| City | Japanese | Prefecture | Founded | Dissolved | Merged division |
| Fushimi | 伏見市 | Kyōto | 1929-05-01 | 1931-04-01 | merged into Kyōto as Fushimi ward |
| Higashimaizuru | 東舞鶴市 | Kyōto | 1938-08-01 | 1943-05-27 | merged with Maizuru |
| Shikama | 飾磨市 | Hyōgo | 1940-02-11 | 1946-03-01 | merged with Himeji |
| Moriyama | | Aichi | 1954-06-01 | 1963-02-15 | merged into Nagoya |
| Bisai | | Aichi | 1955-01-01 | 2005-04-01 | merged into Ichinomiya |
| Shinshiro | | Aichi | 1958-11-01 | 2005-10-01 | merged with Hōrai, Tsukude → Shinshiro |
| Tsurusaki | 鶴崎市 | Ōita | 1954-03-31 | 1963-03-10 | Merged with Ōita |
| Honjō | | Akita | 1954-03-31 | 2005-05-22 | merged with Chōkai, Higashiyuri, Iwaki, Nishime, Ōuchi, Yashima, Yuri → Yurihonjō |
| Ōmagari | | Akita | 1954-05-03 | 2005-03-22 | merged with Kamioka, Kyōwa, Nakasen, Nishisenboku, Ōta, Semboku, Nangai → Daisen |
| Yuzawa | | Akita | 1954-03-31 | 2005-03-22 | merged with Inakawa, Minase, Ogachi → Yuzawa |
| Oga | | Akita | 1954-03-31 | 2005-03-22 | merged with Wakami → Oga |
| Yokote | | Akita | 1951-04-01 | 2005-10-01 | merged with Hiraka+Jūmonji, Masuda, Omonogawa, Ōmori, Sannai, Taiyū → Yokote |
| Noshiro | | Akita | 1940-10-01 | 2005-10-01 | merged with Futatsui → Noshiro |
| Towada | | Aomori | 1955-02-01 | 2005-03-28 | merged with Towadako → Towada |
| Goshogawara | | Aomori | 1955-02-01 | 2005-03-28 | merged with Kanagi, Shiura → Goshogawara |
| Aomori | | Aomori | 1898-04-01 | 2005-04-01 | merged with Namioka → Aomori |
| Hirosaki | | Aomori | 1889-04-01 | 2006-11-15 | merged with Iwaki, Sōma → Hirosaki |
| Ichihara | | Chiba | 1963-05-01 | 1967-10-01 | merged with Nansō, Kamo → Ichihara |
| Mobara | | Chiba | 1952-04-01 | 1972-05-01 | merged with Honnō → Mobara |
| Kamogawa | | Chiba | 1971-03-31 | 2005-02-11 | merged with Amatsukominato → Kamogawa |
| Asahi | | Chiba | 1954-07-01 | 2005-07-01 | merged with Hikata, Iioka, Unakami → Asahi |
| Yōkaichiba | | Chiba | 1954-07-01 | 2006-01-23 | merged with Nosaka → Sōsa |
| Sawara | | Chiba | 1951-03-15 | 2006-03-27 | merged with Kurimoyo, Omigawa, Yamada → Katori |
| Iyomishima | | Ehime | 1954-11-01 | 2004-04-01 | merged with Kawanoe, Doi, Shingū → Shikokuchūō |
| Kawanoe | | Ehime | 1954-11-01 | 2004-04-01 | merged with Iyomishima, Doi, Shingū → Shikokuchūō |
| Saijō | | Ehime | 1941-04-29 | 2004-11-01 | merged with Tōyo, Komatsu, Tanbara → Saijō |
| Tōyo | | Ehime | 1972-10-01 | 2004-11-01 | merged with Saij, Komatsu, Tanbara → Saijō |
| Shinonoi | 篠ノ井市 | Nagano | 1959-05-01 | 1966-10-16 | merged with Nagano |
| Hōjō | | Ehime | 1958-11-01 | 2005-01-01 | merged into Matsuyama |
| Ōzu | | Ehime | 1954-09-01 | 2005-01-11 | merged with Hijikawa, Nagahama, Kawabe → Ōzu |
| Imabari | | Ehime | 1920-02-11 | 2005-01-16 | merged with Hakata, Kamiura, Kikuma, Miyakubo, Namikata, Ōmishima Ōnishi, Tamagawa, Yoshiumi, Asakura, Sekizen → Imabari |
| Yawatahama | | Ehime | 1935-02-11 | 2005-04-01 | merged with Honai → Yawatahama |
| Iyo | | Ehime | 1955-01-01 | 2005-04-01 | merged with Nakayama, Futami → Iyo |
| Uwajima | | Ehime | 1921-08-01 | 2005-08-01 | merged with Mima, Tsushima, Yoshida → Uwajima |
| Takefu | | Fukui | 1948-04-01 | 2005-10-01 | merged with Imadate → Echizen |
