List of dissolved districts in Japan


A district of Japan is dissolved when all towns or villages in the district become cities or are merged into the city. The following is a list of dissolved districts of Japan. The date shown is the day the district was dissolved and the reason why the district was dissolved is also shown.

Before Edo period

  • Unknown Suruga District, Suruga, Tokaido
  • Unknown Kudara District, Settsu,
  • Unknown Nuttari District, Echigo, Hokurikudo
  • Unknown Tajihi District, Kawachi,
  • Sengoku Era Hinai District, Mutsu, Tozando
  • Sengoku Era Ogashima District, Dewa, Tozando
  • Sengoku Era Yamada District, Owari, Tokaido
  • Early Edo Period Hanawa, Hiraka, and Inaka Districts, Mutsu, Tozando
  • Early Edo Period Hiyama District, Dewa, Tozando
  • Early Edo Period Toshima District, Dewa, Tozando
  • Early Edo Period Yamamoto District, Dewa, Tozando
  • Early Edo Period Yuza District, Dewa, Tozando
  • Early Edo Period Kujibiki District, Dewa, Tozando
  • Edo Period Shikama District, Mutsu, Tozando
  • 1634 Nukanobe District, Mutsu, Tozando
  • 1700 Noto District, Noto, Hokurikudo
  • 1700 Kaga District, Kaga, Hokurikudo
  • Edo Period Mashiki District, Higo, Saikaido

1868 to 1895

;Tōhoku
;Kantō
;Chūbu
  • 1878 Kanbara District, Echigo
  • 1878 Uonuma District, Echigo
  • 1878 Kubiki District, Echigo
  • 1878 Niikawa District, Ecchu
  • 1878 Tsuru District, Kai
  • 1878 Yamanashi District, Kai
  • 1878 Yatsushiro District, Kai
  • 1878 Koma District, Kai
  • 1878 Saku District, Shinano
  • 1878 Takai District, Shinano
  • 1878 Minochi District, Shinano
  • 1878 Ina District, Shinano
  • 1878 Chikuma District, Shinano
  • 1878 Azumi District, Shinano
  • 1878 Ishizu District, Mino
  • 1878 Shitara District, Mikawa
  • 1878 Kamo District, Mikawa
  • 1878 Kasugai District, Owari
;Kansai
;Shikoku
;Kyushu
  • 1878 Matsuura District, Hizen
  • 1878 Sonogi District, Hizen
  • 1878 Takaki District, Hizen
  • 1878 Kunisaki District, Bungo
  • 1878 Amabe District, Bungo
  • 1878 Usuki District, Hyūga
  • 1878 Naka District, Hyūga
  • 1878 Ōsumi District, Ōsumi
  • 1878 Soo District, Ōsumi
  • 1878 Isa District, Satsuma
;Others

