Transportation Offices and Markings
In 2006, several new location names, known as Gotōchi (ご当地?, local place) numbers, were approved by the MLIT for places that wanted to increase their recognition for purposes such as tourism. Criteria included the need for 100,000 vehicles in the area and the avoidance of an imbalance in the prefecture. The new locations began appearing in 2006 on plates for vehicles registered in certain specific cities, towns and villages in or near the places marked below in green.
| Issuing office | Marking | Former markings | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prefecture | Municipality | Jpn | Transliteration | Intl | |
| Aichi | Komaki | 一宮 | Ichinomiya | ACI | |
| 尾張小牧 | Owari-Komaki | ACO | |||
| Nagoya | 名古屋 | Nagoya | ACN | 愛 (AC) | |
| Toyohashi | 豊橋 | Toyohashi | ACT | ||
| Toyota | 三河 | Mikawa | ACM | ||
| 岡崎 | Okazaki | ACZ | |||
| 豊田 | Toyota | ACY | |||
| Akita | Akita | 秋田 | Akita | ATA | 秋 (AT) |
| Aomori | Aomori | 青森 | Aomori | AMA | 青 (AM) |
| Hachinohe | 八戸 | Hachinohe | AMH | ||
| Chiba | Chiba | 千葉 | Chiba | CBC | 千 (CB) |
| 成田 | Narita | CBT | |||
| Funabashi | 習志野 | Narashino | CBN | ||
| Noda | 柏 | Kashiwa | CBK | ||
| 野田 | Noda | CBD | |||
| Sodegaura | 袖ヶ浦 | Sodegaura | CBS | ||
| Ehime | Matsuyama | 愛媛 | Ehime | EH | |
| Fukui | Fukui | 福井 | Fukui | FI | |
| Fukuoka | Fukuoka | 福岡 | Fukuoka | FOF | 福岡 (FO) |
| Iizuka | 筑豊 | Chikuhō | FOC | ||
| Kitakyushu | 北九州 | Kitakyūshū | FOK | ||
| Kurume | 久留米 | Kurume | FOR | ||
| Fukushima | Fukushima | 会津 | Aizu | FSA | |
| 福島 | Fukushima | FS | |||
| Iwaki | いわき | Iwaki | FSI | ||
| Gifu | Gifu | 岐阜 | Gifu | GFG | 岐 (GF) |
| Takayama | 飛騨 | Hida | GFH | ||
| Gunma | Maebashi | 群馬 | Gunma | GMG | 群 (GM) |
| 高崎 | Takasaki | GMT | |||
| Hiroshima | Fukuyama | 福山 | Fukuyama | HSF | |
| Hiroshima | 広島 | Hiroshima | HSH | 広 (HS) | |
| Hokkaidō | Asahikawa | 旭川 | Asahikawa | AKA | 旭 (AK) |
| Hakodate | 函館 | Hakodate | HDH | 函 (HD) | |
| Kitami | 北見 | Kitami | KIK | 北 (KI) | |
| Kushiro | 釧路 | Kushiro | KRK | 釧 (KR) | |
| Muroran | 室蘭 | Muroran | MRM | 室 (MR) | |
| Obihiro | 帯広 | Obihiro | OHO | 帯 (OH) | |
| Sapporo | 札幌 | Sapporo | SPS | 札 (SP) | |
| Hyōgo | Himeji | 姫路 | Himeji | HGH | |
| Kobe | 神戸 | Kōbe | HGK | 兵 (HG) | |
| Ibaraki | Mito | 水戸 | Mito | IGM | 茨城 (IGI), 茨 (IG) |
| Tsuchiura | 土浦 | Tsuchiura | IGT | ||
| つくば | Tsukuba | IGK | |||
| Ishikawa | Kanazawa | 石川 | Ishikawa | IKI | 石 (IK) |
| 金沢 | Kanazawa | IKK | |||
| Iwate | Yahaba | 岩手 | Iwate | ITI | 岩 (IT) |
| Kagawa | Takamatsu | 香川 | Kagawa | KAK | 香 (KA) |
| Kagoshima | Amami | 鹿児島 | Kagoshima | KOK | 鹿 (KO) |
