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Towns tagged “Port town”
126 towns that Machigatari wrote up under “Port town”, across 38 prefectures.
“Port 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.
Hokkaido12
Hokkaido page- Hakodate CityA hollow national treasure from a field.Hollow Dogu, Chobonaino Site
- Otaru CityHokkaido's first railway is now a walking path.Former Temiya Line, walking path
- Muroran CityBuilt as a terminus, it has a chimney.Former Muroran Station Building
- Kushiro CityMud named “boiling” spurts up by a lake.Bokke, Lake Akan shore
- Abashiri CityWooden museum, wire-mesh concrete walls.Municipal Museum, main building
- Rumoi CityA herring ground's six buildings remain.Former Rumoi Saga Family Fishery
- Tomakomai CityLava rose inside a crater, then like a bun.Tarumae Lava Dome
- Wakkanai City70 columns stand against winter waves.North Breakwater Dome
- Mombetsu CityA travelers' inn built near a gold mine.Former Kami-Mobetsu Ekiteisho
- Esashi TownKitamae ships tied up to stakes in rock.Kitamae ship mooring, Kamomejima
- Iwanai TownLegend says a sword hung on this rock.Katanagake Rock, Raiden Coast
- Mashike TownHokkaido Heritage: widest wooden grade school.Former Mashike Elementary School
Aomori Prefecture5
Aomori Prefecture page- Aomori CityAbout 2,000 stones came from a river.Komakino Site, stone circles
- Ajigasawa TownFour tiers about 20 m above the plain.Tanesato Castle, main enclosure
- Fukaura TownA ginkgo 22 m around turns gold.Kitakanegasawa Ginkgo
- Noheji TownA snow-break forest stays in a station.Noheji Snow-break Forest
- Sai VillageCrag lichen as in eastern North America.Mount Nuidoishi
Iwate Prefecture2
Iwate Prefecture pageMiyagi Prefecture4
Miyagi Prefecture pageAkita Prefecture1
Akita Prefecture pageYamagata Prefecture1
Yamagata Prefecture pageIbaraki Prefecture2
Ibaraki Prefecture pageChiba Prefecture1
Chiba Prefecture pageTokyo1
Tokyo pageKanagawa Prefecture3
Kanagawa Prefecture pageNiigata Prefecture4
Niigata Prefecture page- Niigata CityWestern-style hall by local carpenters.Former Customs House, Unjosho
- Joetsu CityA lion statue lies before a former bank.House with the Lion Statue
- Tainai CityThe pond's black oil, taken with ferns.Kusozu Aburatsubo, kaguma oil
- Izumozaki TownNarrow-fronted houses line the street.Tsumairi street, Hokkoku Kaido
Toyama Prefecture5
Toyama Prefecture page- Takaoka CityLatticed houses along a 500 m stone lane.Kanayamachi
- Uozu CityA 2,000-year-old forest below sea level.Uozu Buried Forest
- Himi CityJapan's first excavated cave site.Ōzakai Cave
- Namerikawa CityIts giant octopus made it into ukiyo-e.Giant octopus of Namerikawa
- Imizu CityA ferry sailed as the port was cut open.Koshinokata–Horioka ferry
Fukui Prefecture4
Fukui Prefecture pageGifu Prefecture1
Gifu Prefecture pageShizuoka Prefecture8
Shizuoka Prefecture page- Numazu CityAt the far end of Japan's deepest bay.Numazu Port, Suruga Bay
- Atami CityFireworks over the sea, even in midwinter.Atami sea fireworks
- Fuji CityThe city that makes about 40% of Japan’s toilet paper.
