List of capitals in Japan

Template:Short description A prefectural capital is a city where a prefectural government and assembly is located.

Japan

In Japan, a prefectural capital is officially called , but the term is also used ().

List of Japanese prefectural capitals

Capital	Prefecture	File:Regions and Prefectures of Japan 2.svg Region	Island	Pop.¹	ISO	Status
File:Flag of Akita, Akita.svg Akita	Akita	Tōhoku	Honshū	327,651	JP-05	Core city
File:Flag of Aomori, Aomori.svg Aomori	Aomori	Tōhoku	Honshū	304,657	JP-02	Core city
File:Flag of Chiba, Chiba.svg Chiba	Chiba	Kantō	Honshū	943,568	JP-12	Designated city
File:Flag of Fukui, Fukui.svg Fukui	Fukui	Chūbu	Honshū	268,210	JP-18	Core city
File:Flag of Fukuoka, Fukuoka.svg Fukuoka	Fukuoka	Kyūshū	Kyūshū	1,434,650	JP-40	Designated city
File:Flag of Fukushima, Fukushima.svg Fukushima	Fukushima	Tōhoku	Honshū	288,602	JP-07	Core city
File:Flag of Gifu, Gifu.svg Gifu	Gifu	Chūbu	Honshū	411,753	JP-21	Core city
File:Flag of Hiroshima City.svg Hiroshima	Hiroshima	Chūgoku	Honshū	1,164,885	JP-34	Designated city
File:Flag of Kagoshima, Kagoshima.svg Kagoshima	Kagoshima	Kyūshū	Kyūshū	604,268	JP-46	Core city
File:Flag of Kanazawa, Ishikawa.svg Kanazawa	Ishikawa	Chūbu	Honshū	455,952	JP-17	Core city
File:Flag of Kobe.svg KobeKōbe	Hyōgo	Kansai	Honshū	1,532,305	JP-28	Designated city
File:Flag of Kochi, Kochi.svg KochiKōchi	Kōchi	Shikoku	Shikoku	345,418	JP-39	Core city
File:Flag of Kofu, Yamanashi.svg KofuKōfu	Yamanashi	Chūbu	Honshū	198,757	JP-19	Core city
File:Flag of Kumamoto, Kumamoto.svg Kumamoto	Kumamoto	Kyūshū	Kyūshū	670,014	JP-43	Designated city
File:Flag of Kyoto City.svg Kyōto	Kyōto	Kansai	Honshū	1,468,065	JP-26	Designated city
File:Flag of Maebashi, Gunma.svg Maebashi	Gunma	Kantō	Honshū	317,167	JP-10	Core city
File:Flag of Matsue, Shimane.svg Matsue	Shimane	Chūgoku	Honshū	195,008	JP-32	Core city
File:Flag of Matsuyama, Ehime.svg Matsuyama	Ehime	Shikoku	Shikoku	514,771	JP-38	Core city
File:Flag of Mito, Ibaraki.svg Mito	Ibaraki	Kantō	Honshū	263,299	JP-08	Core city
File:Flag of Miyazaki, Miyazaki.svg Miyazaki	Miyazaki	Kyūshū	Kyūshū	368,984	JP-45	Core city
File:Flag of Morioka, Iwate.svg Morioka	Iwate	Tōhoku	Honshū	298,959	JP-03	Core city
File:Flag of Nagano, Nagano.svg Nagano	Nagano	Chūbu	Honshū	377,328	JP-20	Core city
File:Flag of Nagasaki, Nagasaki.svg Nagasaki	Nagasaki	Kyūshū	Kyūshū	446,551	JP-42	Core city
File:Flag of Nagoya, Aichi.svg Nagoya	Aichi	Chūbu	Honshū	2,243,564	JP-23	Designated city
File:Flag of Naha, Okinawa.svg Naha	Okinawa	Kyūshū	Ryūkyū Islands	313,436	JP-47	Core city
File:Flag of Nara, Nara.svg Nara	Nara	Kansai	Honshū	366,863	JP-29	Core city
File:Flag of Niigata, Niigata.svg Niigata	Niigata	Chūbu	Honshū	811,613	JP-15	Designated city
File:Flag of Oita, Oita.svg OitaŌita	Ōita	Kyūshū	Kyūshū	467,617	JP-44	Core city
File:Flag of Okayama, Okayama.svg Okayama	Okayama	Chūgoku	Honshū	700,646	JP-33	Designated city
File:Flag of Osaka City.svg Ōsaka	Ōsaka	Kansai	Honshū	2,649,601	JP-27	Designated city
File:Flag of Otsu, Shiga.svg OtsuŌtsu	Shiga	Kansai	Honshū	330,044	JP-25	Core city
File:Flag of Saga, Saga.svg Saga	Saga	Kyūshū	Kyūshū	239,003	JP-41	Special city
File:Flag of Saitama, Saitama.svg Saitama	Saitama	Kantō	Honshū	1,197,471	JP-11	Designated city
File:Flag of Sapporo, Hokkaido.svg Sapporo	Template:Country data Hokkaidō	Hokkaidō	Hokkaidō	1,896,704	JP-01	Designated city
File:Flag of Sendai, Miyagi.svg Sendai	Miyagi	Tōhoku	Honshū	1,029,576	JP-04	Designated city
File:Flag of Shinjuku, Tokyo.svg Shinjuku	Tōkyō	Kantō	Honshū	314,262	JP-13	Special wards
File:Flag of Shizuoka, Shizuoka.svg Shizuoka	Shizuoka	Chūbu	Honshū	709,888	JP-22	Designated city
File:Flag of Takamatsu, Kagawa.svg Takamatsu	Kagawa	Shikoku	Shikoku	417,671	JP-37	Core city
File:Flag of Tokushima, Tokushima.svg Tokushima	Tokushima	Shikoku	Shikoku	265,248	JP-36	City
File:Flag of Tottori, Tottori.svg Tottori	Tottori	Chūgoku	Honshū	199,319	JP-31	Core city
File:Flag of Toyama, Toyama.svg Toyama	Toyama	Chūbu	Honshū	420,584	JP-16	Core city
File:Flag of Tsu, Mie.svg Tsu	Mie	Kansai	Honshū	287,849	JP-24	City
File:Flag of Utsunomiya, Tochigi.svg Utsunomiya	Tochigi	Kantō	Honshū	508,114	JP-09	Core city
File:Flag of Wakayama, Wakayama.svg Wakayama	Wakayama	Kansai	Honshū	371,504	JP-30	Core city
File:Flag of Yamagata, Yamagata.svg Yamagata	Yamagata	Tōhoku	Honshū	254,724	JP-06	Core city
File:Flag of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi.svg Yamaguchi	Yamaguchi	Chūgoku	Honshū	191,714	JP-35	City
File:Flag of Yokohama, Kanagawa.svg Yokohama	Kanagawa	Kantō	Honshū	3,643,641	JP-14	Designated city

