Hokkaidō Tōhoku Kantō Chūbu Kansai Chūgoku Shikoku Kyūshū

1. Hokkaidō 2. Aomori 8. Ibaraki 15. Niigata 24. Mie 31. Tottori 36. Tokushima 40. Fukuoka

3. Iwate 9. Tochigi 16. Toyama 25. Shiga 32. Shimane 37. Kagawa 41. Saga
4. Miyagi 10. Gunma 17. Ishikawa 26. Kyōto 33. Okayama 38. Ehime 42. Nagasaki
5. Akita 11. Saitama 18. Fukui 27. Ōsaka 34. Hiroshima 39. Kōchi 43. Kumamoto
6. Yamagata 12. Chiba 19. Yamanashi 28. Hyōgo 35. Yamaguchi 44. Ōita
7. Fukushima 13. Tōkyō 20. Nagano 29. Nara 45. Miyazaki
14. Kanagawa 21. Gifu 30. Wakayama 46. Kagoshima
22. Shizuoka 47. Okinawa
23. Aichi

Area
Prefecture Kanji Capital Region Major Island Population¹ Area² Density³ Distr. Municip. ISO
code
 Aichi 愛知県 Nagoya Chūbu Honshu 7,484,094 5,172.4 1,446.9 7 54 JP-23 052
 Akita 秋田県 Akita Tōhoku Honshu 1,022,839 11,637.54 87.9 6 25 JP-05 018
 Aomori 青森県 Aomori Tōhoku Honshu 1,308,649 9,645.4 135.7 8 40 JP-02 017
 Chiba 千葉県 Chiba Kantō Honshu 6,224,027 5,157.64 1,206.8 6 54 JP-12 043
 Ehime 愛媛県 Matsuyama Shikoku Shikoku 1,385,840 5,676.1 244.2 7 20 JP-38 089
 Fukui 福井県 Fukui Chūbu Honshu 787,099 4,190.43 187.8 7 17 JP-18 077
 Fukuoka 福岡県 Fukuoka Kyushu Kyushu 5,102,871 4,986.4 1,023.4 12 60 JP-40 092
 Fukushima 福島県 Fukushima Tōhoku Honshu 1,913,606 13,783.75 138.8 13 59 JP-07 024
 Gifu 岐阜県 Gifu Chūbu Honshu 2,032,533 10,621.29 191.4 9 42 JP-21 058
 Gunma 群馬県 Maebashi Kantō Honshu 1,973,476 6,362.28 310.2 7 35 JP-10 027
 Hiroshima 広島県 Hiroshima Chūgoku Honshu 2,844,963 8,479.38 335.5 5 23 JP-34 082
 Hokkaido 北海道 Sapporo Hokkaido Hokkaido 5,383,579 83,424.22 68.6 66 180 JP-01 011–016
 Hyōgo 兵庫県 Kōbe Kansai Honshu 5,536,989 8,400.9 659.1 8 41 JP-28 017
 Area
Prefecture Kanji Capital Region Major Island Population¹ Area² Density³ Distr. Municip. ISO
code
 Ibaraki 茨城県 Mito Kantō Honshu 2,917,857 6,096.93 478.6 7 44 JP-08 029
 Ishikawa 石川県 Kanazawa Chūbu Honshu 1,154,343 4,186.15 275.8 5 19 JP-17 076
 Iwate 岩手県 Morioka Tōhoku Honshu 1,279,814 15,275.01 83.8 10 33 JP-03 019
 Kagawa 香川県 Takamatsu Shikoku Shikoku 976,756 1,876.73 520.5 5 17 JP-37 087
鹿児島
 Kagoshima Kagoshima Kyushu Kyushu 1,648,752 9,188.1 179.4 8 43 JP-46 099
県
神奈川
 Kanagawa Yokohama Kantō Honshu 9,127,323 2,415.81 3,778.2 6 33 JP-14 045
