47 prefectures in English and Japanese

Here is how to write 47 prefectures in Japan in Englsih and Japanese caracteres.

The list of all 47 prefectures in Japan

Each prefecture has the link of all cities in its prefecture.

Hokkaido and Tohoku

English	Kanji	Hiragana
Hokkaido	北海道	ほっかいどう
Aomori	青森県	あおもりけん
Iwate	岩手県	いわてけん
Miyagi	宮城県	みやぎけん
Akita	秋田県	あきたけん
Yamagata	山形県	やまがたけん
Fukushima	福島県	ふくしまけん

Kanto

English	Kanji	Hiragana
Ibaraki	茨城県	いばらきけん
Tochigi	栃木県	とちぎけん
Gunma	群馬県	ぐんまけん
Saitama	埼玉県	さいたまけん
Chiba	千葉県	ちばけん
Tokyo	東京都	とうきょうと
Kanagawa	神奈川県	かながわけん

Chubu

English	Kanji	Hiragana
Niigata	新潟県	にいがたけん
Toyama	富山県	とやまけん
Ishikawa	石川県	いしかわけん
Fuki	福井県	ふくいけん
Yamanashi	山梨県	やまなしけん
Nagano	長野県	ながのけん
Gifu	岐阜県	ぎふけん
Shizuoka	静岡県	しずおかけん
Aichi	愛知県	あいちけん

Kinki

English	Kanji	Hiragana
Mie	三重県	みえけん
Shiga	滋賀県	しがけん
Kyoto	京都府	きょうとふ
Osaka	大阪府	おおさかふ
Hyogo	兵庫県	ひょうごけん
Nara	奈良県	ならけん
Wakayama	和歌山県	わかやまけん

Chugoku

English	Kanji	Hiragana
Tottori	鳥取県	とっとりけん
Shimane	島根県	しまねけん
Okayama	岡山県	おかやまけん
Hiroshima	広島県	ひろしまけん
Yamaguchi	山口県	やまぐちけん

Shikoku

English	Kanji	Hiragana
Tokushima	徳島県	とくしまけん
Kagawa	香川県	かがわけん
Ehime	愛媛県	えひめけん
Kochi	高知県	こうちけん

Kyusyu and Okinawa

English	Kanji	Hiragana
Fukuoka	福岡県	ふくおかけん
Saga	佐賀県	さがけん
Nagasaki	長崎県	ながさきけん
Kumamoto	熊本県	くまもとけん
Oita	大分県	おおいたけん
Miyazaki	宮崎県	みやざきけん
Kagoshima	鹿児島県	かごしまけん
Okinawa	沖縄県	おきなわけん

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Merger / Change

Merger / Change The names of municipalities may be changed or disappear due to merger. Please refer to the municipal mergers since 2007 (Wikipedia) Japanese for the merged regions.
It may meet the requirements of municipal enforcement of a population of 50,000 and move from counties to cities. Independent municipal organization (Wikipedia) There is a list of municipalities that took effect. Recently, Nakagawa-machi in Chikushi-gun in Fukuoka Prefecture has become Nakagawa-shi on October 1, 2018.
Government-designated city (Wikipedia) are 20 cities and has a page for each ward. No new cities have been added since Kumamoto City on April 1, 2012.

The data

In this site, all the data from is displayed based on the data of 47 prefectures provided by Japan Post. This may be different from what your local government sets. Depending on the individual, "letters" (bruises) and "large characters" (oaza) may be included, but are not included on this site.
Other materials that may be useful for geographical names include the Geographical Survey Institute's Digital Basic Land Map (geographical name information). The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan publicizes the changes at any time in light of the information published by Japan Post.

About English expression

In this site, all the data are from Japan Post, however there are some change to become better English expression.

Update

02-28-2020
Update the data of Japan post published on Jan. 31st 2020.