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List of capitals in Japan

List of capitals in Japan

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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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Notes: ¹ As of 1 May 2008

Non-capitals which share a name with their prefecture

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.

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

Those in italics 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)

References

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    都庁の所在地 Archived 2014-04-19 at the Wayback Machine Shinjuku is the location of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Tokyo not having itself been a "municipality" since 1943.
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