Prefectures of Japan and their capitals
Our maps show 47 prefectures of Japan. This table lists each one with its type, its capital and its ISO 3166-2 code.
A dash means our source data does not mark a capital for that area. Names with a link open a page of printable maps.
| Name | Type | Capital | Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aichi Prefecture | Prefecture | Nagoya | JP-23 |
| Akita Prefecture | Prefecture | Akita | JP-05 |
| Aomori Prefecture | Prefecture | Aomori | JP-02 |
| Chiba Prefecture | Prefecture | – | JP-12 |
| Ehime Prefecture | Prefecture | Matsuyama | JP-38 |
| Fukui Prefecture | Prefecture | Fukui | JP-18 |
| Fukuoka Prefecture | Prefecture | Fukuoka | JP-40 |
| Fukushima Prefecture | Prefecture | Fukushima | JP-07 |
| Gifu Prefecture | Prefecture | Gifu | JP-21 |
| Gunma Prefecture | Prefecture | Maebashi | JP-10 |
| Hiroshima Prefecture | Prefecture | Hiroshima | JP-34 |
| Hokkaidō | Prefecture | Sapporo | JP-01 |
| Hyōgo Prefecture | Prefecture | Kōbe | JP-28 |
| Ibaraki Prefecture | Prefecture | Mito | JP-08 |
| Ishikawa Prefecture | Prefecture | Kanazawa | JP-17 |
| Iwate Prefecture | Prefecture | Morioka | JP-03 |
| Kagawa Prefecture | Prefecture | Takamatsu | JP-37 |
| Kagoshima Prefecture | Prefecture | Kagoshima | JP-46 |
| Kanagawa Prefecture | Prefecture | Yokohama | JP-14 |
| Kumamoto Prefecture | Prefecture | Kumamoto | JP-43 |
| Kyōto Prefecture | Prefecture | Kyoto | JP-26 |
| Kōchi Prefecture | Prefecture | Kōchi | JP-39 |
| Mie Prefecture | Prefecture | Tsu | JP-24 |
| Miyagi Prefecture | Prefecture | Sendai | JP-04 |
| Miyazaki Prefecture | Prefecture | Miyazaki | JP-45 |
| Nagano Prefecture | Prefecture | Nagano | JP-20 |
| Nagasaki Prefecture | Prefecture | Nagasaki | JP-42 |
| Nara Prefecture | Prefecture | – | JP-29 |
| Niigata Prefecture | Prefecture | Niigata | JP-15 |
| Okayama Prefecture | Prefecture | Okayama | JP-33 |
| Okinawa Prefecture | Prefecture | Naha | JP-47 |
| Saga Prefecture | Prefecture | – | JP-41 |
| Saitama Prefecture | Prefecture | – | JP-11 |
| Shiga Prefecture | Prefecture | Ōtsu | JP-25 |
| Shimane Prefecture | Prefecture | Matsue | JP-32 |
| Shizuoka Prefecture | Prefecture | Shizuoka | JP-22 |
| Tochigi Prefecture | Prefecture | Utsunomiya | JP-09 |
| Tokushima Prefecture | Prefecture | Tokushima | JP-36 |
| Tokyo | Prefecture | Tokyo | JP-13 |
| Tottori Prefecture | Prefecture | Tottori | JP-31 |
| Toyama Prefecture | Prefecture | Toyama | JP-16 |
| Wakayama Prefecture | Prefecture | Wakayama | JP-30 |
| Yamagata Prefecture | Prefecture | Yamagata | JP-06 |
| Yamaguchi Prefecture | Prefecture | – | JP-35 |
| Yamanashi Prefecture | Prefecture | Kōfu | JP-19 |
| Ōita Prefecture | Prefecture | Ōita | JP-44 |
| Ōsaka Prefecture | Prefecture | Ōsaka | JP-27 |
Areas and names follow Natural Earth, which may not reflect recent changes. Capitals come from Natural Earth’s populated places data. Sources