swap_horiz Nagano Alternatives

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Nara

Nara is a historic city in Japan serving as the prefectural capital of Kansai. It was once the nation’s capital from 710...

Historic Japan Ancient Japanese City

9.2 Excellent

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Kanazawa

Kanazawa is a historic city in Ishikawa Prefecture, Central Japan. It’s notable for its remarkably intact Edo-era distri...

Historic Japan Japanese City Prefectural Capital

9.1 Excellent

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Osaka

Osaka is Japan's second-largest metropolis situated on Honshu Island. As the prefectural capital of Osaka Prefecture, it...

Japan Metropolis Japanese City Designated City

9.1 Excellent

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Matsumoto

Matsumoto is a core city within Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It’s historically significant as a castle town centered around...

Japan Nagano Japanese City Core City

8.8 Great

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Hiroshima

Hiroshima is the prefectural capital of Chugoku on Honshu Island, Japan. The city holds immense historical significance...

Historic Japan Japanese City Designated City

8.8 Great

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Nagoya

Nagoya is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and the fourth-most populous city in Japan, situated on the Pacific coast of c...

Japan Metropolis Japanese City Designated City

7.8 Good

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Niigata

Niigata is a designated city on the Sea of Japan coast of Honshu and the capital of Niigata Prefecture. It developed aro...

Japan Port City Japanese City Designated City

7.4 Good

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Toyama

Toyama is a city located on the coast of the Sea of Japan, serving as the capital of Toyama Prefecture in the Chubu regi...

Coastal Japan Japanese City Prefectural Capital

7.4 Good

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Shizuoka

Shizuoka is a designated city and the capital of Shizuoka Prefecture on Japan's central Honshu island. It sits along the...

Coastal Japan Japanese City Designated City

7.3 Good

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Morioka

Morioka is the capital city of Iwate Prefecture, located in the Tohoku region of northern Japan. The city is situated in...

Japan Tohoku Japanese City Prefectural Capital

7.1 Good

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Yamagata

Yamagata is the capital city of Yamagata Prefecture, located in the Tohoku region of northern Honshu, Japan. The city is...

Japan Inland Tohoku Japanese City

7.0 Good

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Gifu

Gifu is a city in central Honshu, Japan, and serves as the capital of Gifu Prefecture. It is situated in the Nōbi Plain...

Historic Japan Japanese City Prefectural Capital

7.0 Good

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Akita

Akita is a city in northern Japan's Tohoku region, serving as the capital of Akita Prefecture. Located on the Sea of Jap...

Coastal Japan Tohoku Japanese City

6.8 Fair

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Kofu

Kōfu is a city located in the Chūbu region of Japan and serves as the capital of Yamanashi Prefecture. Historically sign...

Japan Japanese City Prefectural Capital Castle Town

6.8 Fair

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Fukui

Fukui is the capital and largest city of Fukui Prefecture in the Chubu region of central Honshu, Japan. It serves as the...

Historic Japan Japanese City Prefectural Capital

6.7 Fair

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Okazaki

Okazaki is a city in Aichi Prefecture on central Honshu, Japan, within the Chubu region. It is closely associated with T...

Historic Japan Japanese City Core City

6.5 Fair

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Utsunomiya

Utsunomiya is the capital and largest city of Tochigi Prefecture, located in the Kantō region of Japan. Functioning as a...

Japan Kanto Japanese City Prefectural Capital

6.4 Fair

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Toyohashi

Toyohashi is a city in southeastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan, located near the Pacific coast at the eastern end of the pr...

Japan Port City Japanese City Core City

6.2 Fair

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Maebashi

Maebashi is the capital of Gunma Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan. The city has historical ties to seric...

Japan Kanto Japanese City Prefectural Capital

6.0 Fair

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Fukushima

Fukushima can refer to Fukushima Prefecture and to Fukushima City, the prefectural capital, in Japan's Tohoku region. Th...

Japan Inland Tohoku Japanese City

5.9 Mediocre