| Moji | | Fukuoka | 1899-04-01 | 1963-02-10 | merged with Kokura, Tobata, Yahata, Wakamatsu → Kitakyushu |
| Kokura | | Fukuoka | 1900-04-01 | 1963-02-10 | merged with Moji, Tobata, Yahata, Wakamatsu → Kitakyushu |
| Tobata | | Fukuoka | 1924-09-01 | 1963-02-10 | merged with Moji, Kokura, Yahata, Wakamatsu → Kitakyushu |
| Yahata | | Fukuoka | 1917-03-01 | 1963-02-10 | merged with Moji, Kokura, Tobata, Wakamatsu → Kitakyushu |
| Wakamatsu | | Fukuoka | 1914-04-01 | 1963-02-10 | merged with Moji, Kokura, Tobata, Yahata → Kitakyushu |
| Fuse | 布施市 | Ōsaka | 1937-04-01 | 1967-02-01 | merged with Hiraoka, Kawachi → Higashiōsaka |
| Hiraoka | 枚岡市 | Ōsaka | 1955-01-11 | 1967-02-01 | merged with Fuse, Kawachi → Higashiōsaka |
| Kawachi | 河内市 | Ōsaka | 1955-01-15 | 1967-02-01 | merged with Hiraoka, Fuse → Higashiōsaka |
| Iizuka | | Fukuoka | 1932-01-20 | 1963-04-01 | merged with Kobukuro, Futase, Chinzei → Iizuka |
| Munakata | | Fukuoka | 1981-04-01 | 2003-04-01 | merged with Genkai → Munakata |
| Yanagawa | | Fukuoka | 1952-04-01 | 2005-03-21 | merged with Yamato, Mitsuhashi → Yanagawa |
| Amagi | | Fukuoka | 1954-04-01 | 2006-03-20 | merged with Asakura, Haki → Asakura |
| Iizuka | | Fukuoka | 1963-04-01 | 2006-03-26 | merged with Chikuho, Honami, Kaita, Shōnai → Iizuka |
| Yoshiwara | 吉原市 | Shizuoka | 1948-04-01 | 1966.11.01 | merged with Fuji |
| Yamada | | Fukuoka | 1954-04-01 | 2006-03-27 | merged with Inatsuki, Kaho, Usui → Kama |
| Maebaru | | Fukuoka | 1992-10-01 | 2010-01-01 | merged with Nijō, Shima → Itoshima |
| Kōriyama | | Fukushima | 1924-09-01 | 1965-05-01 | merged with Nishida, Nakata → Kōriyama |
| Taira | | Fukushima | 1937-06-01 | 1966-10-01 | merged with Iwaki, Jōban, Uchigō, Nakoso → Iwaki |
| Iwaki | | Fukushima | 1954-03-31 | 1966-10-01 | merged with Taira, Jōban, Uchigō, Nakoso → Iwaki |
| Jōban | | Fukushima | 1954-03-31 | 1966-10-01 | merged with Taira, Iwaki, Uchigō, Nakoso → Iwaki |
| Uchigō | | Fukushima | 1954-10-01 | 1966-10-01 | merged with Taira, Iwaki, Jōban, Nakoso → Iwaki |
| Nakoso | | Fukushima | 1955-04-29 | 1966-10-01 | merged with Taira, Iwaki, Jōban, Uchigō → Iwaki |
| Shirakawa | | Fukushima | 1949-04-01 | 2005-11-07 | merged with Taishin, Higashi, Omotegō → Shirakawa |
| Nihonmatsu | | Fukushima | 1958-10-01 | 2005-12-01 | merged with Adachi, Iwashiro, Tōwa → Nihonmatsu |
| Haramachi | | Fukushima | 1954-03-20 | 2006-01-01 | merged with Kashima, Odaka → Minamisōma |
| Kitakata | | Fukushima | 1954-03-31 | 2006-01-04 | merged with Shiokawa, Yamato, Atsushiokanō, Takasato → Kitakata |
| Ena | | Gifu | 1954-04-01 | 2004-10-25 | merged with Akechi, Iwamura, Kamiyahagi, Yamaoka, Kushihara → Ena |
| Isesaki | | Gunma | 1940-09-13 | 2005-01-01 | merged with Akabori, Sakai, Azuma → Isesaki |
| Ōta | | Gunma | 1948-05-03 | 2005-03-28 | merged with Nitta, Ojima, Yabuzukahon → Ōta |
| Shibukawa | | Gunma | 1954-04-01 | 2006-02-20 | merged with Ikaho, Komochi, Onogami, Akagi, Kitatachibana → Shibukawa |
| Annaka | | Gunma | 1958-11-01 | 2006-03-18 | merged with Matsuida → Annaka |
| Tomioka | | Gunma | 1954-04-01 | 2006-03-27 | merged with Myōgi → Tomioka |
| Fukuyama | | Hiroshima | 1916-07-01 | 1966-05-01 | merged with Matsunaga → Fukuyama |
