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___ Japan Prefectures

Japan is subdivided into in 47 administrative divisions, the Japanese Prefectures.
In the list below they are listed in geographical order from north to south.
On the top of the list the Prefectures are indexed in alphabetical order to navigate to the entry on this page. There you will find Prefecture links leading you to the official sites of the Prefectural Governments and the Prefecture's Capital Cities. Additional you will find official tourism sites of the divisions.

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Symbol	Prefecture	Capital City

	Region: Hokkaido, Hokkaido district
	Hokkaido Prefecture Official site of the Hokkaido Prefecture. Charm of Hokkaido Site of tourism and travel in Hokkaido.	Sapporo The city of Sapporo.


	Region: Tohoku, Tohoku district
	Aomori Prefectural Government Official site of the Aomori Prefectural Government. Aomori cultural sightseeing guide Tourism and culture of Aomori.	Aomori City
	Iwate Prefecture Official site of the Iwate Prefecture.	Morioka
	Miyagi Official site of the Miyagi Prefecture.	Sendai City
	Akita Official site of the Akita Prefecture.	Akita
	Yamagata Official site of the Province of Dewa Yutorito Yamagata. Yamagatakanko Yamagagata Info - Yamagata Tourism Information.	Yamagata The city of Yamagata (in Japanese).
	Fukushima Prefecture Official site of the Government of the Prefecture of Fukushima.	Fukushima-shi

	Region: Kanto, Kanto district
	Tokyo Site of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.	Tokyo Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau
	Ibaraki Prefecture The official site of Ibaraki Prefecture provides also tourist information.	Mito
	Tochigi Prefecture Official site of the Tochigi Prefecture.	Utsunomiya City Capital city of Tochigi.
	Gunma Prefecture Official site of the Gunma Prefecture	Maebashi Maebashi city.
	Saitama Prefecture Official site of the Saitama Prefecture Government.	Urawa
	Chiba Prefecture Official site of the Chiba Prefecture. Chiba Tourism Chiba travel and tourism information.	Chiba City Chiba city.
	Kanagawa Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture. Kanagawa Prefecture Tourist Association Travel and tourism information on Kanagawa.	Yokohama City of Yokohama.
	Yamanashi Prefectural Government Official site of the Yamanashi Prefectural Government	Kofu Capital of Yamanashi Prefecture.
	Nagano Prefecture Official site of the Nagano Prefectural Government.	Nagano City The city of Nagano.

	Region: Chubu, Hokuriku district and Tokai district
	Niigata Prefecture The site of the Niigata Prefecture Office, provides also travel and tourism information on Niigata.	Niigata Niigata City.
	Toyama Prefecture Official site of the Toyama Prefecture.	Toyama The city of Toyama.
	Ishikawa Prefecture Site of the Ishikawa Prefectural Government.	Kanazawa The city of Kanazawa, capital of the Ishikawa Prefecture.
	Fukui Prefecture Official site of Fukui Prefecture.	Fukui City Capital of Fukui Prefecture.
	Gifu Prefecture Site of Gifu Prefectural Government. Gifu Sightseeing Information Official Gifu tour guide. Living in Gifu Guidebook The guidebook contains important information concerning living in Japan. Okuhida Hotsprings at Okuhida Spa Village (in Japanese.) Takayama Hida-Takayama has preserved the feeling of a castle town, famous for its festivals. EXPO 2005 Aichi The 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan.	Gifu The City of Gifu. Gifu Convention and Visitors Bureau Tourism information on Gifu.
	Shizuoka Prefecture Official site of the Shizuoka Prefecture. Shizuoka Guide Official tourist guide to Shizuoka.	Shizuoka The City of Shizuoka includes the city guidebook.
	Aichi Prefecture Official site of Aichi Prefecture.	Nagoya Nagoya City.
	Mie Prefecture Mie Prefecture's official internet site. Mie Tourism Guide Travel and tourism information about Mie.	Tsu Tsu, the capital city of Mie.

	Region: Kinki (Kansai), Kinki district
	Osaka Prefecture Official site of the Osaka Prefectural Government.	Osaka City Information on the city of Osaka.
	Kyoto Prefecture Official site of the Kyoto Prefecture.	Kyoto City Kyoto , capital city of Kyoto Prefecture.
	Shiga Prefecture Site of the Shiga Prefectural Government.	Otsu The city of Otsu.
	Hyogo Prefecture Hyogo Prefectural Government.	Kobe Capital of Hyogo Prefecture.
	Nara Prefecture Official site of the Nara Prefecture.	Nara Nara city.
	Wakayama Prefecture Official site of the Wakayama Prefecture	Wakayama City Capital of Wakayama Prefecture.

	Region: Chugoku, Chugoku district
	Tottori Prefecture Site of the Tottori Prefecture.	Tottori The city of Tottori.
	Shimane Prefecture Official site of the Shimane Prefectural Government.	Matsue The city of Matsue.
	Okayama Prefecture Official site of the Okayama Prefecture.	Okayama City The city of Okayama
	Hiroshima Prefecture Official site of the Hiroshima Prefecture	Hiroshima City The city of Hiroshima.
	Yamaguchi Prefecture Official site of the Yamaguchi Prefecture	Yamaguchi City The city of Yamaguchi.

	Region: Shikoku, Shikoku district
	Tokushima Prefecture Official site of the Tokushima Prefecture.	Tokushima Capital of Tokushima Prefecture.
	Kagawa Prefecture Official site of the Kagawa Prefecture.	Takamatsu The city of Takamatsu.
	Ehime Prefecture Official site of the Ehime Prefectural Government.	Matsuyama The city of Matsuyama.
	Kochi Prefecture Kochi Prefectural Government.	Kochi The city of Kochi

	Region: Kyushu, Kyushu district
	Fukuoka Prefecture Official site of the Fukuoka Prefecture. Fukuoka Now Fukuoka related portal site with news, event calendar. etc..	Fukuoka City The Official website of the city of Fukuoka.
	Saga Prefecture Site of the Saga Prefectural Government.	Saga-shi The city of Saga-shi.
	Nagasaki Prefecture Official site of the Nagasaki Prefecture. Nagasaki Prefectural Tourist Federation Travel and tourism information on Nagasaki.	Nagasaki The city of Nagasaki.
	Kumamoto Prefecture Official site of the Kumamoto Prefecture.	Kumamoto The city of Kumamoto.
	Oita Prefecture Official site of the Oita Prefecture. Oita Prefecture Tourism Travel in Oita Prefecture.	Oita City The city of Oita
	Miyazaki Prefecture Official site of the Miyazaki Prefecture.	Miyazaki City The city of Miyazaki.
	Kagoshima Prefecture The official site of Kagoshima Prefecture, provides comprehensive information about the Prefecture.	Kagoshima The city of Kagoshima

	Region: Ryukyu, Okinawa district
	Okinawa Prefecture Official site of the Okinawa Prefecture.	Naha The city of Naha.

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