Prefecture

A prefecture is a word used in Greece and Japan (called νομός, nomós in Greece and called 県 ken in Japan) for a part of a country with its own government...

Hyōgo Prefecture is a prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan on the island of Honshu. The capital city is Kobe. In the Meiji period, Hyōgo Prefecture was...

Chiba Prefecture (千葉県, Chiba-ken) is a Japanese prefecture in the Kantō region on the island of Honshu. The capital city is Chiba City. Chiba is the sixth...

Kumamoto Prefecture (熊本県, Kumamoto-ken) is a prefecture in the Kyūshū region of Japan on the island of Kyushu. The capital city is Kumamoto. The area of...

Aichi Prefecture (愛知県, Aichi-ken) is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan on the island of Honshu. The capital city is Nagoya. Aichi prefecture was...

Kōchi Prefecture (高知県, Kōchi-ken) is a prefecture in the Shikoku region of Japan on the island of Shikoku. The capital city is Kōchi. Before to the Meiji...

Prefecture (福島県, Fukushima-ken) is a prefecture of Japan. It is part of the Tōhoku region on the island of Honshu. The capital city of the prefecture...

Yamagata Prefecture (山形県, Yamagata-ken) is a prefecture of Japan. It is part of the Tōhoku region on the island of Honshu. Its capital is Yamagata. The...

Ōita Prefecture (大分県, Ōita-ken) is a prefecture in the Kyūshū region of Japan on the island of Kyūshū. The capital city is Ōita. Ōita is well known in...

Hokkaidō Prefecture (北海道, Hokkaidō) is a special Japanese prefecture in Hokkaidō region on the island Hokkaidō. It is the most northern prefecture of Japan...

provinces are broken into areas called prefectures. They are a kind of administrative division. Prefectures are the second-level divisions of China....

Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県, Saitama-ken) is a prefecture in the Kantō region of Japan on the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Saitama. Saitama...

Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県, Kanagawa-ken) is a prefecture in the Kantō region of Japan on the island of Honshu. The capital city is Yokohama. Kanagawa...

Osaka Prefecture (大阪府, Ōsaka-fu) is a prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan on the island of Honshu. The capital city is Osaka. Osaka prefecture was...

Prefecture (茨城県, Ibaraki-ken) is a prefecture in the Kantō region of Japan on the island of Honshu. The capital is Mito. In 1871, Ibaraki Prefecture was...

Shizuoka Prefecture (静岡県, Shizuoka-ken) is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan on the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Shizuoka. Shizuoka...

Nagano Prefecture (長野県, Nagano-ken) is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan on the island of Honshu. The capital city is Nagano. The capital is the...

Gunma Prefecture (群馬県, Gunma-ken) is a prefecture of in the Kantō region of Japan on the island of Honshu. Its capital is Maebashi. In the Meiji period...

Wakayama. Wakayama Prefecture is surrounded by Osaka Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Mie Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture and Tokushima Prefecture. In the Meiji period...

Fukui Prefecture (福井県, Fukui-ken) is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan on the island of Honshū. The capital is the city of Fukui. In the early...