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 Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 10:15 pm
i want to explain here prefectures, ku,gun,shi,TOKYO,mura,machi and all sorts of things that make japan very confusing. i cant do it it now but it will come soon and bit by bit.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:32 am
first 地方(chiou) the regions of japan are above prefecture level. this is not included in address. they are: 北海道 Hokkaidou 東北 touhoku 関東 kantou 中部 chuubu 近畿/関西 kinki/kansai 四国 shikoku 九州 kyushu 
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:47 am
prefectures:都道府県 the 都道府県 (prefecture) is included in address. Hokkaido 北海道 Aomori 青森県 Iwate 岩手県 Miyagi 宮城県 Fukushima 福島県 Akita 秋田県 Yamagata 山形県 Nigata 新潟県 Toyama 富山県 Ishikawa 石川県 Fukui 福井県 Tochigi 栃木県 Gumma 群馬県 Nagano 長野県 Ibaraki 茨城県 Saitama 埼玉県 Chiba 千葉県 Tokyo 東京都 Kanagawa 神奈川県 Yamanashi 山梨県 Shizuoka 静岡県 Aichi 愛知県 Gifu 岐阜県 Shiga 滋賀県 Mie 三重県 Wakayama和歌山県 Osaka 大阪府 Nara 奈良県 Kyoto 京都府 Hyogo 兵庫県 Okayama 岡山県 Hiroshima 広島県 Yamaguchi 山口県 Shimane 島根県 Tottori 鳥取県 Kagawa 香川県 Tokushima 徳島県 Kochi 高知県 Ehime 愛媛県 Oita 大分県 Miyazaki 宮崎県 Kagoshima 鹿児島県 Kumamoto 熊本県 Nagasaki 長崎県 Saga 佐賀県 Fukuoka 福岡県 Okinawa 沖縄県 
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:55 am
Are theese the main areas in Japan? or are they the regions?
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:48 am
Ichigo1417 Are theese the main areas in Japan? or are they the regions? what? the prefectures are like states or provinces. the chihou are, ahrd to explain at foreigners, but i think you can understand, each chihou has dialect,the are groups of prefectures that share comon culture and stuff. i do not what you are speaking of otherwise.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:55 am
郡 (gun) are districts.onyl towns and villages have use of districts, cities belong to the prefecture directly. villages and towns belong to the gun and then the prefecture
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 12:11 pm
市 (shi) are cities. they do not belong to gun like towns and villages, but belong straight to the prefecture. villages,towns and cities are all on the same level.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 2:04 pm
Thanks for the info. Now I can figure out where my penpals live!
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:25 pm
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:33 pm
区(ku) are wards. they are big city district. they are include in adress. the are controlled by municipal governing. the handle koseki (i dont have time explain what that is) and taxation. the 23 wards of eastern prefecture of tokyo work differently (i will explain later)
(remeber the name after the ward is city not prefecture)
Abenoku, Osaka
Akiku, Hiroshima
Aobaku, Sendai
Aobaku, Yokohama
Aoiku, Shizuoka
Asahiku, Osaka
Asahiku, Yokohama
Asakitaku, Hiroshima
Asaminamiku, Hiroshima
Asaoku, Kawasaki
Atsubetsuku, Sapporo
Atsutaku, Nagoya
Chikusaku, Nagoya
Chuoku, Chiba
Chuoku, Fukuoka
Chūōku, Kōbe
Chuoku, Osaka
Chuoku, Saitama
Chuoku, Sapporo
Fukushimaku, Osaka
Fushimiku, Kyoto
Hakataku, Fukuoka
Hanamigawaku, Chiba
Higashiku, Fukuoka
Higashiku, Hiroshima
Higashiku, Nagoya
Higashi-ku, Sakai
Higashi-ku, Sapporo
Higashinada-ku, Kōbe
Higashinari-ku, Osaka
Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto
Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka
Hirano-ku, Osaka
Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama
Hyōgo-ku, Kōbe
Ikuno-ku, Osaka
Inage-ku, Chiba
Isogo-ku, Yokohama
Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama
Izumi-ku, Sendai
Izumi-ku, Yokohama
Jonan-ku, Fukuoka
Joto-ku, Osaka
Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto
Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki
Kita-ku, Kōbe
Kita-ku, Kyoto
Kita-ku, Nagoya
Kita-ku, Osaka
Kita-ku, Saitama
Kita-ku, Sakai
Kita-ku, Sapporo
Kiyota-ku, Sapporo
Kohoku-ku, Yokohama
Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu
Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyushu
Konan-ku, Yokohama
Konohana-ku, Osaka
Meito-ku, Nagoya
Midori-ku, Chiba
Midori-ku, Nagoya
Midori-ku, Saitama
Mihama-ku, Chiba
Mihara-ku, Sakai
Minami-ku, Fukuoka
Minami-ku, Hiroshima
Minami-ku, Kyoto
Minami-ku, Nagoya
Minami-ku, Sakai
Minami-ku, Saitama
Minami-ku, Sapporo
Minami-ku, Yokohama
Minato-ku, Nagoya
Minato-ku, Osaka
Minuma-ku, Saitama
Miyagino-ku, Sendai
Mizuho-ku, Nagoya
Moji-ku, Kitakyushu
Moriyama-ku, Nagoya
Miyakojima-ku, Osaka
Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki
Nada-ku, Kōbe
Nagata-ku, Kōbe
Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Naka-ku, Nagoya
Naka-ku, Sakai
Naka-ku, Yokohama
Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya
Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki
Nakamura-ku, Nagoya
Naniwa-ku, Osaka
Nishi-ku, Kōbe
Nishi-ku, Hiroshima
Nishi-ku, Osaka
Nishi-ku, Saitama
Nishi-ku, Sakai
Nishi-ku, Sapporo
Nishi-ku, Yokohama
Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto
Nishinari-ku, Osaka
Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka
Omiya-ku, Saitama
Saeki-ku, Hiroshima
Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki
Sakae-ku, Yokohama
Sakai-ku, Sakai
Sakura-ku, Saitama
Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
Sawara-ku, Fukuoka
Seya-ku, Yokohama
Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka
Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo
Showa-ku, Nagoya
Suma-ku, Kōbe
Suminoe-ku, Osaka
Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
Suruga-ku, Shizuoka
Taihaku-ku, Sendai
Taisho-ku, Osaka
Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki
Tama-ku, Kawasaki
Tarumi-ku, Kōbe
Teine-ku, Sapporo
Tennoji-ku, Osaka
Tenpaku-ku, Nagoya
Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu
Totsuka-ku, Yokohama
Toyohira-ku, Sapporo
Tsurumi-ku, Osaka
Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama
Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama
Ukyo-ku, Kyoto
Urawa-ku, Saitama
Wakaba-ku, Chiba
Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai
Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu
Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu
Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu
Yamashina-ku, Kyoto
Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
(23 special ward of tokyo not included)
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:35 pm
TOKYO NOT A CITY? tokyo the prefeture was once half of city, now that city is divided into twenty three special wards, each as big as big city. they act as seperate city, eahc ward has it own mayor and assembly. but technically, these are part of one city, actual tokyo, but they are not recognize as such. in west tokyo divided by their largest city, and are name for it. here there are villages and towns too.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:21 pm
map of tokyo prefecture: (東京都の地区） 
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:25 pm
23 special wards 特別区《東京の２３区》 these are technically city of tokyo, even though they function sperate and like own cities (odd concept i to foreigners) 
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:27 pm
cities are divided into city districts.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:27 pm
west tokyo. these parts are named after their largest city (mostly) and have city,village,town and gun. 
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