List of city nicknames in Japan

Aichi

 * Takahama
 * City of Kawara (roof tiles)
 * Toyota, Nagoya
 * Castle Town of Toyota
 * Yatomi
 * City of Goldfish

Ehime

 * Matsuyama
 * Town of Botchan (Botchan by Natsume Sōseki)
 * Imabari
 * City of Towels
 * City of Kawara (roof tiles) (Kikuma)
 * Uchiko
 * City of Kite
 * City of White Walled
 * Uwajima
 * City of Bullfighting
 * Hometown of Pearl

Fukui

 * Sabae
 * City of Glasses

Fukuoka
The Land of Bloodbath
 * Fukuoka
 * City of Yatai (street stalls)
 * Yanagawa
 * Venice of Japan
 * City of Water
 * Yame
 * Place of Yame-tea
 * Munakata (Okinoshima)
 * Island of Gods

Fukushima
Utsukushima Fukushima (Beautiful Fukushima)

Gifu

 * Gifu
 * City of Fashion
 * Ōgaki
 * City of Water
 * Ena (Akechi)
 * Taishō Romantic Town

Gunma
Empire of Gunma
 * Maebashi
 * City of Water
 * Shimonita
 * Town of Konnyaku

Hiroshima

 * Fukuyama
 * City of Roses (Rose City)
 * City of Geta (Japanese footwear), mostly referred to the Matsunaga area of the city
 * Fuchū
 * Home of Oomurasaki (great purple, the national butterfly of Japan)
 * Town of White Walled (Jyougecho)
 * Onomichi
 * City of Hills (City of Slopes)
 * City of Movies
 * Innoshima
 * Island of Flower
 * Home of Hassaku
 * Akitakata
 * City of Kagura (Yachiyo-Kagura, Midori-Kagura)
 * Kitahiroshima (Chiyodacho)
 * Town of Kagura (Chiyoda-Kagura)
 * Kure
 * City of Hills (City of Slopes)
 * Hiroshima
 * City of Peace (International City of Peace and Culture)
 * City of Rivers
 * City of Water
 * Venice of Japan
 * Hatsukaichi (Miyajima)
 * Itsukushima
 * Island of God
 * Kumano
 * City of Brush

Hokkaidō

 * Kushiro (Akan)
 * Hometown of Tanchō (wintering ground of red-crowned crane)
 * Furano
 * City of Flowers
 * Hakodate
 * City of Lights
 * Otaru
 * City of Hills (City of Slopes)
 * Venice of Japan
 * Teshikaga (Mashuko)
 * Lake of God
 * Rishiri, Rishirifuji (Rishiritou)
 * Island of Flower
 * Rebun (Rebuntou)
 * Island of Flower
 * Haboro (Yagishiritou)
 * Island of Flower
 * Kaibatou
 * Island of Flower

Hyōgo
Hyogoslavia
 * Takarazuka
 * City of Music
 * Kōbe
 * City of Lights
 * City of Fashion
 * Town of Shoes (Nagata)
 * Million Dollar Lights
 * Minamiawaji
 * City of Kawara (roof tiles)
 * Tatsuno
 * City of Aka-tombo (red dragonfly) (Japanese nursery song)
 * Awaji, Sumoto, Minamiawaji (Awajishima)
 * Island of Flower
 * Island of Mythologies
 * Minamiawaji (Nushima)
 * Island of Mythologies

Ishikawa
Kaga Millon Koku

Iwate

 * Tono
 * City of Folktales
 * Hanamaki (Ohasama)
 * Town of Hayachine-Kagura

Kagawa
Udon Prefecture
 * Ayagawa
 * Home of Sanuki Udon
 * Mitoyo
 * Home of Urashima Tarō
 * Takamatsu
 * Home of Momotarō story
 * Town of Bonsai
 * Marugame
 * City of Uchiwa (Japanese rigid paper fan)

