Below, you can learn about Japan by following geographical categories but I have also added complementary thematic pages to learn about Japanese people, Japanese schools, religion in Japan and Magazines in Japan.
You will find below a list of Japan’s 47 administrative areas, with names in English grouped by big region from North-East to South-West:
- Hokkaido
- Aomori
- Iwate
- Akita
- Miyagi
- Yamagata
- Fukushima
- Ibaraki
- Tochigi
- Gunma
- Chiba
- Saitama
- Tokyo
- Kanagawa
- Niigata
- Toyama
- Ishikawa
- Nagano
- Gifu
- Fukui
- Yamanashi
- Shizuoka
- Aichi
- Shiga
- Kyoto
- Hyogo
- Mie
- Nara
- Osaka
- Wakayama
- Tottori prefecture
- Shimane
- Okayama
- Hiroshima
- Yamaguchi
- Kagawa
- Tokushima
- Ehime
- Kochi
- Fukuoka
- Saga
- Nagasaki
- Oita
- Miyazaki
- Kumamoto
- Kagoshima
- Okinawa prefecture
Any specialist of Japan should know this basic list and should be able to place the 47 names on an administrative map of Japan. Do not wait if you plan to be an English-speaking tour conductor, tour guide or travel agent in Japan 
