List of Prefectures In Japan

Assalamualaikum, Konnichiwa

hi jo, konkaiwa I will describe the prefectures or regions at Japan. How many? Lets check it out..

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Japan is a country that has a land area of ​​±378,000 km2 and consists of 5 islands as the main land, namely (北海道)Hokkaidou, (本州) Honshu, (四国) Shikoku, (沖縄) Okinawa and (九州) Kyushu. Then it is divided into 43 rural prefectures or provinces (県/ Ken), 2 urban prefectures (府/Fu which is Osaka and 京都府 Kyoto, 1 area (道/dou which is Hokkaidou), and 1 metropolitan area (都/To which is Tokyo). So the total number of prefectures of Japan is 47 prefectures which are divided throughout mainland Japan and there are 8 regions or Chihou, namely Hokkaidou,東北 touhoku, kantou, chuubu, kansai, chuugoku, shikoku, and kyuushuu This grouping of territories is not regulated by fixed law, there is no leading official, and there is no legal entity. Geographical grouping of Japan from north to south.

The following is a list of prefectures based on the 8 regions mentioned above:

1. Hokkaidou, the capital of Sapporo

2. Aomori-ken, capital of Aomori

3. Iwate-ken, the capital of Morioka

4. Miyagi-ken, the capital of Sendai

5. Akita-ken, the capital of Akita

6. Yamagata-ken, the capital of Yamagata

7. Fukushima-ken, the capital of Fukushima

8. Ibaraki-ken, the capital of Mito

9. Tochigi-ken, the capital of Utsunomiya

10. Gunma-ken, capital Maebashi

11. Saitama-ken, the capital of Saitama

12. Chiba-ken, the capital of Chiba

13. Tokyo-to, the capital of Toukyou

14. Kanagawa-ken, the capital of Yokohama

15. Niigata-ken, the capital of Niigata

16. Toyama-ken, the capital of Toyama

17. Ishikawa-ken, the capital of Kanazawa

18. Fukui-ken, Capital Fukui

19. Yamanashi-ken, capital of Koufu

20. Nagano-ken, capital of Nagano

21. Gifu-ken, the capital of Gifu

22. Shizuoka-ken, the capital of Shizuoka

23. Aichi-ken, capital Nagoya

24. Noodle-ken, the capital of Tsu

25. Shiga-ken, capital Otsu

26. Kyouto-fu, the capital Kyouto

27. Oosaka-fu, the capital of Oosaka

28. Hyougo-ken, the capital of Koube

29. Nara-ken, capital Nara

30. Wakayama-ken, the capital of Wakayama

31. Tottori-ken, capitalTottori

32. Shimane-ken, the capital of Matsue

33. Okayama-ken, the capital Okayama

34. Hiroshima-ken, the capital of Hiroshima

35. Yamaguchi-ken, the capital of Yamaguchi

36. Tokushima-ken, the capital of Tokushima

37. Kagawa-ken,the capital of Takamatsu

38. Ehime-ken, capital of Matsuyama

39. Kouchi-ken, the capital of Kouchi

40. Fukuoka-ken, the capital Fukuoka

41. Saga-ken, the capital of Saga

42. Nagasaki-ken, capital of Nagasaki

43. Kumamoto-ken, the capital of kumamoto

44. Ooita-ken, the capital of Kyushu

45. Miyazaki-ken, the capital of Miyazaki

46. ​​Kagoshima-ken, the capital of Kagoshima

47. Okinawa-ken,capital Naha

okay jo,, so that's a list of prefectures in Japan.

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