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Prefectures and Prefectural Capitals

Learn where Japan's 47 prefectures are, their capitals, and how the country divides into regions.

Prefectures and Prefectural Capitals

Can you place all 47 prefectures and name their capitals off the top of your head? Why not run back over the basics of Japanese geography with some four-choice questions?

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What does it cover?

It covers where the 47 prefectures sit, their capitals, and how they group into regions. It suits both primary school revision and an adult refresher of things everyone is assumed to know. Working through it with a map and your children is a good way to do it.

What you will learn here

You will start to hold a map of Japan in your head — where places sit relative to one another, and which areas belong together. That helps with planning trips, following the news, and talking about regions at work. Knowing place names well makes the whole country feel closer.

How to approach it

Start with the region you live in and the prefectures closest to you. Picturing the map and learning each location together with its capital makes them stick. Then watch your accuracy rate and go back over the regions you find hard.