Villages Of Japan

A village (村 ''mura'' or ''son'') is a Local Administrative Unit in Japan .
It is a local public body along with Prefecture (''ken'' Or Other Equivalents) , City (''shi'') , and Town (''cho'') . Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a Prefecture .

It is larger than an actual settlement, being in actuality a subdivision of a rural District , districts are subdivided into Towns and villages, with no overlap, and no uncovered area.

Prefectures without villages

(As of January 16 , 2005 )

Shiga (the village of Kutsuki merged with several other towns to form the new city of Takashima on January 1 , 2005 )

Prefectures with only one village

(As of January 16 , 2005 )

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