1896

;February 26, 1896
  • Nakatsu District, Fukuoka
  • Tsuiki and Kōge Districts, Fukuoka
  • Ito and Shima Districts, Fukuoka
  • Mikasa, Mushiroda, and Naka Districts, Fukuoka
  • Kama and Honami Districts, Fukuoka
  • Johza, Geza, and Yasu Districts, Fukuoka
  • Kamitsuma and Shimotsuma Districts, Fukuoka
  • Ikuha and Takeno Districts, Fukuoka
  • Mii, Mihara, and Yamamoto Districts, Fukuoka
;March 26, 1896
;March 29, 1896
  • Kitakunohe and Minamikunohe Districts, Iwate
  • Kitaiwate and Minamiiwate Districts, Iwate
  • Higashiwaga and Nishiwaga Districts, Iwate
  • Nishihei and Minamihei Districts, Iwate
  • Kitahei, Nakahei, and Higashihei Districts, Iwate
  • Nishikatsushika District, Ibaraki
  • Kawachi and Shida Districts, Ibaraki
  • Toyoda and Okada Districts, Ibaraki
  • Koma District, Saitama
  • Niikura District, Saitama
  • Hatara, Hanzawa, and Obusuma Districts, Saitama
  • Kami and Naka Districts, Saitama
  • Yokomi District, Saitama
  • Nakakatsushika District, Shimōsa, Saitama
  • Asake District, Mie
  • Kawawa and Anki Districts, Mie
  • Iino and Iitaka Districts, Mie
  • Ahai and Yamada Districts, Mie
  • Nabari and Iga Districts, Mie
  • Tōshi and Ago Districts, Mie
  • Soejimo and Heguri Districts, Nara
  • Hirose and Katsuge Districts, Nara
  • Katsujō and Oshimi Districts, Nara
  • Shikijō, Shikige, and Toichi Districts, Nara
  • Ōmi, Hōmi, and Iwai Districts, Tottori
  • Yakami, Hattō, and Chizu Districts, Tottori
  • Takakusa and Keta Districts, Tottori
  • Kawamura, Kume, and Yabase Districts, Tottori
  • Aseri and Aimi Districts, Tottori
  • Minamimorokata and Higashisoo Districts, Kagoshima
  • Kuwabara and Nishisoo, Kagoshima
  • Minamiōsumi District, Kagoshima
  • Gomu District, Kagoshima
  • Hishikari District in Ōsumi and Kitaisa District in Satsuma, Kagoshima
  • Minamiisa, Koshikijima, and Taki Districts, Kagoshima
  • Ata District, Kagoshima
  • Kiire District, Kagoshima
  • Ei District, Kagoshima
  • Taniyama and Kitaōsumi Districts, Kagoshima
;April 1, 1896
  • Uda and Namekata Districts, Fukushima
  • Shineha and Naraha Districts, Fukushima
  • Iwaki, Iwasaki, and Kikuta Districts, Fukushima
  • Yanada District, Tochigi
  • Sai and Nawa Districts, Gunma
  • Kitaseta District, Gunma
  • Minamiseta and Higashigunma Districts, Gunma
  • Kataoka and Nishigunma Districts, Gunma
  • Tago, Midono, and Minamikanra Districts, Gunma
  • Minamitoshima and Higashitama, Tokyo
  • Sawata, Kamo, and Hamochi Districts, Niigata
  • Kimisawa District, Shizuoka
  • Naka District, Shizuoka
  • Udo District, Shizuoka
  • Mashizu District, Shizuoka
  • Saya and Kitō Districts, Shizuoka
  • Toyoda District, Shizuoka
  • Yamana District, Shizuoka
  • Fuchi and Nagakami Districts, Shizuoka
  • Aratama District, Shizuoka
  • Tonami District, Toyama and Higashitonami
  • Teshima and Nose Districts, Osaka
  • Shimakami and Shimashimo Districts, Osaka
  • Sumiyoshi District, Osaka
  • Katano, Matta, and Sasara Districts, Osaka
  • Shiki District, Osaka
  • Wakae, Shibukawa, Kawachi, Takayasu, Ōgata, and Tanboku Districts, Osaka
  • Ishikawa, Nishigori, Yakami, Furuichi, Asukabe, and Tannan Districts, Osaka
  • Ōtori and Izumi Districts, Osaka
  • Minami and Hine Districts, Osaka
  • Keta and Mikumi Districts, Hyōgo
  • Ubara and Yatabe Districts, Hyōgo
  • Futakata and Shitsumi Districts, Hyōgo
  • Ittō and Issai Districts, Hyōgo
  • Jintō and Jinsai Districts, Hyōgo
  • Shikitō and Shikisai Districts, Hyōgo
  • Ama and Nagusa Districts, Wakayama
  • Shimane, Aika, and Ou Districts, Shimane
  • Izumo, Tatenui, and Kando Districts, Shimane
  • Mishima District, Yamaguchi
  • Ishida District, Nagasaki
  • Akita and Takuma Districts, Kumamoto
  • Yamaga and Yamamoto Districts, Kumamoto
  • Gōshi District, Kumamoto
  • Kitanaka District, Miyazaki
;April 18, 1896

1897~1912

  • April 1, 1897 Minamisōma District, Chiba
  • April 1, 1897 Shimohabu District, Chiba
  • April 1, 1897 Hei, Asai, and Nagasa Districts, Chiba
  • April 1, 1897 Mōda, Sue, and Amaha Districts, Chiba
  • April 1, 1897 Yamabe and Musha Districts, Chiba
  • April 1, 1897 Nagara and Kamihabu Districts, Chiba
  • April 1, 1897 Nishiazai District, Shiga
  • October 1, 1898 Fukatsu and Yasuna Districts, Hiroshima
  • October 1, 1898 Ashida and Honji Districts, Hiroshima
  • October 1, 1898 Miyoshi and Mitani Districts, Hiroshima
  • October 1, 1898 Nuka, Mikami, and Eso Districts, Hiroshima
  • October 1, 1898 Numata and Takamiya Districts, Hiroshima
  • March 16, 1899 Ōuchi and Sangawa Districts, Kagawa
  • March 16, 1899 Miki and Yamada Districts, Kagawa
  • March 16, 1899 Aya and Uta Districts, Kagawa
  • March 16, 1899 Naka and Tado Districts, Kagawa
  • March 16, 1899 Mino and Toyota Districts, Kagawa
  • April 1, 1900 Mashima, and Ōba Districts, Okayama
  • April 1, 1900 Saisaijō, Saihokujō, Tōnanjō, and Tōhokujō Districts, Okayama
  • April 1, 1900 Shōboku and Shōnan Districts, Okayama
  • April 1, 1900 Yoshino District, Okayama
  • April 1, 1900 Kumehokujō and Kumenanjō, Okayama
  • April 1, 1900 Mino and Tsudaka Districts, Okayama
  • April 1, 1900 Akasaka and Iwanashi Districts, Okayama
  • April 1, 1900 Tsuu and Kuboya Districts, Okayama
  • April 1, 1900 Kayō and Shimotsu Districts, Okayama
  • April 1, 1900 Tetta and Aga Districts, Okayama
  • April 1, 1906 Tōbui District, Hokkaido, Berufune, and parts of Tōbui merged with other villages to form the village of Moyori in Hiroo District; parts of the village of Tōbui merged with other villages to form the village of Ōtsu

