Japanese place names in Kana
In Japan there are toponyms that are not written in Kanji , but in whole or in part in the two Kana scripts Hiragana or Katakana . Traditionally, all Japanese city names are written in Kanji, but there is a trend towards the use of Hiragana or Katakana, especially in newly merged cities such as Saitama . The number of cities written in hiragana or katakana has been increasing recently, so it can be assumed that the following list is not exhaustive:
List of cities written entirely in Hiragana
- Ama in Aichi Prefecture
- 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
- Manno in Kagawa Prefecture
- Midori in Gunma Prefecture
- Minabe in Wakayama Prefecture
- Miyako in Fukuoka Prefecture
- Miyama in Fukuoka Prefecture
- Miyoshi in Aichi Prefecture
- Mutsu in Aomori Prefecture
- Nikaho in Akita Prefecture
- Ōi in Fukui Prefecture
- Saitama in Saitama Prefecture
- Sakura in Tochigi Prefecture
- Sanuki in Kagawa Prefecture
- Tatsuno in Hyogo Prefecture
- Tsugaru in Aomori Prefecture
- Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture
- Tsukubamirai in Ibaraki Prefecture
- Ukiha in Fukuoka Prefecture
- Uruma in Okinawa Prefecture
List of cities partially written in hiragana
- Akiruno in Tokyo Prefecture
- Fujimino in Saitama Prefecture
- Higashikagawa in Kagawa Prefecture
- Ichikikushikino in Kagoshima Prefecture
- Izunokuni in Shizuoka Prefecture
- Kinokawa in Wakayama Prefecture
- Minamiawaji in Hyogo Prefecture
- Minamisatsuma in Kagoshima Prefecture
- Okinoshima in Shimane Prefecture