A prefectural capital is a city where a Prefectures of Japan, 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

Notes: ¹

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 of Japan, municipalities that are not capitals. *Iwate, Iwate, Iwate, Iwate Prefecture *Ibaraki, Ibaraki, Ibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture *Okinawa, Okinawa, Okinawa, Okinawa Prefecture *Tochigi, Tochigi, Tochigi, Tochigi Prefecture *Yamanashi, Yamanashi, 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. ; ; ; ; ; ;

Notes: :City populations are as of July 2008. :Metropolitan area populations are as of 2000. (Urban Employment Areas)

References

{{Metropolitan cities of Japan Lists of capitals of country subdivisions, Japan, Prefecture Lists of cities in Japan, Capitals