1912~1926

  • April 4, 1913 Kaitō and Kaisai, Aichi
  • February 1, 1918 Muroran District, Hokkaido of Muroran )
  • April 1923 Furebetsu District, Hokkaido
  • April 1, 1925 Higashinari District, Osaka
  • April 1, 1925 Nishinari District, Osaka

1927~1945

  • April 1, 1931 Kii District, Kyoto
  • October 1, 1932 Ebara District, Tokyo
  • October 1, 1932 Toyotama District, Tokyo
  • October 1, 1932 Kitatoshima District, Tokyo
  • October 1, 1932 Minamiadachi District, Tokyo
  • October 1, 1932 Minamikatsushika District, Tokyo
  • October 1, 1936 Kuraki District, Kanagawa
  • October 1, 1938 Tachibana District, Kanagawa
  • April 1, 1939 Tsuzuki District, Kanagawa
  • September 1, 1940 Otaru District, Hokkaido
  • September 1, 1940 Takashima District, Hokkaido

1945~1959

  • April 1, 1948 Kadono District, Kyoto
  • June 1, 1948 Kamakura District, Kanagawa
  • September 10, 1948 Kiku District, Fukuoka
  • April 1, 1949 Otagi District, Kyoto
  • April 1, 1950 Kitakanra District, Gunma
  • January 1, 1951 Akashi District, Hyōgo
  • March 1, 1951 Uji District, Kyoto
  • April 1, 1954 Himi District, Toyama
  • April 1, 1954 Muko District, Hyōgo
  • April 1, 1954 Ano District, Shimane
  • October 17, 1954 Nishiyamanashi District, Yamanashi
  • January 15, 1955 Utasutsu District, Hokkaido
  • January 15, 1955 Tsuruga District, Fukui
  • April 1, 1955 Futoru District, Hokkaido
  • September 30, 1956 Bikuni District, Hokkaido
  • September 30, 1956 Yana District, Aichi
  • September 30, 1956 Kawage and Ano Districts, Mie
  • September 30, 1956 Ikaruga District, Kyoto
  • March 21, 1957 Minamimurayama District, Yamagata
  • August 1, 1957 Nemuro District, Hokkaido
  • March 31, 1958 Minamikatsuragi District, Nara
  • April 1, 1958 Oshiyoro District, Hokkaido
  • April 1, 1958 Minamiokitama District, Yamagata
  • July 1, 1958 Arima District, Hyōgo
  • October 1, 1958 Nakakawachi District, Osaka
  • November 3, 1958 Esashi District, Iwate
  • January 1, 1959 Uchi District, Nara
  • April 1, 1959 Hanasaki District, Hokkaido
  • April 1, 1959 Nii District, Ehime
  • September 30, 1959 Minamikuwada District, Kyoto

1960~1988

1989~1998

1999~2004

2005

;January 1, 2005
;January 11, 2005
;February 1, 2005
;February 7, 2005
;February 13, 2005
;February 28, 2005
;March 1, 2005
;March 3, 2005
;March 19, 2005
;March 20, 2005
;March 22, 2005
;March 28, 2005
;March 31, 2005
;April 1, 2005
;July 1, 2005
;August 1, 2005
;September 2, 2005
;October 1, 2005
;October 11, 2005
;October 24, 2005
;November 1, 2005
;November 3, 2005
;November 7, 2005

2006~

;January 1, 2006
;January 23, 2006
;February 1, 2006
;February 11, 2006
;March 1, 2006
;March 3, 2006
;March 15, 2006
;March 18, 2006
;March 19, 2006
;March 20, 2006
;March 27, 2006
;March 31, 2006
;April 1, 2006
;August 1, 2006
;October 1, 2006
;January 22, 2007
;January 29, 2007
;March 11, 2007
;October 1, 2007
;December 1, 2007
;March 21, 2008
;November 1, 2008
;January 1, 2009
;March 30, 2009
;May 5, 2009
;January 1, 2010
;January 4, 2010
;February 1, 2010
;March 23, 2010
;March 31, 2010
;April 1, 2011
;August 1, 2011
;September 26, 2011
;October 1, 2011
;November 11, 2011
;October 1, 2018