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Towns tagged “Commuter town”
116 towns that Machigatari wrote up under “Commuter town”, across 24 prefectures.
“Commuter town” is an editorial tag, chosen town by town. This is not a complete count of every town in Japan that fits, and a town missing here is not a town that doesn't fit. Towns are listed by prefecture in local government code order, with no ranking.
Hokkaido1
Hokkaido pageIbaraki Prefecture2
Ibaraki Prefecture pageTochigi Prefecture2
Tochigi Prefecture pageSaitama Prefecture31
Saitama Prefecture page- Kawagoe CityThe warehouses are still open for business.Clay-walled warehouse streets
- Kawaguchi CityStill pouring molten iron into molds.Kawaguchi iron casting
- Hanno CityForest covers about 75% of the city.Nishikawa timber forests
- Sayama CityTanabata displays, unseen until the day.Irumagawa Tanabata
- Konosu CityPoppies bloom on the Arakawa riverbed.Poppies on the Arakawa
- Ageo CityThe shrine and its bearers end up in mud.Hirakata doroinkyo
- Soka City634 pines on the road Bashō walked.Sōka Matsubara
- Koshigaya CityA flood-control pond became the town's lake.Koshigaya Lake Town
- Warabi CityJapan's smallest city, once a post town.Warabi-juku
- Toda CityA straight 2,400 m of water in the city.Toda rowing course
- Asaka CityKurome River waterwheels drew copper wire.Waterwheel copper drawing
- Shiki CityAn 8.7 m Mt. Fuji in a shrine's grounds.Tagoyama Fujizuka
- Wako CityWhere element 113, nihonium, was born.RIKEN
- Niiza City43 ha of woodland around a Zen temple.Heirinji
- Yashio CityRained on so often, it's the "muddy lion".Ōze lion dance
- Fujimi CityA 6,000-year-old village, now a park.Mizuko Shell Mound
- Misato CityDeclared "Japan's No. 1 Reading Town".
- Hasuda CityThe Jōmon sea once reached the Motoarakawa.Kurohama Shell Mound
- Sakado CityHome of the Koma, a clear Kanto river.
- Tsurugashima CityEvery 4 years, a dragon enters this pond.Suneori Amagoi
- Hidaka CitySettled by 1,799 people from Goguryeo.Koma District, Koma Shrine
- Yoshikawa CityDon't leave without eating the catfish.
- Fujimino CityThe 1937 village office still stands.Former Ōi village office
- Shiraoka CityIn April, pear blossoms turn the city white.
- Ina TownA town of 5,000 roses in 400 varieties.Chōsei Shikō Kinen Kōen roses
- Miyoshi Town300 years of farming on fallen leaves.Santome Shinden
- Namegawa TownHome of Japan's first state-run park.Musashi Kyuryo national park
- Hatoyama TownA satoyama town on the Hiki Hills' edge.
- Kamisato TownSaitama's northern tip, facing Gunma.Kanna River
- Miyashiro TownFrom "what on earth?" to the town's pride.Shinshūkan, Team Zoo
- Matsubushi TownThree rivers write "river" across the town.Edo, Naka and Ōotoshi-Furutone
Chiba Prefecture2
Chiba Prefecture pageTokyo6
Tokyo page- Machida CityTomb ceiling carved as a house roof.Shimomiwa Gyokudayato Tomb Group
- Kokubunji CityA pond said to have restored her form.Masugata Pond Springs
- Komae CityA survey turned up a cut-stone chamber.Inogata-Ogawazuka Kofun
- Kiyose CityZigzag path, pillars for stations 1-9.Nakazato no Fujizuka
- Higashikurume CityLost wheat back from 300 stored seeds.Yanagikubo wheat
- Tama CityAn oval hall, ringed by columns.Old Tama Seiseki Memorial Hall
Kanagawa Prefecture3
Kanagawa Prefecture pageToyama Prefecture1
Toyama Prefecture pageGifu Prefecture1
Gifu Prefecture pageShizuoka Prefecture2
Shizuoka Prefecture pageAichi Prefecture2
Aichi Prefecture pageMie Prefecture1
Mie Prefecture pageKyoto Prefecture4
Kyoto Prefecture page- Muko CityLid bumps are called rope-hanging knobs.Mozume Kurumazuka Kofun, coffin
- Nagaokakyo CityA road once ran atop the pond's bank.Hachijogaike Pond
- Ide TownMost tea fields went back to forest.Mori no Chaen, forest tea garden
- Seika TownA great torch moves in the winter hush.Igomori Festival, Hosono Shrine
Osaka Prefecture19
Osaka Prefecture page- Toyonaka CityA crocodile fossil came out of campus.Machikanewani, Machikaneyama
- Ikeda CityA stone tower stands in a huge chamber.Hachizuka Kofun, 13-tier pagoda
