Prefecture - Revision history

DavidB4-bot: clean up & uniformity

2016-07-13T17:47:19Z

clean up & uniformity

2008-04-07T21:14:04Z

Chūbu Region

2008-04-05T23:12:04Z

Shikoku Region

2008-04-05T23:00:35Z

2008-04-05T22:23:15Z

Chūbu Region

2008-04-05T13:40:31Z

Tohoku Region

2008-04-05T04:55:55Z

2008-04-05T04:54:04Z

Chūgoku Region

2008-04-05T04:53:46Z

Kyūshū and Okinawa Regions

Welshman: oops

2008-03-21T10:06:16Z

oops

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-[[Japan]] is divided into a total of 47 '''prefectures'''<ref>http://www.japan-guide.com/list/e1002.html</ref>, created during the [[Meiji Restoration]], with each being further sub-divided into [[municipalities]]. The term prefecture is derived from the translation of ''todōfu<i></i>ken (都道府県)''.
+[[Japan]] is divided into a total of 47 '''prefectures''',<ref>http://www.japan-guide.com/list/e1002.html</ref> created during the [[Meiji Restoration]], with each being further sub-divided into [[municipalities]]. The term prefecture is derived from the translation of ''todōfu''''ken (都道府県)''.
-The 47 prefectures of [[Japan]] are as follows, listed from north to south, per region<ref>http://www.japan-guide.com/list/e1002.html</ref>:
+The 47 prefectures of [[Japan]] are as follows, listed from north to south, per region:<ref>http://www.japan-guide.com/list/e1002.html</ref>
 [[Image:Japan map.gif|right]]
 == Hokkaido Region ==
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 # Akita (秋田県) - The capital city is Akita.
 # Yamagata (山形県) - The capital city is Yamagata.
-# Fu<i></I>kushima (福島県)- The capital city is Fu<i></I>kushima.
+# Fu''''kushima (福島県)- The capital city is Fu''''kushima.
 == Kanto Region ==
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 # Aichi (愛知県) - The capital city is [[Nagoya]]
-# Fu<i></i>kui ((福井) - The capital city is Fu<i></i>kui
+# Fu''''kui (福井) - The capital city is Fu''''kui
 # Gifu (岐阜県) - The capital city is Gifu.
 # Ishikawa (石川県) - The capital city is [[Kanazawa]].
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 == Kyūshū and Okinawa Regions ==
-# Fu<i></i>kuoka (福岡県) - The capital city is Fu<i></i>kuoka
+# Fu''''kuoka (福岡県) - The capital city is Fu''''kuoka
 # Kagoshima (鹿児島県) - The capital city is Kagoshima.
 # Kumamoto (熊本県) - The capital city is Kumamoto.
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 == References ==
-<small><references/></small>
+{{Reflist}}

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 # Gifu (岐阜県) - The capital city is Gifu.
 # Ishikawa (石川県) - The capital city is [[Kanazawa]].
-# Nagano (長野県) - The capital city is Nagano, host of the 1998 Olympic Winter Games.
+# Nagano (長野県) - The capital city is [[Nagano]], host of the 1998 Olympic Winter Games.
 # Niigata (新潟県) - The capital city is Niigata. The name translates as ''new lagoon''.
 # Shizuoka (静岡県) - The capital city is Shizuoka.
 # Toyama (富山県) - The capital city is Toyama. The region is notorious for widespread [[cadmium]] poisoning in 1950, giving rise to the term ''"[[Itai-itai disease]]"''. It translates as ''"Ouch-ouch disease"'' and is derived from the screams of its sufferers.<ref>http://www.kanazawa-med.ac.jp/~pubhealt/cadmium2/itaiitai-e/itai01.html</ref>
-# Yamanashi (山梨県) - The capital city is Kōfu.
+# Yamanashi (山梨県) - The capital city is [[Kōfu]].
 == Kansai Region ==

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 == Shikoku Region ==
-# Ehime (愛媛県) - The capital city is Matsuyama.
+# Ehime (愛媛県) - The capital city is [[Matsuyama]].
 # Kagawa (香川県) - The capital city is Takamatsu.
 # Kōchi (高知県) - The capital city is Kōchi.

