsugaru246.02
Inakadate田舎館村Minamitsugaru22.35
Rokkasho六ヶ所村Kamikita252.68
Higashidōri東通村Shimokita295.27
Kazamaura風間浦村69.55
Sai佐井村135.04
Shingō新郷村Sannohe150.77
Tanohata田野畑村IwateShimohei156.19
Fudai普代村69.66
Noda野田村Kunohe80.80
Kunohe九戸村134.02
Ōhira大衡村MiyagiKurokawa60.32
Kamikoani上小阿仁村AkitaKitaakita256.72
Ōgata大潟村Minamiakita170.11
Higashinaruse東成瀬村Ogachi203.69
Ōkura大蔵村YamagataMogami211.63
Sakegawa鮭川村122.14
Tozawa戸沢村261.31
Ōtama大玉村FukushimaAdachi79.44
Ten'ei天栄村Iwase225.52
Hinoemata檜枝岐村Minamiaizu390.46
Kitashiobara北塩原村Yama234.08
Yugawa湯川村Kawanuma16.37
Shōwa昭和村Ōnuma209.46
Nishigō西郷村Nishishirakawa192.06
Izumizaki泉崎村35.43
Nakajima中島村18.92
Samegawa鮫川村Higashishirakawa131.34
Tamakawa玉川村Ishikawa46.67
Hirata平田村93.42
Kawauchi川内村Futaba197.35
Katsurao葛尾村84.37
Iitate飯舘村Sōma230.13
Tōkai東海村IbarakiNaka37.98
Miho美浦村Inashiki66.61
Shintō榛東村GunmaKitagunma27.92
Ueno上野村Tano181.85
Nanmoku南牧村Kanra118.83
Tsumagoi嬬恋村Agatsuma337.58
Takayama高山村64.18
Katashina片品村Tone391.76
Kawaba川場村85.25
Shōwa昭和村64.14
Higashichichibu東秩父村SaitamaChichibu37.06
Chōsei長生村ChibaChōsei28.29
Hinohara檜原村TokyoNishitama105.41
Toshima利島村(Ōshima)4.12
Niijima新島村27.52
Kōzushima神津島村18.58
Miyake三宅村(Miyake)55.27
Mikurajima御蔵島村20.54
Aogashima青ヶ島村(Hachijō)5.96
Ogasawara小笠原村(Ogasawara)104.35
Kiyokawa清川村KanagawaAikō71.24
Yahiko弥彦村NiigataNishikanbara25.17
Kariwa刈羽村Kariwa26.27
Sekikawa関川村Iwafune299.61
Awashimaura粟島浦村9.78
Funahashi舟橋村ToyamaNakaniikawa3.47
Dōshi道志村YamanashiMinamitsuru79.68
Oshino忍野村25.05
Yamanakako山中湖村53.05
Narusawa鳴沢村89.58
Kosuge小菅村Kitatsuru52.78
Tabayama丹波山村101.30
Kawakami川上村NaganoMinamisaku209.61
Minamimaki南牧村133.09
Minamiaiki南相木村66.05
Kitaaiki北相木村56.32
Aoki青木村Chiisagata57.10
Hara原村Suwa43.26
Minamiminowa南箕輪村Kamiina40.99
Nakagawa中川村77.05
Miyada宮田村54.50
Achi阿智村Shimoina214.43
Hiraya平谷村77.37
Neba根羽村89.97
Shimojō下條村38.12
Urugi売木村43.43
Tenryū天龍村109.44
Yasuoka泰阜村64.59
Takagi喬木村66.61
Toyooka豊丘村76.79
Ōshika大鹿村248.28
Kiso木祖村Kiso140.50
Ōtaki王滝村310.82
Ōkuwa大桑村234.47
Omi麻績村Higashichikuma34.38
Ikusaka生坂村39.05
Yamagata山形村24.98
Asahi朝日村70.62
Chikuhoku筑北村99.47
Matsukawa松川村Kitaazumi47.07
Hakuba白馬村189.36
Otari小谷村267.91
Takayama高山村Kamitakai98.56
Kijimadaira木島平村Shimotakai99.32
Nozawaonsen野沢温泉村Shimotakai57.96
Ogawa小川村Kamiminochi58.11
Sakae栄村Shimominochi271.66
Higashishirakawa東白川村GifuKamo87.09
Shirakawa白川村Ōno 356.64
Tobishima飛島村AichiAma22.42
Toyone豊根村Kitashitara155.88
Minamiyamashiro南山城村KyotoSōraku64.11