Notes: ¹ since 1 May 2008Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)

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.

• 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

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

Fukushima Prefecture

1.	File:Flag of Iwaki, Fukushima.svg Iwaki	348,322	1.	Kōriyama Metropolitan Area	537,493
2.	File:Flag of Koriyama, Fukushima.svg Kōriyama	338,887	2.	Fukushima Metropolitan Area	412,353
3.	File:Flag of Fukushima, Fukushima.svg Fukushima	294,724	3.	Iwaki Metropolitan Area	365,864

Gunma Prefecture

1.	File:Flag of Takasaki, Gunma.svg Takasaki	342,662	1.	Takasaki Metropolitan Area	532,271
2.	File:Flag of Maebashi, Gunma.svg Maebashi	317,114	2.	Maebashi Metropolitan Area	458,996

Mie Prefecture

1.	File:Flag of Yokkaichi, Mie.svg Yokkaichi	307,418	1.	Yokkaichi Metropolitan Area	606,071
2.	File:Flag of Tsu, Mie.svg Tsu	288,874	2.	Tsu Metropolitan Area	308,375

Shizuoka Prefecture

1.	File:Flag of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka.svg Hamamatsu	812,692	1.	Shizuoka Metropolitan Area	999,360
2.	File:Flag of Shizuoka, Shizuoka.svg Shizuoka	709,772	2.	Hamamatsu Metropolitan Area	919,933

Tottori Prefecture

1.	File:Flag of Tottori, Tottori.svg Tottori	199,263	1.	Yonago Metropolitan Area	252,387
2.	File:Flag of Yonago, Tottori.svg Yonago	148,234	2.	Tottori Metropolitan Area	249,067

Yamaguchi Prefecture

1.	File:Flag of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi.svg Shimonoseki	284,693	1.	Shimonoseki Metropolitan Area	287,935
2.	File:Flag of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi.svg Yamaguchi	191,740	2.	Ube Metropolitan Area	258,180
3.	File:Flag of Ube, Yamaguchi.svg Ube	175,334	3.	Yamaguchi Metropolitan Area	178,402

Notes:

City populations are as of July 2008.

Metropolitan area populations are as of 2000. (Urban Employment Areas)