Japanese Prefecture Ordering
From North to South
There are 47 prefectures in Japan. Usually, they are aligned from north to south, Hokkaido numbered 1, Aomori 2, ..., and Okinawa 47. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications uses this ordering/numbering.
- Hokkai-do
- Aomori-ken
- Iwate-ken
- Miyagi-ken
- Akita-ken
- Yamagata-ken
- Fukushima-ken
- Ibaragi-ken
- Tochigi-ken
- Gunma-ken
- Saitama-ken
- Chiba-ken
- Tokyo-to
- Kanagawa-ken
- Niigata-ken
- Toyama-ken
- Ishikawa-ken
- Fukui-ken
- Yamanashi-ken
- Nagano-ken
- Gifu-ken
- Sizuoka-ken
- Aichi-ken
- Mie-ken
- Shiga-ken
- Kyoto-fu
- Osaka-fu
- Hyogo-ken
- Nara-ken
- Wakayama-ken
- Tottori-ken
- Shimane-ken
- Okayama-ken
- Hiroshima-ken
- Yamaguchi-ken
- Tokushima-ken
- Kagawa-ken
- Ehime-ken
- Kochi-ken
- Fukuoka-ken
- Saga-ken
- Nagasaki-ken
- Kumamoto-ken
- Oita-ken
- Miyazaki-ken
- Kagoshima-ken
- Okinawa-ken
This ordering/numbering is a de-facto standard, so it is recommended to follow this.