- Yaizu CityFour in ten skipjack tuna land at this port.Yaizu Port
- Shimoda CityThe port that opened Japan, with nine swimming beaches.Shimoda, the Black Ships' port
- Omaezaki CityA Meiji lighthouse at the southern tip.Omaesaki Lighthouse
- Higashiizu TownSix hot spring villages along the sea.Hot springs, Okawa to Inatori
- Nishiizu TownA sea that declared itself Japan's finest sunset.Suruga Bay sunsets
Aichi Prefecture2
Aichi Prefecture pageMie Prefecture2
Mie Prefecture pageKyoto Prefecture1
Kyoto Prefecture pageOsaka Prefecture1
Osaka Prefecture pageHyogo Prefecture5
Hyogo Prefecture page- Kobe CityThe people it lost came back in five years.The 1995 earthquake
- Aioi CityBoats rowed by 32 people cross the bay each May.Peron boat racing
- Toyooka CityThe storks came back to the sky.Oriental stork releases
- Ako CityTwenty-one of the forty-seven lived in this castle town.Home of Chushingura
- Takasago CityA 500-tonne stone that looks afloat.Ishi-no-Hoden
Wakayama Prefecture2
Wakayama Prefecture pageTottori Prefecture4
Tottori Prefecture page- Yonago CityThree pagodas planned east of the hall.Kamiyodo Haiji ruins
- Sakaiminato City500,000+ tons a year for nine years.Sakai Fishing Port, Sakaiminato
- Yurihama TownA sutra to dig up in 5.67 billion years.Hōki Ichinomiya Sutra Mound
- Kotoura TownOver 20,000 graves gather by the sea.Hanamigata Cemetery
Shimane Prefecture5
Shimane Prefecture page- Oda CityChisel marks still scar the tunnel wall.Ryugenji Mabu, Iwami Ginzan
- Yasugi CityScooping loach for fun became a dance.Yasugi-bushi, dojo-sukui dance
- Gotsu CityTiled roofs line an old shipping street.Gotsu Honmachi Iraka Kaido
- Ama TownExiled here, he never returned to Kyoto.Emperor Go-Toba
- Nishinoshima TownA 257m cliff, sheer as a knife cut.Matengai, Kuniga Coast
Okayama Prefecture5
Okayama Prefecture page- Kurashiki CityTapping spectators' heads with fans.Suinkyo, Achi Shrine festival
- Tamano CityA prefectural border is on the island.Ishima, island with a border
- Kasaoka CityA bar's hole yielded a bronze mirror.Ohishima Su-no-Minami Site
- Bizen CityA lord's wait for wind led to a seawall.Ōtabu Genroku Breakwater
- Setouchi CityIts ware is unearthed in Nara's capital.Sabukaze Ancient Kiln Sites
Hiroshima Prefecture6
Hiroshima Prefecture page- Kure CityA breakwater of two concrete freighters.Concrete ship "Takechi Maru"
- Takehara CityA stage-built hall, in view across town.Fumeikaku, Saihoji Temple
- Mihara CityAt high tide, it is shoulder-deep.Magai Wareishi Jizo, Sagishima
- Onomichi CityThe city named Go its own sport.
- Fukuyama CityA whole domain began sediment control.Dōdōgawa no Sunadome
- Osakikamijima Town13 towns opened a seamen's school.Geiyo Seamen's School
Yamaguchi Prefecture5
Yamaguchi Prefecture page- Shimonoseki CityOld post office, with an octagonal dome.Former Tonoi Post Office
- Hikari CityGate stones with no door-pivot holesIwakisan Kōgoishi
- Nagato CityA grave was built for whale fetuses.Ōmijima Whale Grave
- Yanai CityA late-Edo goldfish glow, so it is saidYanai Kingyo Chochin
- Kaminoseki TownFrench stained glass on the top floor.Shikairo, four-story wooden hall
Tokushima Prefecture1
Tokushima Prefecture pageKagawa Prefecture8
Kagawa Prefecture page- Sakaide CityAbove a shopping street, a second ground.Sakaide Artificial Land
- Kan'onji CityA sand coin, said to be drawn overnight.Zenigata sand drawing
- Higashikagawa CityGlove-making, brought home from Osaka.Gloves, Tanatsugu Tatsukichi
- Tonosho Town9.93m wide, the world's narrowest strait.Dofuchi Strait
- Shodoshima TownOnce a year, seen from a stone grandstand.Ikeda's grandstand
- Naoshima TownDesigned at 26, still the town's school.Naoshima school, Ishii Kazuhiro
- Utazu TownOnce a top salt town, fields revived.Restored salt fields
- Tadotsu TownThis mansion is part of Japan Heritage.Former Goda residence
Ehime Prefecture3
Ehime Prefecture pageKochi Prefecture4
Kochi Prefecture page- Muroto CityIshiguro walls and a row of townhouses.Kiragawa townscape, ishiguro
- Susaki CityPupils commute by boat inside the bay.Municipal ferry, Uranouchi Bay
- Nahari TownRails cut the path; a bridge was built.Hōon-ji Overpass, Sankō-in path
- Nakatosa TownFish are cut up at the sink by the door.Kure Port and Fishing Town
Fukuoka Prefecture1
Fukuoka Prefecture pageSaga Prefecture1
Saga Prefecture pageNagasaki Prefecture7
Nagasaki Prefecture page- Nagasaki CityTwo rocks, older than dinosaurs.Meoto-iwa, Nomozaki metagabbro
- Sasebo CityPaleolithic to Jomon, shown by layers.Fukui Cave
- Hirado CityA lord's isle: all plant-taking banned.Kurokojima primeval forest
- Tsushima CityDomain ships' inlet has four jetties.Ofunae, Tsushima domain docks
- Iki CitySix Jizo, said to have hollowed bellies.Harahoge Jizo, Yahataura
- Togitsu TownRock on rock, poised yet never falling.Tsugiishi Bozu, Sabakusarakashi
- Higashisonogi TownLanded whales were sent across Kyushu.Genroku wharf site, Sonogi Port
Kumamoto Prefecture2
Kumamoto Prefecture pageOita Prefecture2
Oita Prefecture pageMiyazaki Prefecture1
Miyazaki Prefecture pageKagoshima Prefecture2
Kagoshima Prefecture pageOkinawa Prefecture2
Okinawa Prefecture pageLANGUAGEEnglish日本語