[[Berkas:Japan districts.png|jmpl|Distrik di [[Jepang]]. Perhatikan bahwa ini adalah area yang tersisa dari distrik-distrik yang sebelumnya besar, karena kota-kota kecil bergabung menjadi kota-kota yang terpisah dari distrik-distrik.]]
[[Berkas:Government Office in Higashi Yamanashi.jpg|jmpl|Bekas kantor pemerintah distrik [[Distrik Higashiyamanashi, Yamanashi|Higashi-Yamanashi ("Yamanashi Timur"), Yamanashi]]. Bangunan itu telah direkonstruksi di [[Meiji-mura|museum "Desa Meiji"]] di Aichi.]]
[[Berkas:Kawabe District Assembly.jpg|jmpl|Majelis distrik [[Distrik Kawabe, Akita|Kawabe, Akita]] sebentar sebelum dihapuskan]]
{{nihongo|'''Distrik'''|郡|gun}} saat ini merupakan unit geografis dan statistik yang terdiri dari satu atau beberapa kota pedesaandesa di Jepang. Distrik digunakanberfungsi sebagai [[unit administrasi di Jepang]] di zaman dahulu danpada antaratahun 1878<ref>[http://hourei.ndl.go.jp/SearchSys/viewEnkaku.do?i=XYKEY1kBYnRZSZeTmxy0Uw%3d%3d Entry for the ''gun-ku-chō-son-hensei-hō''/"Law on the organization of ku (urban districts/cities&wards), gun (rural districts), chō (urban settlements/towns/neighbourhoods) and son (villages/rural settlements)"], the 1878 law that reactivated the districts as administrative units, in the [[National Diet Library]] ''Nihon hōrei sakuin''/"Index of Japanese laws and ordinances" (contains list of changes to the law, list of laws changed by it and links to full text in online archives)</ref> andhingga 1921<ref>The governing law, the district code (''gunsei'', 郡制; [http://hourei.ndl.go.jp/SearchSys/viewEnkaku.do?i=DxKAtvm4IdXvIXi3Whor6Q%3d%3d Entry for the 1890 original] and [http://hourei.ndl.go.jp/SearchSys/viewEnkaku.do?i=OiivKKtBrai%2fawstWCxXyg%3d%3d entry for the revised 1899 ''gunsei''] in the [[National Diet Library]] ''Nihon hōrei sakuin''/"Index of Japanese laws and ordinances"), was abolished in 1921, but the district assemblies (''gunkai'', 郡会) existed until 1923, the district chiefs (''gunchō'', 郡長) and district offices (''gun-yakusho'', 郡役所) until 1926.</ref>. and was roughly equivalent to the [[county]] of the [[United States]], ranking at the level below [[Prefectures of Japan|prefecture]] and above [[Towns of Japan|town]] or [[Villages of Japan|village]], same as [[Cities of Japan|city]].<ref>[http://www.statoids.com/yjp.html Japan Counties<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