| Kagoshima | |||||
| Kanagawa | Aikawa | 相模 | Sagami | KNS | |
| Hiratsuka | 湘南 | Shōnan | KNN | ||
| Kawasaki | 川崎 | Kawasaki | KNK | ||
| Yokohama | 横浜 | Yokohama | KNY | 神 (KN) | |
| Kōchi | Kōchi | 高知 | Kōchi | KCK | 高 (KC) |
| Kumamoto | Kumamoto | 熊本 | Kumamoto | KUK | 熊 (KU) |
| Kyoto | Kyoto | 京都 | Kyōto | KTK | 京 (KT) |
| Mie | Tsu | 三重 | Mie | MEM | 三 (ME) |
| 鈴鹿 | Suzuka | MES | |||
| Miyagi | Sendai | 宮城 | Miyagi | MGM | 宮 (MG) |
| 仙台 | Sendai | MGS | |||
| Miyazaki | Miyazaki | 宮崎 | Miyazaki | MZ | |
| Nagano | Matsumoto | 松本 | Matsumoto | NNM | |
| 諏訪 | Suwa | NNS | |||
| Nagano | 長野 | Nagano | NNN | 長 (NN) | |
| Nagasaki | Nagasaki | 長崎 | Nagasaki | NS | |
| Tsushima | |||||
| Sasebo | 佐世保 | Sasebo | NSS | ||
| Nara | Yamatokōriyama | 奈良 | Nara | NRN | 奈 (NR) |
| Niigata | Nagaoka | 長岡 | Nagaoka | NGO | |
| Niigata | 新潟 | Niigata | NGN | 新 (NG) | |
| Ōita | Ōita | 大分 | Ōita | OT | |
| Okayama | Okayama | 倉敷 | Kurashiki | OYK | |
| 岡山 | Okayama | OYO | 岡 (OY) | ||
| Okinawa | Ishigaki | 沖縄 | Okinawa | ONO | 沖 (ON) |
| Miyakojima | |||||
| Urasoe | |||||
| Osaka | Izumi | 和泉 | Izumi | OSZ | 泉 (OSI) |
| 堺 | Sakai | OSS | |||
| Neyagawa | 大阪 | Ōsaka | OSO | 大 (OS) | |
| Osaka | なにわ | Naniwa | OSN | ||
| Saga | Saga | 佐賀 | Saga | SAS | 佐 (SA) |
| Saitama | Kasukabe | 春日部 | Kasukabe | STB | |
| Kumagaya | 熊谷 | Kumagaya | STK | ||
| Saitama | 大宮 | Ōmiya | STO | 埼玉 (STS), 埼 (ST) | |
| Tokorozawa | 所沢 | Tokorozawa | STT | ||
| 川越 | Kawagoe | STG | |||
| Shiga | Moriyama | 滋賀 | Shiga | SIS | 滋 (SI) |
| Shimane | Shimane | 島根 | Shimane | SN | 嶋 (SM) |
| Shizuoka | Hamamatsu | 浜松 | Hamamatsu | SZH | |
| Numazu | 沼津 | Numazu | SZN | ||
| 伊豆 | Izu | SZI | |||
| 富士山 | Fujisan | SZF | |||
| Shizuoka | 静岡 | Shizuoka | SZS | 静 (SZ) | |
| Tochigi | Sano | とちぎ | Tochigi | TCK | |
| Utsunomiya | 宇都宮 | Utsunomiya | TGU | 栃木 (TGT), 栃 (TG) | |
| 那須 | Nasu | TGN | |||
| Tokushima | Tokushima | 徳島 | Tokushima | TST | 徳 (TS) |
| Tokyo | Adachi | 足立 | Adachi | TKA | 足 (TOA) |
| Hachiōji | 八王子 | Hachiōji | TKH | ||
| Kunitachi | 多摩 | Tama | TKT | 多 (TOT) | |
| Nerima | 練馬 | Nerima | TKN | 練 (TON) | |
| Shinagawa | 品川 | Shinagawa | TKS | 品 (TOS) | |
| Tottori | Tottori | 鳥取 | Tottori | TTT | 鳥 (TT) |
| Toyama | Toyama | 富山 | Toyama | TYT | 富 (TY) |
| Wakayama | Wakayama | 和歌山 | Wakayama | WKW | 和 (WK) |
| Yamagata | Mikawa | 庄内 | Shōnai | YAS | |
| Yamagata | 山形 | Yamagata | YA | ||
| Yamaguchi | Yamaguchi | 山口 | Yamaguchi | YUY | 山 (YU) |
| 下関 | Shimonoseki | YUS | |||
| Yamanashi | Fuefuki | 山梨 | Yamanashi | YN | |
| 富士山 | Fujisan | YNF | |||
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