Kagoshima

 * Kagoshima
 * Naples of the Orient
 * Venice of Japan
 * City of Ishin (Meiji Restoration)
 * City of Streetcars
 * Tokunoshima, Isen, Amagi, Kagoshima (Tokunoshima)
 * Town of Bullfighting
 * Izumi
 * Hometown (wintering ground) of Nabezuru (hooded crane), Kurozuru (common crane), Manazuru (white-necked crane)
 * Ōshima-gun (Okinoerabujima)
 * Island of Flower

Kanagawa

 * Kamakura
 * Ancient City
 * City of History
 * Minamiashigara
 * Home of Kintaro (a Japanese folk hero)

Kōchi

 * Kōchi
 * Birthplace of Yosakoi-Matsuri (traditional summer dance festival)

Kumamoto

 * Kumamoto
 * City of Woods
 * Nagasu
 * Town of Goldfish
 * Uki
 * City of Dekopon (a Japanese orange_

Kyoto

 * Kyoto
 * Kyo
 * Ancient City
 * City of History
 * Ine
 * Home of Urashima Tarō
 * Uji
 * Place of Uji-tea
 * Maizuru (Kammurijima)
 * Island of God

Mie

 * Iga
 * Hometown of Ninja
 * Shima
 * Home of Urashima Tarō
 * Hometown of Pearl

Miyagi

 * Sendai
 * City of Trees (City of Green) (Capital with the Groves)
 * Shibata
 * City of Chrysanthemum

Miyazaki

 * Takachiho
 * Town of Mythologies
 * Town of Takachiho-Kagura

Nagasaki

 * Nagasaki
 * City of Peace
 * City of Hills (City of Slopes)
 * City of Lights
 * City of Streetcars
 * Naples of the Orient (Naples of Japan)
 * Iki (Iki Island)
 * Island of Mythologies

Nara

 * Nara
 * Ancient City
 * Yamatokoriyama
 * City of Goldfish

Niigata

 * Ojiya
 * Home of Nishikigoi
 * City of Bullfighting
 * Niigata, Shirone
 * City of Kite
 * Sado
 * Island of Flower

Ōita
Onsen Prefecture
 * Beppu
 * Naples of the Orient
 * Hot spring Capital of the World
 * Bungotakada
 * City of Shōwa

Okayama

 * Okayama
 * Hometown of Momotarō
 * Kurashiki
 * City of White Walled
 * Venice of Japan
 * Bisei
 * Home of Stars
 * Kasaoka (Manabeshima, Takashima)
 * Island of Flower
 * Island of Mythologies
 * Takahashi (Nariwacho)
 * Town of Bitchu-Kagura

Okinawa

 * Naha
 * Capital of the Ryūkyū Kingdom
 * Itoman
 * City of Peace
 * Uruma
 * City of Bullfighting
 * Nanjo (Kudakajima)
 * Island of God
 * Island of Mythologies
 * Uruma (Hamahigashima)
 * Island of God
 * Island of Mythologies
 * Nakijin (Kourijima)
 * Island of God
 * Kohama
 * Hometown of Churasan

Osaka

 * Osaka
 * Naniwa
 * City of Water
 * Venice of Japan
 * City of Business
 * City of Kuidaore (eat until you drop)
 * Sakai
 * Venice of Japan
 * Izumisano
 * Rinku Town
 * City of Towels
 * Kishiwada
 * City of Danjiri Matsuri

Saga

 * Karatsu
 * City of Karatsu Kunchi
 * Kawasoe
 * City of Nori

Saitama

 * Saitama
 * Town of Bonsai
 * Kazo
 * City of Koinobori
 * Kounosu, Iwatsuki
 * Town of Dolls
 * Town of Hina-ningyo (dolls for Girls' Dayy)
 * Town of Gogatsu-ningyo (dolls for Children's Day)

Shiga

 * Kōka
 * Hometown of Ninja

Shimane

 * Matsue
 * City of Water
 * Venice of Japan
 * City of Kawara (roof tiles)
 * Izumo
 * City of Mythologies
 * Gotsu (Sakuraecho)
 * Town of Kagura (Omoto-Kagura)
 * Hamada (Kanagi)
 * Town of Iwami-Kagura
 * Oda
 * City of Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
 * Okinoshima
 * Island of Pictures
 * Island of Flower
 * Town of Bullfighting

