is the name of several places in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. The name means capital of a

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

(

Kokufu are the capitals of the historical Provinces of Japan. History As part of the Taika Reform (645) which aimed at a centralization of the administration following the Chinese model (''ritsuryō''), the kokufu and with it the office of the kokush ...

). According to the provisions of the 8th-century

Ritsuryō , , is the historical law system based on the philosophies of Confucianism and Chinese Legalism in Japan. The political system in accord to Ritsuryō is called "Ritsuryō-sei" (律令制). ''Kyaku'' (格) are amendments of Ritsuryō, ''Shiki'' (� ...

system, there was a ''fuchū'' in every administrative province. The placename Fuchū remains in many areas of Japan. In order to avoid confusion and mistakes, Japan tries to prevent its cities (''

shi Shi or SHI may refer to: Language * ''Shi'', a Japanese titles#Shi, Japanese title commonly used as a pronoun * ''Shi'', proposed gender-neutral pronoun * Shi (kana), a kana in Japanese syllabaries * Shi language * ''Shī'', transliteration of ...

'') from sharing names written with the same ''

kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...

''. The name (Fuchū), shared by the cities

Fuchū, Hiroshima is a city located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It was originally the capital of the former Bingo Province. The city was founded on March 31, 1954. Fuchū, Tokyo became a city the following day. As of May 1, 2011, population data, the city h ...

and

Fuchū, Tokyo 260px, Fuchū City Hall is a city located in western Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. Fuchū serves as a regional commercial center and a commuter town for workers in central Tokyo. The city hosts large scale manufacturing facilities for Toshiba, NEC a ...

, is one of only two exceptions (the other being

Date, Hokkaidō is a city in Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Date was established around 1869, and became a city on April 1, 1972. History Remains of settlements from the Jōmon period have been found in the Date area. The Ainu, the native inhabitants ...

and

Date, Fukushima is a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 59,625 in 22,843 households and a population density of 220 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Geography Date occupies the eastern half of the F ...

).Although some other cities, like

Kashima, Saga is a city located in the southern part of Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. As of February 28, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 30,159 and a population density of 270 persons per km². The total area is 112.10 km ...

and

Kashima, Ibaraki is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 67,197 in 28,873 households and a population density of 634 persons per km2. The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 31.5%. The total area of th ...

, or

Yamagata, Yamagata is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Yamagata Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 248,772 in 103,165 households, and a population density of 650 persons per km2. The total a ...

and

Yamagata, Gifu Lake Ijira in Yamagata is a city located in Gifu, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 27,356 in 10,868 households, and a population density of 120 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Geography Yamagata is located in s ...

, share common names when romanized, they are written in different ''kanji''.

Current settlements

, a city in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

, a city in

Hiroshima Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama ...

Fuchū, Hiroshima (town) is a town located in Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of May 1, 2017, the town has an estimated population of 52,056 and a density of 5,000 persons per km². The total area is 10.45 km². It has the headquarters of Mazda ...

, a town in

* , a former town (1889–2005) in

Toyama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Toyama Prefecture has a population of 1,044,588 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,247.61 km2 (1,640.01 sq mi). Toyama Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the ...

, Japan, which is now a district in

Toyama City Toyama may refer to: Places and organizations * Toyama Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan located in the Hokuriku region on the main Honshu island * Toyama, Toyama, the capital city of Toyama Prefecture * Toyama Station, the main station of Toyama, ...

Historical entities

Tsushima-Fuchū Domain , also called the Tsushima domain, was a domain of Japan in the Edo period. It is associated with Tsushima Province on Tsushima Island in modern-day Nagasaki Prefecture. In the han system, Tsushima was a political and economic abstraction based ...

, whose centre was in what is now Nagasaki prefecture *

Hitachi-Fuchū Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Hitachi Province (modern-day Ibaraki Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Fuchū Jin'ya in what is now the city of Ishioka, Ibaraki. It was also known as or Hi ...

, whose centre was in what is now Ibaraki prefecture *

Sunpu Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. The domain centered at Sunpu Castle is what is now the Aoi-ku, Shizuoka. From 1869 it was briefly called . History During the Muromachi period, Sunpu was the capital of the ...

, for three decades named Suruga-Fuchū Domain, whose centre was in what is now Shizuoka prefecture *

Fuchū-shuku was the nineteenth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in what is now part of the Aoi-ku area of Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. History The post station of Fuchū-shuku was also a castle town for Sunpu Castle ...

, a former post station on the Tōkaidō *Fuchū-shuku, a former post station on the

Kōshū Kaidō The was one of the five routes of the Edo period. It was built to connect Edo (modern-day Tokyo) with Kai Province in modern-day Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The route continues from there to connect with the Nakasendō's Shimosuwa-shuku in Na ...

Stations

Fuchū Station (Hiroshima) is a train station in Fuchū, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Lines *West Japan Railway Company **Fukuen Line The is a railway line in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It connects Fukuyama ...

* Fuchū Station (Tokyo) *

Fuchūhommachi Station is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Fuchūhommachi Station forms the western terminus of the orbital Musashino Line from and Tokyo, and is ...

(in Fuchū, Tokyo) *

Fuchūkeiba-seimommae Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation. It is the main point of railway access to the Tokyo Racecourse. Lines Fuchūkeiba-seimommae Station is the ...

(in Fuchū, Tokyo)

Other

* Fuchū Prison (in Fuchū, Tokyo) *

Fuchū Air Base (Tokyo) is a Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) base located in Fuchū, Tokyo. It was originally an Imperial Japanese Army base from 1940 to 1945. After the Japanese surrender it was occupied by US forces and became a US military base known as Fuchu ...

Fuchū-no-Mori Park is a public park in the Sengen-cho region of the city of Fuchū in Tokyo. It is located a little east of the center of the city, close to Higashi-fuchū Station. Facilities * Flower promenade running north and south in the center of the park * ...

(in Fuchū, Tokyo)

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