Chihayaakasaka千早赤阪村OsakaMinamikawachi37.30
Yamazoe山添村NaraYamabe66.52
Soni曽爾村Uda47.76
Mitsue御杖村79.58
Asuka明日香村Takaichi24.10
Kurotaki黒滝村Yoshino47.70
Tenkawa天川村175.66
Nosegawa野迫川村154.90
Totsukawa十津川村672.38
Shimokitayama下北山村133.39
Kamikitayama上北山村274.22
Kawakami川上村269.26
Higashiyoshino東吉野村131.65
Kitayama北山村WakayamaHigashimuro48.20
Hiezu日吉津村TottoriSaihaku4.20
Chibu知夫村ShimaneOki13.70
Shinjō新庄村OkayamaManiwa67.11
Nishiawakura西粟倉村Aida57.97
Sanagōchi佐那河内村TokushimaMyōdō42.28
Kitagawa北川村KōchiAki196.73
Umaji馬路村165.48
Geisei芸西村39.60
Ōkawa大川村Tosa95.27
Hidaka日高村Takaoka44.85
Mihara三原村Hata85.37
Tōhō東峰村FukuokaAsakura51.97
Aka赤村Tagawa31.98
Ubuyama産山村KumamotoAso60.81
Nishihara西原村77.22
Minamiaso南阿蘇村137.32
Mizukami水上村Kuma190.96
Sagara相良村94.54
Itsuki五木村252.92
Yamae山江村121.19
Kuma球磨村207.58
Himeshima姫島村ŌitaHigashikunisaki6.98
Nishimera西米良村MiyazakiKoyu271.51
Morotsuka諸塚村Higashiusuki187.56
Shiiba椎葉村537.29
Mishima三島村KagoshimaKagoshima31.40
Toshima十島村101.14
Yamato大和村Ōshima88.26
Uken宇検村103.07
Kunigami国頭村OkinawaKunigami194.80
Ōgimi大宜味村63.55
Higashi東村81.88
Nakijin今帰仁村39.93
Onna恩納村50.82
Ginoza宜野座村31.30
Ie伊江村22.78
Yomitan読谷村Nakagami35.28
Kitanakagusuku北中城村11.54
Nakagusuku中城村15.53
Tokashiki渡嘉敷村Shimajiri19.23
Zamami座間味村16.74
Aguni粟国村7.65
Tonaki渡名喜村3.87
Minamidaitō南大東村30.53
Kitadaitō北大東村13.09
Iheya伊平屋村21.82
Izena伊是名村15.42
Tarama多良間村Miyako21.99

Villages in the Northern Territories

The following is a list of disputed villages in the southern Kuril Islands. The territories are de facto Russian but are claimed by Japan as part of Nemuro Subprefecture, Hokkaido.

Name Japanese Russian Area (in km2) Island
Rubetsu (Pioner) 留別村 Рубэцу 1,442.82 Etorofu (Iturup)
Ruyobetsu (Yuzhno-Kurilsk) 留夜別村 Ю́жно-Кури́льск 960.27 Kunashiri (Kunashir)
Shana (Kurilsk) 紗那村 Кури́льск 973.3 Etorofu (Iturup)
Shibetoro (Rudnaya) 蘂取村 760.5 Etorofu (Iturup)
Shikotan 色丹村 Шикотан 253.33 Shikotan
Tomari (Golovnino) 泊村 Головнино 538.56 Kunashiri (Kunashir)

Notes

  1. As a standalone word, 村 is pronounced with the kun'yomi mura. As a bound morpheme, it also has the on'yomi son, for example in the compounds shichōson (市町村, "cities, towns and villages") and sonchō (村長, "village mayor"). As a suffix in village names, it can be either -mura or -son; -son is rather common for villages in Okinawa (check the list below).

See also

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