swap_horiz Yamagata 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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Nagasaki

Nagasaki is a port city situated on Japan’s Kyushu island serving as its prefectural capital. Historically significant d...

Historic Japan Port City Japanese City

8.7 Great

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Himeji

Himeji is a core city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It’s renowned for Himeji Castle, a remarkably preserved mediev...

Japan Japanese City Core City Castle Town

8.6 Great

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Sendai

Sendai is the capital of Miyagi Prefecture and the largest city in Japan's Tohoku region, situated on northeastern Honsh...

Japan Metropolis Tohoku Japanese City

8.2 Great

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Nagano

Nagano is the capital city of Nagano Prefecture, located in the Chubu region of Japan within the central Japanese Alps....

Mountain Japan Japanese City Prefectural Capital

7.7 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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Aomori

Aomori is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, located in the Tōhoku region of Japan on the Tsugaru Peninsula. As a ma...

Japan Port City Snow Tohoku

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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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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Asahikawa

Asahikawa is a city located in the center of Japan's northernmost island, Hokkaido, and serves as the region's second-la...

Japan Hokkaido Urban Inland

6.9 Fair

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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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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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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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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

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Koriyama

Koriyama is a city in Fukushima Prefecture in the Tohoku region of Japan. It is located in the central part of the prefe...

Commercial Japan Tohoku Japanese City

5.9 Mediocre