Japan has 4 main islands and several smaller islands. The nation is divided into 47 prefectures. This page describes the Japanese prefectures, the capitals and the location from each one.
Additional Information about the Japanese Prefectures can be found at https://www.japanvisitor.com/japan-travel/japan-prefectures.
| Island | Prefecture | Capital |
| Honshu | Aichi | Nagoya |
| Honshu | Akita | Akita |
| Honshu | Aomori | Aomori |
| Honshu | Chiba | Chiba |
| Shikoku | Ehime | Matsuyama |
| Honshu | Fukui | Fukui |
| Kyushu | Fukuoka | Fukuoka |
| Honshu | Fukushima | Fukushima |
| Honshu | Gifu | Gifu |
| Honshu | Gunma | Maebashi |
| Honshu | Hiroshima | Hiroshima |
| Hokkaido | Hokkaido | Sapporo |
| Honshu | Hyogo | Kobe |
| Honshu | Ibaraki | Mito |
| Honshu | Ishikawa | Kanazawa |
| Honshu | Iwate | Morioka |
| Shikoku | Kagawa | Takamatsu |
| Kyushu | Kagoshima | Kagoshima |
| Honshu | Kanagawa | Yokohama |
| Shikoku | Kochi | Kochi |
| Kyushu | Kumamoto | Kumamoto |
| Honshu | Kyoto | Kyoto |
| Honshu | Mie | Tsu |
| Honshu | Miyaki | Sendai |
| Kyushu | Miyazaki | Miyazaki |
| Honshu | Nagano | Nagano |
| Kyushu | Nagazaki | Nagasaki |
| Honshu | Nara | Nara |
| Honshu | Niigata | Niigata |
| Kyushu | Oita | Oita |
| Honshu | Okayama | Okayama |
| Ryukyu Islands | Okinawa | Naha |
| Honshu | Osaka | Osaka |
| Kyushu | Saga | Saga |
| Honshu | Saitama | Saitama |
| Honshu | Shiga | Otsu |
| Honshu | Shimane | Matsue |
| Honshu | Shizuoka | Shizuoka |
| Honshu | Tochigi | Utsunomiya |
| Shikoku | Tokushima | Tokushima |
| Honshu | Tokyo | Tokyo |
| Honshu | Tottori | Tottori |
| Honshu | Toyama | Toyama |
| Honshu | Wakayama | Wakayama |
| Honshu | Yamagata | Yamagata |
| Honshu | Yamaguchi | Yamaguchi |
| Honshu | Yamanashi | Kofu |
If you want to check more information about the Japanese Prefectures, you can access the video from Geo’s King channel on YouTube.
