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🇯🇵 Japan Prefectures Overview
Japan is divided into 47 prefectures, each with its own unique geography, culture, and climate. These are grouped into eight regions, though the regions themselves are not official administrative units. Here’s a breakdown by region:
🗾 Hokkaidō Region
- Prefecture: Hokkaidō
🗾 Tōhoku Region
- Prefectures: Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima
🗾 Kantō Region
- Prefectures: Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa
🗾 Chūbu Region
- Prefectures: Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi, Nagano, Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi
🗾 Kansai (Kinki) Region
- Prefectures: Mie, Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama
🗾 Chūgoku Region
- Prefectures: Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
🗾 Shikoku Region
- Prefectures: Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi
🗾 Kyūshū & Okinawa Region
- Prefectures: Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa
If you’d like a weather overview, travel guide, or cultural snapshot for any specific prefecture or region, just name it and I’ll dive in.































