Are there more terms similar to 上京 or 来阪 for going to Japanese cities?


I've seen that 上京する "going to Tokyo", 来阪する "going to Osaka" are used to refer
to visiting these cities.

What other terms are in use for visiting other cities? Which of them are
commonly understood?




> What other terms are in use for visiting other cities?

There are simply too many to mention as we are essentially talking about
combinations of two kanji where the first one functions as a verb and the
second, as a place.

The first kanji will be 「来{らい}」 for visiting、「帰{き}」 for returning、「上{じょう}」 for
visiting (only for Tokyo and Kyoto)、「在{ざい}」 for staying, etc.

The second kanji will mostly be the first kanji from the city or prefecture
name (with many exceptions), which is why we have a long list of these two-
kanji words.

As mentioned by @Chocolate above, a good reference will be:

<https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%8C%E5%AD%97%E7%86%9F%E8%AA%9E%E3%81%AB%E3%82%88%E3%82%8B%E5%BE%80%E6%9D%A5%E8%A1%A8%E7%8F%BE%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%80%E8%A6%A7#%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%81%AE%E9%83%BD%E9%81%93%E5%BA%9C%E7%9C%8C%E3%81%AE%E4%BA%8B%E4%BE%8B>

> Which of them are commonly understood?

Very few indeed. That is because the vast majority of these words are mostly
locally used and recognized.

Very roughly (but honestly) speaking, only the Tokyo- and Osaka-related words
would be understood nation-wide without any context or explanation. Those
words are 「上京」、「帰京」、「在京」、「来阪」、「帰阪」、「在阪」, etc.

I used 「来名」 in my comment above, but not too many non-Nagoyan-Japanese would
understand that word without context. With non-Nagoyans, I would have to use 「
**名** 古屋に **来** る」 instead.