| Matsunaga | | Hiroshima | 1954-03-31 | 1966-05-01 | merged with Fukuyama → Fukuyama |
| Miyoshi | | Hiroshima | 1954-03-31 | 2004-04-01 | merged with Kisa, Mirasaka, Miwa, Funo, Kimita, Sakugi, Kōnu → Miyoshi |
| Mihara | | Hiroshima | 1936-11-15 | 2005-03-22 | merged with Daiwa, Kui, Hongō → Mihara |
| Shōbara | | Hiroshima | 1954-03-31 | 2005-03-31 | merged with Hiwa, Kuchiwa, Saijō, Takano, Tōjō, Sōryō → Shōbara |
| Innoshima | | Hiroshima | 1953-05-01 | 2006-01-10 | merged with Setoda into Onomichi |
| Kushiro | | Hokkaido | 1922-08-01 | 2005-10-11 | merged with Akan, Onbetsu → Kushiro |
| Kitami | | Hokkaido | 1942-06-10 | 2006-03-05 | merged with Rubeshibe, Tanno, Tokoro → Kitami |
| Shibetsu | | Hokkaido | 1954-07-01 | 2005-09-01 | merged with Asahi → Shibetsu |
| Nayoro | | Hokkaido | 1956-04-01 | 2006-03-27 | merged with Fūren → Nayoro |
| Kameda | | Hokkaido | 1971-11-01 | 1973-12-01 | merged into Hakodate |
| Amagasaki | | Hyōgo | | 1936-04-01 | |
| Miki | | Hyōgo | | 1954-07-01 | |
| Toyooka | | Hyōgo | | 2005-04-01 | |
| Nishiwaki | | Hyōgo | | 2005-10-01 | |
| Tatsuno | | Hyōgo | | 2005-10-01 | |
| Sumoto | | Hyōgo | | 2006-02-11 | |
| Katsuta | | Ibaraki | | 1994-11-01 | |
| Nakaminato | | Ibaraki | | 1994-11-01 | |
| Iwai | | Ibaraki | | 2005-03-22 | |
| Shimodate | | Ibaraki | | 2005-03-28 | |
| Koga | | Ibaraki | | 2005-09-12 | |
| Ishioka | | Ibaraki | | 2005-10-01 | |
| Kasama | | Ibaraki | | 2006-03-19 | |
| Nanao | | Ishikawa | | 2004-10-01 | |
| Mattō | | Ishikawa | | 2005-02-01 | |
| Kaga | | Ishikawa | | 2005-10-01 | |
| Wajima | | Ishikawa | | 2006-02-01 | |
| Ichinoseki | | Iwate | | 1955-01-01 | |
| Kamaishi | | Iwate | | 1955-04-01 | |
| Kitakami | | Iwate | | 1991-04-01 | |
| Miyako | | Iwate | | 2005-06-06 | |
| Ichinoseki | | Iwate | | 2005-09-20 | |
| Tōno | | Iwate | | 2005-10-01 | |
| Hanamaki | | Iwate | | 2006-01-01 | |
| Ninohe | | Iwate | | 2006-01-01 | |
| Mizusawa | | Iwate | | 2006-02-20 | |
| Esashi | | Iwate | | 2006-02-20 | |
| Kuji | | Iwate | | 2006-03-06 | |
| Marugame | | Kagawa | | 2005-03-22 | |
| Kan'onji | | Kagawa | | 2005-10-11 | |
| Kagoshima | | Kagoshima | | 1967-04-29 | |
| Taniyama | | Kagoshima | | 1967-04-29 | |
| Sendai | | Kagoshima | | 2004-10-12 | |
| Kushikino | | Kagoshima | | 2005-10-11 | |
| Kaseda | | Kagoshima | | 2005-11-07 | |
| Kokubu | | Kagoshima | | 2005-11-07 | |
| Kanoya | | Kagoshima | | 2006-01-01 | |
| Ibusuki | | Kagoshima | | 2006-01-01 | |
| Izumi | | Kagoshima | | 2006-03-13 | |
| Naze | | Kagoshima | | 2006-03-20 | |
| Ōkuchi | | Kagoshima | | 2008-11-01 | |
| Toyohara | | Karafuto | 1937-07-01 | 1949-06-01 | renounced Karafuto sovereign rights to the USSR |
| Hatogaya | | Saitama | 1967-03-01 | 2011-10-11 | merged into Kawaguchi |
| Ōmiya | | Saitama | 1940-11-03 | 2001-05-01 | merged into Saitama |
| Imaichi | | Tochigi | 1954-03-31 | 2006-03-20 | merged into Nikkō |
| Tokyo | | Tokyo-fu | 1889-05-01 | 1943-07-01 | merged with Tokyo-fu → Tokyo Metropolis |
| Akigawa | | Tokyo | 1972-05-05 | 1995-09-01 | merged with Itsukaichi → Akiruno |
| Tanashi | | Tokyo | 1967-01-01 | 2001-01-21 | merged with Hōya → Nishitōkyō |
| Hōya | | Tokyo | 1967-01-01 | 2001-01-21 | merged with Tanashi → Nishitōkyō |