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Map of Japan with Prefectures and Capitals

Every one of the 47 prefectures, named, with its capital.

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Map of Japan with prefectures and capitals: which 17 capitals get a name

The map names all 47 prefectures and puts a dot at every prefectural capital, Tokyo’s ringed. A capital gets a label of its own only where its name differs from the prefecture’s, as Japanese school maps do: in English, 17 of them. The other 30 — Aomori, Saitama, Kyoto, Osaka, Fukuoka and the rest — are a dot alone, as the prefecture’s name already says it.

  1. On A4 upright, Okinawa sits in a box top left with Naha. Where a name has no room inside, it goes beside its prefecture on a thin line: 7 on A4, 8 on US Letter, 2 on A3.
  2. For a wall map choose A3: the names have the most room there.
  3. For a test, switch to the numbered style: 1 Hokkaido to 47 Okinawa. With 47 lines the list takes a page of its own, so the PDF has 4 pages: map, list, answer map, answer list.
Prefecture Capital named on the map
Hokkaido Sapporo
Iwate Morioka
Miyagi Sendai
Ibaraki Mito
Tochigi Utsunomiya
Gunma Maebashi
Kanagawa Yokohama
Ishikawa Kanazawa
Yamanashi Kofu
Aichi Nagoya
Mie Tsu
Shiga Otsu
Hyogo Kobe
Shimane Matsue
Kagawa Takamatsu
Ehime Matsuyama
Okinawa Naha

The 17 named capitals are the ones to learn by heart: for the other 30, the capital has the prefecture’s own name.

How it works

  1. The map names the prefectures of Japan and marks each capital with a dot, named where it differs from the prefecture.
  2. Choose the paper — A3 leaves more room for the names — or the blank style for a quiz.
  3. Press Make PDF and print; the lines are vector, so they stay sharp at any size.

Frequently asked questions

Is Okinawa included?
Yes, in a box, with Naha marked.
Do the small ones get names?
Yes. Where there is no room inside, the name is set outside with a thin line to it, so none is left off; A3 paper gives them more room.
Is there a worksheet version?
Yes — choose the numbered style: the prefectures are numbered 1 Hokkaido to 47 Okinawa and pupils write each name and capital. The list has a page of its own, and the answers follow on pages 3 and 4.
Why do some capitals have only a dot?
A capital with the same name as its prefecture — Aomori, Saitama, Kyoto, Osaka, Fukuoka and 25 more — is a dot alone, so the map does not say the same word twice. The 17 with a name of their own, from Sapporo to Naha, are labelled.
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