Japanese Prefectures
Japan is divided up into 47 regions called prefectures. A prefecture is an administrative unit generally larger than a city or metropolitan region (with the exception of Tokyo).
List of the Prefectures of Japan
“Metropolis” Prefecture:
Tokyo
“Circuit” Prefecture:
Hokkaido
Urban Prefectures:
Osaka
Kyoto
And 43 Other Prefectures (listed below)
Prefectures by Region:
Hokkaid?
1. Hokkaid?
T?hoku
2. Aomori
3. Iwate
4. Miyagi
5. Akita
6. Yamagata
7. Fukushima
Kant?
8. Ibaraki
9. Tochigi
10. Gunma
11. Saitama
12. Chiba
13. Tokyo
14. Kanagawa
Ch?bu
15. Niigata
16. Toyama
17. Ishikawa
18. Fukui
19. Yamanashi
20. Nagano
21. Gifu
22. Shizuoka
23. Aichi
Kansai
24. Mie
25. Shiga
26. Kyoto
27. Osaka
28. Hy?go
29. Nara
30. Wakayama
Ch?goku
31. Tottori
32. Shimane
33. Okayama
34. Hiroshima
35. Yamaguchi
Shikoku
36. Tokushima
37. Kagawa
38. Ehime
39. K?chi
Ky?sh?
40. Fukuoka
41. Saga
42. Nagasaki
43. Kumamoto
44. ?ita
45. Miyazaki
46. Kagoshima
47. Okinawa