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Prefectures (provinces) of Japan

The words "ken", "-to", "–do", "–fu" added at the end of each prefecture’s name are translated prefecture in English.
e.g Saitama-ken = Saaitama prefecture, Tokyo-to = Tokyo prefecture, Kyoto-fu = Kyoto Prefecture

"ken", "-to", "–do", "–fu" are often omitted especially in speaking. One thing to be aware is that some cities* (*-shi in Japanese) have the same as its prefecture, for example, Saitama-shi(city) in Saitama-ken (Prefecture).

The Regions, Prefectures and their Capital Cities

Regions	Capital City and Prefecture * -shi : city
	Sapporo-shi 12, Hokkaido
	Aomori-shi 3, Aomori Morioka-shi 16, Iwate Akita-shi 2, Akita Fukushima-shi 8, Fukushima Sendai-shi 24, Miyagi Yamagata-shi 45, Yamagata
	Niigata-shi 29, Niigata Kanazawa-shi 15, Ishikawa Toyama-shi 43, Toyama Fukui-shi 6, Fukui
	Mito-shi 14, Ibaraki Utsunomiya-shi 39, Tochigi Maebashi-shi 10, Gunma Saitama-shi 35, Saitama (*former Urawa-shi) Chiba-shi 4, Chiba 4 Yokohama-shi 19, Kanagawa Tokyo 41, Tokyo
	Kofu-shi 47, Yamanashi Nagano-shi 26, Nagano Gifu-shi 9, Gifu Shizuoka-shi 38, Shizuoka Nagoya-shi 1, Aichi Tsu-shi 23, Mie
	Otsu-shi 36, Shiga Kyoto-shi 22, Kyoto Osaka-shi 33, Osaka Kobe-shi 13, Hyogo Nara-shi 28, Nara Wakayama-shi 44, Wakayama
	Tokushima-shi 40, Tokushima Takamatsu-shi 17, Kagawa Matsuyama-shi 5, Ehime Kochi-shi 20, Kochi
	Tottori-shi 42, Tottori Matsue-shi 37, Shimane Okayama-shi 31, Okayama Hiroshima-shi 11, Hiroshima Yamaguchi-shi 46, Yamaguchi
	Fukuoka-shi 7, Fukuoka Saga-shi 34, Saga Nagasaki-shi 27, Nagasaki Kumamoto 21, Kumamoto Oita-shi 30, Oita Miyazaki-shi 25, Miyazaki Kagoshima-shi 18, Kagoshima
Okinawa Islands	Naha-shi, Okinawa

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