Place names in Japan and Prefectures of Japan

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Place names in Japan vs. Prefectures of Japan

Japanese place names include names for geographic features, present and former administrative divisions, transportation facilities such as railroad stations, and historic sites in Japan. Japan is divided into 47, forming the first level of jurisdiction and administrative division.

Aomori Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region.

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Circuit (administrative division)

A circuit was a historical political division of China and is a historical and modern administrative unit in Japan.

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Districts of Japan

The is today a geographical and statistical unit comprising one or several rural municipalities in Japan.

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Edo period

The or is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyō.

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Fukuoka

is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, situated on the northern shore of Japanese island Kyushu.

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Hachiōji, Tokyo

is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan.

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Hiroshima

is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu - the largest island of Japan.

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Hokkaido

(), formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is the second largest island of Japan, and the largest and northernmost prefecture.

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Ibaraki Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan, located in the Kantō region.

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Ishikawa Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island.

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Iwate Prefecture

is a prefecture in the Tōhoku region of Japan.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Kanagawa Prefecture

is a prefecture located in Kantō region of Japan.

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Kyoto Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan in the Kansai region of the island of Honshu.

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List of towns in Japan

A town (町; chō or machi) is a local administrative unit in Japan.

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List of villages in Japan

A is a local administrative unit in Japan.

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Mainland Japan

is a term to distinguish the area of Japan from its outlying territories.

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Miyazaki, Miyazaki

is the capital city of Miyazaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.

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Municipalities of Japan

Japan has three levels of government: national, prefectural, and municipal.

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Naha

is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture, the southernmost prefecture of Japan.

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Nara Prefecture

is a prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Niigata Prefecture

is a prefecture located in the Chūbu region of Japan.

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Okinawa Prefecture

is the southernmost prefecture of Japan.

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Osaka Prefecture

is a prefecture located in the Kansai region on Honshu, the main island of Japan.

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Provinces of Japan

were administrative divisions before the modern prefecture system was established, when the islands of Japan were divided into tens of kuni (国, countries), usually known in English as provinces.

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Shinjuku

is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan.

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Special wards of Tokyo

The are 23 municipalities that together make up the core and the most populous part of Tokyo, Japan.

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Takamatsu, Kagawa

is a city located in central Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan, and is the capital city of the prefectural government.

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Tōkaidō (region)

The is a Japanese geographical term.

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Tochigi Prefecture

is a prefecture located in the Kantō region of Japan.

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Tokyo

, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.

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Yamanashi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of the main island of Honshu.

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