Hiragana and katakana place names
- Hiragana and katakana place names
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.
List of Hiragana cities
*Awara in Fukui Prefecture
*Ebino in Miyazaki Prefecture
*Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture
*Inabe in Mie Prefecture
*Isumi in Chiba Prefecture
*Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture
*Kahoku in Ishikawa Prefecture
*Kasumigaura in Ibaraki Prefecture
*Midori in Gunma Prefecture
*Mutsu in Aomori Prefecture
*Nikaho in Akita Prefecture
*Oi in Fukui Prefecture
*Saitama in Saitama Prefecture
*Sakura in Tochigi Prefecture
*Sanuki in Kagawa Prefecture
*Tatsuno in Hyōgo Prefecture
*Tsugaru in Aomori Prefecture
*Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture
*Tsukubamirai in Ibaraki Prefecture
*Ukiha in Fukuoka Prefecture
*Uruma in Okinawa Prefecture
List of partially Hiragana cities
*Akiruno in Tokyo-to
*Ichikikushikino in Kagoshima Prefecture
*Higashikagawa in Kagawa Prefecture
*Kinokawa in Wakayama Prefecture
*Minamiawaji in Hyōgo Prefecture
*Izunokuni in Shizuoka Prefecture
*Fujimino in Saitama Prefecture
List of partially Katakana cities
*Minamiarupusu in Yamanashi Prefecture
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