Japan Holiday Destinations

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Japan is made up of 4 main islands:

Honshu (Largest Island)
Kyushu
Shikoku
Hokkaidocities. For the places to visit in Japan, visit this guide or this JNTO guide now!

The 4 main islands are commonly divided into 8 different regions.

Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kansai and Chugoku in Honshu Island
Kyushu in Kyushu island
Shikoku in Shikoku island
Hokkaido in Hokkaido island


a) Hokkaidō (Hokkaido Island)

1. Hokkaidō


b) Tōhoku (North of Honshu island)

2. Aomori
3. Iwate
4. Miyagi
5. Akita
6. Yamagata
7. Fukushima


c) Kantō (Eastern of Honshu island)

8. Ibaraki
9. Tochigi
10. Gunma
11. Saitama
12. Chiba
13. Tokyo
14. Kanagawa

d) Chūbu (Centre of Honshu island)


15. Niigata
16. Toyama
17. Ishikawa
18. Fukui
19. Yamanashi
20. Nagano
21. Gifu
22. Shizuoka
23. Aichi


e) Kansai (West-Central of Honshu island)

24. Mie
25. Shiga
26. Kyoto
27. Osaka
28. Hyōgo
29. Nara
30. Wakayama

f) Chūgoku (Western of Honshu island)

31. Tottori
32. Shimane
33. Okayama
34. Hiroshima
35. Yamaguchi


g) Shikoku (Shikoku Island)

36. Tokushima
37. Kagawa
38. Ehime
39. Kōchi


h) Kyūshū (Kyushu Island)

40. Fukuoka
41. Saga
42. Nagasaki
43. Kumamoto
44. Ōita
45. Miyazaki
46. Kagoshima
47. Okinawa

Each of the 47 prefectures is further divided into


Each of the 8 different regions is further subdivided into prefectures and there is a total of 47 prefectures in Japan: