We investigated the Na + environment in sodium silicate glasses and mixed alkali silicate glasses using 23 Na multiple-quantum magic-angle spinning (MQMAS) NMR spectroscopy, ab initio molecular orbital (MO) calculations, and Na + elution analysis. The 23 Na MQMAS NMR spectra of Na 2 OxSiO 2 and (1 ¹ y)Na 2 OyM 2 O2SiO 2 (M = Li, K) glasses showed an inhomogeneous distribution of local structures around Na + , even though spectral deconvolution was impossible. The quantum chemical calculations indicated that the alkali silicate glasses contained both aggregated and isolated Na + sites. The elution behavior also supported the local structure distribution described above. These results indicated that a cation with a high cation field strength tends to aggregate in mixed silicate glasses.