List of prefectural capitals in Japan

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A prefectural capital is a city where a prefectural government and assembly is located.

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In Japan, a prefectural capital is officially called todōfukenchō shozaichi ( 都道府県庁所在地 ; "seat of a prefectural government", singular: 都庁所在地,tochō shozaichi in the [Tōkyō]-to, 道庁所在地, dōchō shozaichi in the [Hokkai]-dō, 府庁所在地, fuchō shozaichi in -fu, 県庁所在地, kenchō shozaichi in -ken), but the term kento ( 県都 ; "prefectural capital") is also used (dōto ( 道都 ; in the -dō, but never "futo" or "toto")).[ citation needed ]

List of Japanese prefectural capitals

Capital Prefecture Regions and Prefectures of Japan 2.svg
Region 		Island Pop.¹ ISO Status
Flag of Akita, Akita.svg Akita Flag of Akita Prefecture.svg Akita Tōhoku Honshū 327,651JP-05 Core city
Flag of Aomori, Aomori.svg Aomori Flag of Aomori Prefecture.svg Aomori Tōhoku Honshū 304,657JP-02Core city
Flag of Chiba, Chiba.svg Chiba Flag of Chiba.svg Chiba Kantō Honshū 943,568JP-12 Designated city
Flag of Fukui, Fukui.svg Fukui Flag of Fukui Prefecture.svg Fukui Chūbu Honshū 268,210JP-18Core city
Flag of Fukuoka, Fukuoka.svg Fukuoka Flag of Fukuoka Prefecture.svg Fukuoka Kyūshū Kyūshū 1,434,650JP-40Designated city
Flag of Fukushima, Fukushima.svg Fukushima Flag of Fukushima.svg Fukushima Tōhoku Honshū 288,602JP-07Core city
Flag of Gifu, Gifu.svg Gifu Flag of Gifu Prefecture.svg Gifu Chūbu Honshū 411,753JP-21Core city
Flag of Hiroshima City.svg Hiroshima Flag of Hiroshima Prefecture.svg Hiroshima Chūgoku Honshū 1,164,885JP-34Designated city
Flag of Kagoshima, Kagoshima.svg Kagoshima Flag of Kagoshima Prefecture.svg Kagoshima Kyūshū Kyūshū 604,268JP-46Core city
Flag of Kanazawa, Ishikawa.svg Kanazawa Flag of Ishikawa.svg Ishikawa Chūbu Honshū 455,952JP-17Core city
Flag of Kobe.svg Kōbe Flag of Hyogo.svg Hyōgo Kansai Honshū 1,532,305JP-28Designated city
Flag of Kochi, Kochi.svg Kōchi Flag of Kochi.svg Kōchi Shikoku Shikoku 345,418JP-39Core city
Flag of Kofu, Yamanashi.svg Kōfu Flag of Yamanashi Prefecture.svg Yamanashi Chūbu Honshū 198,757JP-19Core city
Flag of Kumamoto, Kumamoto.svg Kumamoto Flag of Kumamoto.svg Kumamoto Kyūshū Kyūshū 670,014JP-43Designated city
Flag of Kyoto City.svg Kyōto Flag of Kyoto Prefecture.svg Kyōto Kansai Honshū 1,468,065JP-26Designated city
Flag of Maebashi, Gunma.svg Maebashi Flag of Gunma Prefecture.svg Gunma Kantō Honshū 317,167JP-10Core city
Flag of Matsue, Shimane.svg Matsue Flag of Shimane.svg Shimane Chūgoku Honshū 195,008JP-32Core city
Flag of Matsuyama, Ehime.svg Matsuyama Flag of Ehime Prefecture.svg Ehime Shikoku Shikoku 514,771JP-38Core city
Flag of Mito, Ibaraki.svg Mito Flag of Ibaraki.svg Ibaraki Kantō Honshū 263,299JP-08Core city
Flag of Miyazaki, Miyazaki.svg Miyazaki Flag of Miyazaki Prefecture.svg Miyazaki Kyūshū Kyūshū 368,984JP-45Core city
Flag of Morioka, Iwate.svg Morioka Flag of Iwate.svg Iwate Tōhoku Honshū 298,959JP-03Core city
Flag of Nagano, Nagano.svg Nagano Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Nagano Chūbu Honshū 377,328JP-20Core city
Flag of Nagasaki, Nagasaki.svg Nagasaki Flag of Nagasaki Prefecture.svg Nagasaki Kyūshū Kyūshū 446,551JP-42Core city
Flag of Nagoya, Aichi.svg Nagoya Flag of Aichi Prefecture.svg Aichi Chūbu Honshū 2,243,564JP-23Designated city
Flag of Naha, Okinawa.svg Naha Flag of Okinawa Prefecture.svg Okinawa Kyūshū Ryūkyū Islands 313,436JP-47Core city
Flag of Nara, Nara.svg Nara Flag of Nara Prefecture.svg Nara Kansai Honshū 366,863JP-29Core city
Flag of Niigata, Niigata.svg Niigata Flag of Niigata Prefecture.svg Niigata Chūbu Honshū 811,613JP-15Designated city
Flag of Oita, Oita.svg Ōita Flag of Oita Prefecture.svg Ōita Kyūshū Kyūshū 467,617JP-44Core city
Flag of Okayama, Okayama.svg Okayama Flag of Okayama Prefecture.svg Okayama Chūgoku Honshū 700,646JP-33Designated city
Flag of Osaka City.svg Ōsaka Flag of Osaka.svg Ōsaka Kansai Honshū 2,649,601JP-27Designated city
Flag of Otsu, Shiga.svg Ōtsu Flag of Shiga Prefecture.svg Shiga Kansai Honshū 330,044JP-25Core city
Flag of Saga, Saga.svg Saga Flag of Saga Prefecture.svg Saga Kyūshū Kyūshū 239,003JP-41 Special city
Flag of Saitama, Saitama.svg Saitama Flag of Saitama.svg Saitama Kantō Honshū 1,197,471JP-11Designated city
Flag of Sapporo, Hokkaido.svg Sapporo Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Hokkaidō Hokkaidō Hokkaidō 1,896,704JP-01Designated city
Flag of Sendai, Miyagi.svg Sendai Flag of Miyagi Prefecture.svg Miyagi Tōhoku Honshū 1,029,576JP-04Designated city
Flag of Shinjuku, Tokyo.svg Shinjuku [1] Flag of Tokyo Metropolis.svg Tōkyō Kantō Honshū 314,262JP-13 Special wards
Flag of Shizuoka, Shizuoka.svg Shizuoka Flag of Shizuoka Prefecture.svg Shizuoka Chūbu Honshū 709,888JP-22Designated city
Flag of Takamatsu, Kagawa.svg Takamatsu Flag of Kagawa Prefecture.svg Kagawa Shikoku Shikoku 417,671JP-37Core city
Flag of Tokushima, Tokushima.svg Tokushima Flag of Tokushima.svg Tokushima Shikoku Shikoku 265,248JP-36 City
Flag of Tottori, Tottori.svg Tottori Flag of Tottori Prefecture.svg Tottori Chūgoku Honshū 199,319JP-31Core city
Flag of Toyama, Toyama.svg Toyama Flag of Toyama Prefecture.svg Toyama Chūbu Honshū 420,584JP-16Core city
Flag of Tsu, Mie.svg Tsu Flag of Mie prefecture.svg Mie Kansai Honshū 287,849JP-24City
Flag of Utsunomiya, Tochigi.svg Utsunomiya Flag of Tochigi.svg Tochigi Kantō Honshū 508,114JP-09Core city
Flag of Wakayama, Wakayama.svg Wakayama Flag of Wakayama Prefecture.svg Wakayama Kansai Honshū 371,504JP-30Core city
Flag of Yamagata, Yamagata.svg Yamagata Flag of Yamagata Prefecture.svg Yamagata Tōhoku Honshū 254,724JP-06Core city
Flag of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi.svg Yamaguchi Flag of Yamaguchi Prefecture.svg Yamaguchi Chūgoku Honshū 191,714JP-35City
Flag of Yokohama, Kanagawa.svg Yokohama Flag of Kanagawa.svg Kanagawa Kantō Honshū 3,643,641JP-14Designated city

