List of former towns or villages gained city status alone in Japan
# List of former towns or villages gained city status alone in Japan

The following municipalities in Japan gained city status alone.

Which means that the current cities became cities without merging with another municipality.

## 1991

* Sodegaura, Chiba
* Tsurugashima, Saitama
* Hidaka, Saitama
* Hannan, Osaka
* Kashiba, Nara
* Hamura, Tokyo

## 1992

* Yachimata, Chiba
* Maebaru, Fukuoka

## 1994

* Nisshin, Aichi

## 1996

* Yoshikawa, Saitama
* Inzai, Chiba
* Kitahiroshima, Hokkaidō
* Ishikari, Hokkaidō

## 1997

* Kyōtanabe, Kyoto
* Koga, Fukuoka

## 2001

* Shiroi, Chiba
* Rittō, Shiga

## 2002

* Moriya, Ibaraki
* Tomisato, Chiba
* Tomigusuku, Okinawa

## 2006

* Iwade, Wakayama

## 2010

* Miyoshi, Aichi

## 2011

* Nonoichi, Ishikawa
