The 47 prefectures of Japan
Japan has 47 prefectures. This page lists all of them.
The table shows the English name first. The Japanese name is accepted as an answer too, and it appears in the second column.
English names and local names
The quiz shows English names, because that is what most players type. It accepts the Japanese name as well.
Accent marks do not matter. The quiz folds accents before it compares, so a name typed without them still counts.
Abbreviations are not accepted. A short code is ambiguous, and one code often matches the start of another name.
About the prefectures
A prefecture is the first level of local government in Japan. Each prefecture has a governor and an assembly.
Japan uses four words for a prefecture: to, do, fu and ken. Tokyo is a to, Hokkaido is a do, Kyoto and Osaka are fu, and the rest are ken. The words mean the same level of government.
Many prefecture names match the name of the largest city inside them. Where the names differ, learn the pair together.
All 47 prefectures
| Prefecture | Also accepted |
|---|---|
| Aichi | |
| Akita | |
| Aomori | |
| Chiba | |
| Ehime | |
| Fukui | |
| Fukuoka | |
| Fukushima | |
| Gifu | |
| Gunma | |
| Hiroshima | |
| Hokkaido | |
| Hyogo | |
| Ibaraki | |
| Ishikawa | |
| Iwate | |
| Kagawa | |
| Kagoshima | |
| Kanagawa | |
| Kochi | |
| Kumamoto | |
| Kyoto | |
| Mie | |
| Miyagi | |
| Miyazaki | |
| Nagano | |
| Nagasaki | |
| Nara | |
| Niigata | |
| Oita | |
| Okayama | |
| Okinawa | |
| Osaka | |
| Saga | |
| Saitama | |
| Shiga | |
| Shimane | |
| Shizuoka | |
| Tochigi | |
| Tokushima | |
| Tokyo | Tokyo Metropolis |
| Tottori | |
| Toyama | |
| Wakayama | |
| Yamagata | |
| Yamaguchi | |
| Yamanashi |
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Sources
- Official Japanese names published by Japan.
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