A 'town' (町; ''chō'' or ''machi'') is a
local administrative unit in
Japan. It is a local public body along with
prefecture (''ken'' or other equivalents),
city (''shi''), and
village (''mura''). Geographically, a town's extent is contained within a
prefecture.
Note that the same word (町; ''machi'' or ''chō'') is also used in names of smaller region, usually a part of
ward in a city.
See also
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Municipality of Japan
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Japanese addressing system