This is a list of municipalities in Japan which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world). For twinning between Japanese and Chinese municipalities the term "friendship cities" is used, due to problematic translation (the term "sister cities" requires specification of which of the cities is the younger sister and which is the older one).

A

Ageo Akabira Akashi Akita Akkeshi Amagasaki Anjō Aomori Aridagawa Arita Asago Asahikawa Asakuchi Ashikaga Ashiya Atami Atsugi Ayabe

B

Beppu

C

Chiba Chichibu Chigasaki Chitose

D

Daisen Dazaifu

E

Ebetsu Esashi

F

Fuji Fujieda Fujikawaguchiko Fujimi Fujinomiya Fujisawa Fujiyoshida Fukaya Fukui Fukuoka Fukuroi Fukuyama Funabashi Furano

G

Gifu Gotemba

H

Ha

Habikino Hachinohe Hachiōji Hadano Hagi Hakodate Hakone Hamamatsu Hanamaki Handa Hannō Hanyū Hatsukaichi Hayama

He–Ho

Hekinan Hidaka Higashihiroshima Higashikawa Higashimurayama Higashiōmi Higashiōsaka Hikone Himeji Hino Hirakata Hiratsuka Hiroshima Hitachi Hōfu

I

Ib–In

Ibaraki Ichihara Ichinoseki Ichikawa Iizuka Ikata Ikeda Imabari Inashiki Inazawa Inuyama

Ir–It

Iruma Isahaya Isehara Isesaki Ishikari Ishinomaki Itami Itō Itoshima

Iw–Iz

Iwaki Iwakuni Iwanuma Iwata Izu Izumi, Kagoshima Izumi, Osaka Izumo

J

Jōetsu Jōyō

K

Ka

Kadoma Kagoshima Kahoku Kakamigahara Kakegawa Kakogawa Kamagaya Kamakura Kameoka Kamo Kamogawa Kanazawa Kannami Karatsu Kariya Kashiwa Kashiwara Kasugai Kasukabe Katano Katō Kawachinagano Kawagoe Kawasaki

Ki

Kinokawa Kirishima Kiryū Kisarazu Kishiwada Kitakami Kitakyushu Kitami Kiyosu Kizugawa

Ko

Kobe Kōchi Kōfu Kōka Kokubunji Komaki Komatsu Kosai Koshigaya

Ku–Ky

Kuji Kuki Kumagaya Kumamoto Kurashiki Kure Kurume Kusatsu, Gunma Kusatsu, Shiga Kushimoto Kushiro Kyōtamba Kyōtango Kyoto

M

Ma

Maebashi Maizuru Marugame Matsudo Matsue Matsumoto Matsusaka Matsuura Matsuyama

Mi

Miharu Miki Minamata Minamiashigara Minamiuonuma Minami-Alps Minoh Minokamo Mishima Mito Miura Miyazaki Miyazu Miyoshi, Saitama Miyoshi, Tokushima

Mo–My

Mobara Monbetsu Moriguchi Morioka Mukō Munakata Murayama Muroran Myōkō

N

Na

Nagahama Nagaizumi Nagakute Nagano Nagaoka Nagaokakyō Nagasaki Nagato Nagoya Naha Nanao Nantan Nara Narashino Narita Naruto Nasushiobara Natori

Ne–Nu

Neyagawa Nichinan Niigata Niihama Niiza Nikkō Nishinomiya Nishinoomote Nishio Nobeoka Nosegawa Numazu

O

Ob–Oi

Obama Obihiro Ōbu Ōda Odawara Ōgaki Ōiso Ōita

Ok–Om

Okaya Okayama Okazaki Okinawa Okinoshima Omaezaki Ōmihachiman Ōmura Ōmuta

On–Oy

Ono Osaka Ōsaki Ōshima Ōshū Ōta Otaru Ōtsu Oyama

R

Rankoshi Rikuzentakata Rumoi

S

Sa

Saga Sagae Sagamihara Saijō Saiki Saitama Sakado Sakai Sakata Saku Sakurai Sanda Sano Sanuki Sapporo Sasebo Satsumasendai Sayama

Se

Seika Seki Sendai Seto Setouchi Settsu

Sh

Shibata Shibukawa Shijōnawate Shikokuchūō Shimada Shimizu Shimoda Shimonoseki Shirakawa Shizuoka Shūnan

So–Su

Sodegaura Sōka Sugito Suita Sumoto Susono Suzaka Suzuka

T

Ta–Te

Takamatsu Takarazuka Takasaki Takatsuki Takayama Tamba-Sasayama Tamano Tatebayashi Tateyama Tendō Tenri

To

Tōbetsu Tochigi Toda Tōkai Tōkamachi Toki Tokorozawa Tokushima Tokyo Tokyo – Adachi Tokyo – Arakawa Tokyo – Bunkyō Tokyo – Chūō Tokyo – Edogawa Tokyo – Itabashi Tokyo – Katsushika Tokyo – Kōtō Tokyo – Meguro Tokyo – Nerima Tokyo – Ōta Tokyo – Setagaya Tokyo – Shibuya Tokyo – Shinagawa Tokyo – Shinjuku Tokyo – Suginami Tokyo – Taitō Tomakomai Tome Tonami Tosu Tottori Toyama Toyohashi Toyokawa Toyonaka Toyota

Ts

Tsu Tsubame Tsuchiura Tsukuba Tsuruga Tsushima Tsuyama

U

Ube Uchiko Ueda Uji Unzen Urasoe Urayasu Ushiku Utsunomiya Uwajima

W

Wakayama Wakō Warabi

Y

Yachiyo Yaizu Yamagata Yamaguchi Yamato Yao Yatsushiro Yawata Yoichi Yokkaichi Yokohama Yokosuka Yonago Yoshikawa Yotsukaidō Yugawara

Z

Zama