List of prefectural capitals in Japan

A prefectural capital is a city where a prefectural government and assembly is located.

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

List of Japanese prefectural capitals

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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.

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