Notes: ¹ As of 1 May 2008

Non-capitals which share a name with their prefecture

In most cases, a city that shares a name with its prefecture is a prefectural capital. However, there are some municipalities that are not capitals.

Capitals that are not the largest city/metropolitan area in their prefecture

Those in italics are prefectural capitals, or metropolitan areas of them.

Flag of Fukushima.svg Fukushima Prefecture
1. Flag of Iwaki, Fukushima.svg Iwaki 348,322 1.Kōriyama Metropolitan Area537,493
2. Flag of Koriyama, Fukushima.svg Kōriyama 338,887 2.Fukushima Metropolitan Area412,353
3. Flag of Fukushima, Fukushima.svg Fukushima 294,724 3.Iwaki Metropolitan Area365,864
Flag of Gunma Prefecture.svg Gunma Prefecture
1. Flag of Takasaki, Gunma.svg Takasaki 342,662 1.Takasaki Metropolitan Area532,271
2. Flag of Maebashi, Gunma.svg Maebashi 317,114 2.Maebashi Metropolitan Area458,996
Flag of Mie prefecture.svg Mie Prefecture
1. Flag of Yokkaichi, Mie.svg Yokkaichi 307,418 1.Yokkaichi Metropolitan Area606,071
2. Flag of Tsu, Mie.svg Tsu 288,874 2.Tsu Metropolitan Area308,375
Flag of Shizuoka Prefecture.svg Shizuoka Prefecture
1. Flag of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka.svg Hamamatsu 812,692 1.Shizuoka Metropolitan Area999,360
2. Flag of Shizuoka, Shizuoka.svg Shizuoka 709,772 2.Hamamatsu Metropolitan Area919,933
Flag of Tottori Prefecture.svg Tottori Prefecture
1. Flag of Tottori, Tottori.svg Tottori 199,263 1.Yonago Metropolitan Area252,387
2. Flag of Yonago, Tottori.svg Yonago 148,234 2.Tottori Metropolitan Area249,067
Flag of Yamaguchi Prefecture.svg Yamaguchi Prefecture
1. Flag of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi.svg Shimonoseki 284,693 1.Shimonoseki Metropolitan Area287,935
2. Flag of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi.svg Yamaguchi 191,740 2.Ube Metropolitan Area258,180
3. Flag of Ube, Yamaguchi.svg Ube 175,334 3.Yamaguchi Metropolitan Area178,402

Notes:

City populations are as of July 2008.
Metropolitan area populations are as of 2000. (Urban Employment Areas)[ needs update ]

References

  1. ↑ 都庁の所在地 Archived 2014-04-19 at the Wayback Machine Shinjuku is the location of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Tokyo not having itself been a "municipality" since 1943.
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