Shizuoka

 * Atami
 * City of Lights
 * Naples of the Orient
 * Fuji
 * City of Paper
 * Hamamatsu
 * City of Music
 * Oyama
 * Hometown of Kintaro (a folk hero)
 * Shizuoka, Okabe, Fujieda
 * Places of Shizuoka-tea

Tokushima

 * Tokushima
 * Birthplace of Awa Dance Festival

Tokyo
Flowery City
 * Shibuya, Harajuku
 * Town for Young People
 * Sugamo
 * Obaachan no Harajuku (Grandma's Harajuku)
 * Akihabara
 * Town for Otaku
 * The Electric Town
 * Katsushika-Shibamata
 * Hometown of Tora-san (from the film series Otoko wa Tsurai yo)
 * Fuchū
 * City of Woods
 * Shinjuku
 * City of the Beasts (from manga and anime series Hyper Police)

Tottori

 * Kurayoshi
 * City of White Walled
 * City of Red Roof
 * Sakaiminato
 * City of Yōkai (from the manga series Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro)

Toyama

 * Toyama
 * City of Medicine

Yamagata

 * Higashine
 * City of Cherries
 * Nanyō
 * City of Chrysanthemum

Yamaguchi

 * Hagi
 * City of "Ishin" (Meiji Restoration)
 * Yanai
 * City of White Walled
 * Iwakuni
 * Taishō Romantic Town
 * Shimonoseki
 * City of Fuku (pufferfish) ("Fuku": Happiness)
 * Shimonoseki (Futaoijima)
 * Island of Mythologies
 * Shunan
 * Hometown of Nabezuru (wintering ground of hooded crane)

Yamanashi

 * Hokuto (Nagasaka)
 * Town of Oomurasaki (great purple, the national butterfly of Japan)

Cities referred to as Little Kyoto, by region
In Japanese Little Kyoto (小京都).

Tōhoku

 * Hirosaki, Aomori
 * Iwadeyama, Miyagi
 * Kakunodate, Akita
 * Morioka, Iwate
 * Murata, Miyagi
 * Sakata, Yamagata
 * Tono, Iwate
 * Yamagata, Yamagata
 * Yuzawa, Akita

Kantō, Kōshinetsu

 * Ashikaga, Tochigi
 * Iida, Nagano
 * Iiyama, Nagano
 * Kamo, Niigata
 * Koga, Ibaraki
 * Ogawa, Saitama
 * Ranzan, Saitama
 * Sano, Tochigi
 * Tochigi, Tochigi
 * Yugawara, Kanagawa

Chūbu (Hokuriku, Tōkai)

 * Gujohachiman, Gifu
 * Inuyama, Aichi
 * Johana, Toyama
 * Kanazawa, Ishikawa
 * Nishio, Aichi
 * Obama, Fukui
 * Takayama, Gifu

Kinki

 * Igaueno, Mie
 * Izushi, Hyogo
 * Sasayama, Hyogo
 * Tatsuno, Hyogo

Chūgoku (San'in, San'yō)

 * Hagi, Yamaguchi
 * Kurayoshi, Tottori
 * Matsue, Shimane
 * Onomichi, Hiroshima
 * Takahashi, Okayama
 * Takehara, Hiroshima
 * Tsuwano, Shimane
 * Tsuyama, Okayama
 * Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi

Shikoku

 * Nakamura, Kōchi
 * Ōzu, Ehime

Kyūshū

 * Asakura, Fukuoka
 * Chiran, Kagoshima
 * Hita, Oita
 * Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto
 * Imari, Saga
 * Kitsuki, Oita
 * Nichinan, Miyazaki
 * Ogi, Saga

Cities referred to as Little Edo, by region
In Japanese Little Edo (小江戸).

Kantō

 * Atsugi, Kanagawa
 * Katori, Chiba
 * Kawagoe, Saitama
 * Otaki, Chiba
 * Tochigi, Tochigi

Tōkai

 * Iwata, Shizuoka (Asaba, Shizuoka)

Kinki

 * Hikone, Shiga