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List of prefectural capitals in Japan

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"List of capitals in Japan" redirects here. For historical and legendary capitals, seeCapital of Japan § List of capitals.

Aprefectural capital is a city where aprefectural government and assembly is located.

InJapan, aprefectural capital is officially calledtodōfukenchō 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 termkento (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

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CapitalPrefecture
Region		IslandPop.¹ISOStatus
AkitaAkitaTōhokuHonshū327,651JP-05Core city
AomoriAomoriTōhokuHonshū304,657JP-02Core city
ChibaChibaKantōHonshū943,568JP-12Designated city
FukuiFukuiChūbuHonshū268,210JP-18Core city
FukuokaFukuokaKyūshūKyūshū1,434,650JP-40Designated city
FukushimaFukushimaTōhokuHonshū288,602JP-07Core city
GifuGifuChūbuHonshū411,753JP-21Core city
HiroshimaHiroshimaChūgokuHonshū1,164,885JP-34Designated city
KagoshimaKagoshimaKyūshūKyūshū604,268JP-46Core city
KanazawaIshikawaChūbuHonshū455,952JP-17Core city
KobeKōbeHyōgoKansaiHonshū1,532,305JP-28Designated city
KochiKōchiKōchiShikokuShikoku345,418JP-39Core city
KofuKōfuYamanashiChūbuHonshū198,757JP-19Core city
KumamotoKumamotoKyūshūKyūshū670,014JP-43Designated city
KyōtoKyōtoKansaiHonshū1,468,065JP-26Designated city
MaebashiGunmaKantōHonshū317,167JP-10Core city
MatsueShimaneChūgokuHonshū195,008JP-32Core city
MatsuyamaEhimeShikokuShikoku514,771JP-38Core city
MitoIbarakiKantōHonshū263,299JP-08Core city
MiyazakiMiyazakiKyūshūKyūshū368,984JP-45Core city
MoriokaIwateTōhokuHonshū298,959JP-03Core city
NaganoNaganoChūbuHonshū377,328JP-20Core city
NagasakiNagasakiKyūshūKyūshū446,551JP-42Core city
NagoyaAichiChūbuHonshū2,243,564JP-23Designated city
NahaOkinawaKyūshūRyūkyū Islands313,436JP-47Core city
NaraNaraKansaiHonshū366,863JP-29Core city
NiigataNiigataChūbuHonshū811,613JP-15Designated city
OitaŌitaŌitaKyūshūKyūshū467,617JP-44Core city
OkayamaOkayamaChūgokuHonshū700,646JP-33Designated city
ŌsakaŌsakaKansaiHonshū2,649,601JP-27Designated city
OtsuŌtsuShigaKansaiHonshū330,044JP-25Core city
SagaSagaKyūshūKyūshū239,003JP-41Special city
SaitamaSaitamaKantōHonshū1,197,471JP-11Designated city
SapporoHokkaidōHokkaidōHokkaidō1,896,704JP-01Designated city
SendaiMiyagiTōhokuHonshū1,029,576JP-04Designated city
Shinjuku[1]TōkyōKantōHonshū314,262JP-13Special wards
ShizuokaShizuokaChūbuHonshū709,888JP-22Designated city
TakamatsuKagawaShikokuShikoku417,671JP-37Core city
TokushimaTokushimaShikokuShikoku265,248JP-36City
TottoriTottoriChūgokuHonshū199,319JP-31Core city
ToyamaToyamaChūbuHonshū420,584JP-16Core city
TsuMieKansaiHonshū287,849JP-24City
UtsunomiyaTochigiKantōHonshū508,114JP-09Core city
WakayamaWakayamaKansaiHonshū371,504JP-30Core city
YamagataYamagataTōhokuHonshū254,724JP-06Core city
YamaguchiYamaguchiChūgokuHonshū191,714JP-35City
YokohamaKanagawaKantōHonshū3,643,641JP-14Designated city

Notes: ¹ As of 1 May 2008[update]

Non-capitals which share a name with their prefecture

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

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

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Those initalics are prefectural capitals, or metropolitan areas of them.

Fukushima Prefecture
1.Iwaki348,322 1.Kōriyama Metropolitan Area537,493
2.Kōriyama338,887 2.Fukushima Metropolitan Area412,353
3.Fukushima294,724 3.Iwaki Metropolitan Area365,864
Gunma Prefecture
1.Takasaki342,662 1.Takasaki Metropolitan Area532,271
2.Maebashi317,114 2.Maebashi Metropolitan Area458,996
Mie Prefecture
1.Yokkaichi307,418 1.Yokkaichi Metropolitan Area606,071
2.Tsu288,874 2.Tsu Metropolitan Area308,375
Shizuoka Prefecture
1.Hamamatsu812,692 1.Shizuoka Metropolitan Area999,360
2.Shizuoka709,772 2.Hamamatsu Metropolitan Area919,933
Tottori Prefecture
1.Tottori199,263 1.Yonago Metropolitan Area252,387
2.Yonago148,234 2.Tottori Metropolitan Area249,067
Yamaguchi Prefecture
1.Shimonoseki284,693 1.Shimonoseki Metropolitan Area287,935
2.Yamaguchi191,740 2.Ube Metropolitan Area258,180
3.Ube175,334 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

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  1. ^都庁の所在地Archived 2014-04-19 at theWayback Machine Shinjuku is the location of theTokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Tokyo not having itself been a "municipality" since 1943.
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Special cities
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※ also aprefectural capital;☆ to become core cities
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