Prefecture Map Of Japan

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Prefecture map of japan. They are similar to the 50 states of the united states and the 28 states of india or the provinces of canada. This map of japan lists the prefectures provinces alphabetical japan has 47 prefectures 47 todoufuken 都道府県 each of which are called with ken like aichi ken or akita ken except for hokkai do osaka fu kyoto fu and tokyo to birthday of tokyo. Tokyo in 1868 the meiji fuhanken sanchisei administration created the first prefectures urban fu and rural ken to replace the.

See a numbered map of all 47 prefectures in japan. Map of japan with highlight iwate prefecture map of iwate prefecture morioka capital city. Hokkaido and one metropolis 都 to. Osaka and kyoto one circuit or territory 道 dō.

Map of japan s 47 prefectures japan is divided for administrative purposes into 47 prefectures stretching from hokkaido in the north to okinawa in the south. Each prefecture has its own governor and they are subdivided into districts and municipalities. Notsuke peninsula in hokkaido. However although this division of the country is the most popular the 8 regions of japan most commonly seen on maps are not the official system of classifying administrative districts in the country.

Prefectures of japan hokkaido aomori iwate miyagi akita yamagata fukushima ibaraki tochigi gunma saitama chiba tokyo kanagawa niigata toyama ishikawa fukui yamanashi nagano gifu shizuoka aichi mie shiga kyoto osaka hyogo nara wakayama tottori shimane okayama hiroshima yamaguchi tokushima. Japan is divided into 47 prefectures japanese. Japan is divided into 47 prefectures. Tokyo haneda airport news.

If you look at a map of regions in japan you will most likely see the country divided into 8 large areas with the smaller islands designated as separate areas and the largest island of honshu marked as 5 separate parts. Prefectures in japan are the highest level of government that an area can have as it is right below the federal government.