• Source: List of capitals in Japan

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


      Japan


      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")).


      = List of Japanese prefectural capitals

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      = 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 some municipalities that are not capitals.

      Iwate, Iwate Prefecture
      Ibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture
      Okinawa, Okinawa Prefecture
      Tochigi, Tochigi Prefecture
      Yamanashi, Yamanashi Prefecture


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

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

      Fukushima Prefecture

      Gunma Prefecture

      Mie Prefecture

      Shizuoka Prefecture

      Tottori Prefecture

      Yamaguchi Prefecture


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