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Towns of Japan

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This article is part
of the series:
Administrative divisions of Japan
Regional level
Regions
(地方; Chihō)
Prefectural level
Prefectures
(都道府県; To-dō-fu-ken )
Subprefectural level
Subprefectures
(支庁; Shichō)
Designated Cities
(政令指定都市; Seirei-shitei-toshi)
Districts
(郡; Gun)
Municipal level
Core Cities
(中核市; Chūkaku-shi)
Special Cities
(特例市; Tokurei-shi)
Cities
(市; Shi)
Special Wards
(特別区; Tokubetsu-ku)
Wards
(区; Ku)
Towns

(町; Chō / Machi)

Villages
(村; Son / Mura)
A town (町 chō) is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture (ken or other equivalents), city (shi), and village (mura). Geographically, a town's extent is contained within a prefecture.

Note that the same word (町 machi or chō) is also used in names of smaller region, usually a part of ward in a city.

See also: Municipality of Japan, Japanese addressing system.








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