List of the Regions and Prefectures of Japan

Regions and Prefectures of Japan

Japan has 8 regions and 47 Prefectures. They are as follows:

1. Hokkaido: Hokkaido
2. Tohoku: Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima
3. Kanto: Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa
4. Chubu: Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi, Nagano, Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi
5. Kansai: Mie, Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama
6. Chugoku: Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
7. Shikoku: Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kochi
8. Kyushu: Fukuoka, Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Kagoshima, Saga, Oita, Okinawa

The Four Main Islands of Japan are:

1. Hokkaido
2. Honshu
3. Kyushu
4. Shikoku