Guess Small villages in Japan

A quick look at the 207 small villages you can be asked to find on the map, before you play.

The hardest tier: places small enough that even many locals would need a map. This is where the best players separate themselves from everyone else.

In Japan this set is spread across 38 different prefectures, with Hokkaido home to the most of them (59).

How this category is defined

Place kinds on GuessTheDot are a practical grouping by population and place type for gameplay, not a legal or historical designation. A place can hold official city rights (or an old city charter) and still show up here as a village if it stayed small, and the other way around: this is a rough size ladder for guessing, not a statement about a place's official status.

Places in this set

207

Smallest population

2,003

Largest population

4,992

Median population

3,307

Two you might get asked about

Sasadaira
2,003 inhabitants, Tokyo
The kind of place that is easy to miss on a map. Good practice for the sharpest players.

Ōyama-nishichō
4,992 inhabitants, Tokyo
One of the better known ones in this set, a fair starting point if you are new to this category.

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Tips for this category

Population under a few thousand almost always means rural: rule out anywhere near a major city first.
When in doubt, guess toward the edges and coastlines: small villages are disproportionately common away from the big urban centers.

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