- Suita CityA headman's house, likened to a lord's.Former Nakanishi Residence
- Takatsuki CityHaniwa kilns were rebuilt among high-rises.Shin-ike Haniwa Factory Park
- Moriguchi CityThe hall has a shikoro-style lower roof.Sata Tenjingu, worship hall
- Hirakata CityA tree said to be a traveler's landmark.Hirakata Tanakatei no Muku
- Ibaraki CityLotus base and cross, cut in one stone.Keicho 6 Christian tombstone
- Yao CityThe left wall was drawn in 1879.Kaizanzuka Kofun, Morse's sketch
- Tondabayashi CityA triangular gable sits on a curved one.Nishikiori Shrine main hall
- Matsubara CityFestival from 8:08 p.m. on August 8.Hagami Shrine, Shibagaki Shrine
- Daito CityA 25 m round tomb held iron armor.Doyama Kofun, Mound 1 armor
- Minoh CityOne theory: a farm tool named the town.Minoh Falls, quasi-national park
- Kadoma CityNo less than China's pine, a verse says.Kungai Kusu, Mitsushima Shrine
- Settsu CityA hall with chidori and kara gables.Mashita Tenmangu, main hall
- Takaishi CityA road's stone bridge moved to a park.Kyarabashi Bridge, Kishu Kaido
- Shijonawate CityA 5th-century horse, cut out in its pit.Shitomiyakita Site, buried horse
- Osakasayama CityTomb coffins were reused as sluices.Coffins reused as stone sluices
- Tadaoka TownPlover and sandbar haiku, set in stone.Otsu River estuary, the river in the haiku
- Kumatori TownCotton was woven inside brick walls.Former Nakabayashi Cotton Mill
Hyogo Prefecture9
Hyogo Prefecture page- Nishinomiya CityOn 10 January they race to pick the lucky man.Nishinomiya Shrine's Fukuotoko
- Ashiya CityA vote decided it would be a city of homes.Ashiya's special city law
- Itami CityThe state calls it the birthplace of sake.Itami, birthplace of sake
- Kakogawa CityWestern food you eat with chopsticks, at 100 places.Katsumeshi
- Takarazuka CityThe revue began at a hot spring.Takarazuka Revue
- Kawanishi CitySaid to be where the Genji began.Tada-in, Minamoto no Mitsunaka
- Sanda CityTen years running, the fastest-growing city in Japan.Hokusetsu Sanda New Town
- Harima TownThree junior high students found it.Onaka Yayoi site
- Taishi TownThe town is named after Prince Shotoku.Ikaruga-dera, Horyu-ji estate
Nara Prefecture4
Nara Prefecture pageOkayama Prefecture4
Okayama Prefecture page- Soja CityA princess's grave, so named, had bats.Koumorizuka Kofun
- Akaiwa CityA schoolhouse moved at about half size.Yoshii Museum, old Nibori School
- Asakuchi CityA building plaque dates a 1687 repair.Old Takato House, Machiya Park
- Hayashima TownThe local shrine hall, rebuilt in 1719.Tsurusaki Shrine, main hall
Hiroshima Prefecture1
Hiroshima Prefecture pageTokushima Prefecture1
Tokushima Prefecture pageEhime Prefecture2
Ehime Prefecture pageFukuoka Prefecture14
Fukuoka Prefecture page- Nakama CityThe number of planks set the water flow.Nakama Karato of Horikawa Canal
- Ogori CityFound at housing site, saved by citizensYokogumayama Kofun
- Kasuga CityA mound named for the equinox sunrise.Hihaizuka, the sun-worship mound
- Onojo CityForging tools lie in a foothill tumulus.Zen'ichida Tumulus Cluster
- Munakata CitySeven wells quenched travelers' thirst.Tsujiido well, Akama-shuku
- Dazaifu CityGathering at ruins, aiming for 6:10 a.m.Dazaifu Office Ruins, Time Day
- Nakagawa CityA Shoki canal drops about 20 cm/100 m.Sakutano Unade, Ichi-no-ide
- Shime TownA hammer-like tower above a 430 m shaft.Former Shime Mine Winding Tower
- Sue TownPeridotite boulders pile up in a park.Sarayama Park, rock garden
- Shingu TownStone-piled tombs cluster on a beach.Ainoshima Tsumiishizuka-gun
- Kasuya TownAn eight-inlet pond was dammed in 1697.Kayocho Pond, Chikuzen Big Three
- Mizumaki TownThe town flower blooms by a river path.Onga Riverbank Cosmos Garden
- Tachiarai TownTwin towers where faith reputedly held.Imamura Church, by Tetsukawa
- Hirokawa TownA stone figure, its face gone blank.Sekijinsan Kofun, armored figure
Saga Prefecture1
Saga Prefecture pageNagasaki Prefecture1
Nagasaki Prefecture pageKumamoto Prefecture2
Kumamoto Prefecture pageLANGUAGEEnglish日本語