県
 Kōchi 高知県 Kōchi Shikoku Shikoku 728,461 7,103.91 102.5 6 34 JP-39 088
 Kumamoto 熊本県 Kumamoto Kyushu Kyushu 1,786,969 7,409.32 241.2 9 45 JP-43 099
 Kyoto 京都府 Kyoto Kansai Honshu 2,610,140 4,612.2 565.9 6 26 JP-26 017
 Mie 三重県 Tsu Kansai Honshu 1,815,827 5,774.39 314.5 7 29 JP-24 059
 Miyagi 宮城県 Sendai Tōhoku Honshu 2,334,215 7,282.14 320.5 10 35 JP-04 022
 Miyazaki 宮崎県 Miyazaki Kyushu Kyushu 1,104,377 7,735.31 142.8 6 26 JP-45 098
 Nagano 長野県 Nagano Chūbu Honshu 2,099,759 13,561.56 154.8 14 77 JP-20 026
 Nagasaki 長崎県 Nagasaki Kyushu Kyushu 1,377,780 4,132.32 333.4 4 21 JP-42 095
 Nara 奈良県 Nara Kansai Honshu 1,365,008 3,690.94 369.8 7 39 JP-29 074
 Niigata 新潟県 Niigata Chūbu Honshu 2,305,098 12,584.1 183.2 9 30 JP-15 025
 Ōita 大分県 Ōita Kyushu Kyushu 1,166,729 6,340.61 184 3 18 JP-44 097
 Okayama 岡山県 Okayama Chūgoku Honshu 1,922,181 7,114.62 270.2 10 27 JP-33 086
Ryukyu
 Okinawa 沖縄県 Naha Kyushu
Islands
1,434,138 2,281 628.7 5 41 JP-47 098
 Osaka 大阪府 Ōsaka Kansai Honshu 8,838,908 1,904.99 4,639.9 5 43 JP-27 06x
 Saga 佐賀県 Saga Kyushu Kyushu 833,245 2,440.64 341.4 6 20 JP-41 095
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Prefecture Kanji Capital Region Major Island Population¹ Area² Density³ Distr. Municip. ISO
code
 Saitama 埼玉県 Saitama Kantō Honshu 7,261,271 3,797.75 1,912 8 63 JP-11 048
 Shiga 滋賀県 Ōtsu Kansai Honshu 1,413,184 4,017.38 351.8 3 19 JP-25 077
 Shimane 島根県 Matsue Chūgoku Honshu 694,188 6,708.23 103.5 5 19 JP-32 085
 Shizuoka 静岡県 Shizuoka Chūbu Honshu 3,701,181 7,778.7 475.8 5 35 JP-22 054
 Tochigi 栃木県 Utsunomiya Kantō Honshu 1,974,671 6,408.09 308.2 5 26 JP-09 028
 Tokushima 徳島県 Tokushima Shikoku Shikoku 756,063 4,146.93 182.3 8 24 JP-36 088
03x
 Tokyo 東京都 Tokyo[18] Kantō Honshu 13,513,734 2,190.9 6,168.1 1 39 JP-13
042
 Tottori 鳥取県 Tottori Chūgoku Honshu 573,648 3,507.05 163.6 5 19 JP-31 085
 Toyama 富山県 Toyama Chūbu Honshu 1,066,883 4,247.61 251.2 2 15 JP-16 076
和歌山
 Wakayama Wakayama Kansai Honshu 963,850 4,724.68 204 6 30 JP-30 073
県
 Yamagata 山形県 Yamagata Tōhoku Honshu 1,122,957 9,323.15 120.4 8 35 JP-06 023
 Yamaguchi 山口県 Yamaguchi Chūgoku Honshu 1,405,007 6,112.3 229.9 4 19 JP-35 083
 Yamanashi 山梨県 Kōfu Chūbu Honshu 835,165 4,464.99 187 5 27 JP-19 055