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 The 47 prefectures of [[Japan]] are as follows, listed from north to south, per region<ref>http://www.japan-guide.com/list/e1002.html</ref>:
+[[Image:Japan map.gif|right]]
 == Hokkaido Region ==
 # [[Hokkaido]] (北海道) - the northernmost prefecture and the only one to encompass an entire main [[island]].  Capital city is [[Sapporo]].

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 # Fu<i></i>kui ((福井) - The capital city is Fu<i></i>kui
 # Gifu (岐阜県) - The capital city is Gifu.
-# Ishikawa (石川県) - The capital city is Kanazawa.
+# Ishikawa (石川県) - The capital city is [[Kanazawa]].
 # Nagano (長野県) - The capital city is Nagano, host of the 1998 Olympic Winter Games.
 # Niigata (新潟県) - The capital city is Niigata. The name translates as ''new lagoon''.

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 == Tohoku Region ==
-# Aomori (青森県) - the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island [[Honshu]], named after [[Aomori Bay]] (青森湾). Capital city is Aomori City.
+# Aomori (青森県) - the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island [[Honshu]], named after [[Aomori Bay]] (青森湾). Capital city is [[Aomori]] City.
 # Iwate (岩手県) - The capital city is Morioka.
 # Miyagi (宮城県) - The capital city is Sendai.

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 # Gunma (群馬県) - The capital city is Maebashi.
 # Ibaraki (茨城県) - The capital city is Mito.
-# Kanagawa (神奈川県) - The capital city is Yokohama.
+# Kanagawa (神奈川県) - The capital city is [[Yokohama]].
 # Saitama (埼玉県) - The capital city is Saitama.
 # Tochigi (栃木県) - The capital city is Utsunomiya.
-# Tokyo (東京都) - This is the only prefecture referred to as a [[metropolis]] ''to (都)'' rather than a prefecture ''ken (県)''.
+# [[Tokyo]] (東京都) - This is the only prefecture referred to as a [[metropolis]] ''to (都)'' rather than a prefecture ''ken (県)''.
 == Chūbu Region ==
-# Aichi (愛知県) - The capital city is Nagoya
+# Aichi (愛知県) - The capital city is [[Nagoya]]
 # Fu<i></i>kui ((福井) - The capital city is Fu<i></i>kui
 # Gifu (岐阜県) - The capital city is Gifu.
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 == Kansai Region ==
-# Hyōgo (兵庫県) - The capital city is Kobe.
+# Hyōgo (兵庫県) - The capital city is [[Kobe]].
-# Kyoto (京都府) - The capital city is Kyoto.
+# Kyoto (京都府) - The capital city is [[Kyoto]].
 # Mie (三重県,) - The capital city is Tsu.
-# Nara (奈良県) - The capital city is Nara.
+# Nara (奈良県) - The capital city is [[Nara]].
-# Osaka (大阪府) - The capital city is Osaka. The Osaka-Kobe region is also referred to as [[Hanshin]] (阪神).
+# Osaka (大阪府) - The capital city is [[Osaka]]. The Osaka-Kobe region is also referred to as [[Hanshin]] (阪神).
 # Shiga (滋賀県) - The capital city is Otsu.
 # Wakayama (和歌山県) - The capital city is Wakayama.

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 == Chūgoku Region ==
-# Hiroshima (広島県) - The capital city is Hiroshima, infamous as the target of the [[Little Boy]] [[atomic bomb]] during [[World War 2]].
+# Hiroshima (広島県) - The capital city is [[Hiroshima]], infamous as the target of the [[Little Boy]] [[atomic bomb]] during [[World War 2]].
 # Okayama (岡山県) - The capital city is Okayama.
 # Shimane (島根県) - The capital city is Matsue.

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 # Kumamoto (熊本県) - The capital city is Kumamoto.
 # Miyazaki (宮崎県) - The capital city is Miyazaki.
-# Nagasaki (長崎県) - The capital city is Nagasaki, target of the [[Fat Man]] [[atomic bomb]] during [[World War 2]].
+# Nagasaki (長崎県) - The capital city is [[Nagasaki]], target of the [[Fat Man]] [[atomic bomb]] during [[World War 2]].
 # Ōita (大分県) - The capital city is Ōita.
 # Okinawa (沖縄県) - The capital city is Naha.
 # Saga (佐賀県) - The capital city is Saga. This prefecture is famous for its production of [[ceramics]] and [[porcelain]].
 == References ==