About Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located northwest of the Pacific Ocean in northern hemisphere and surrounded by Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Okhotsk, the Sea of Japan, and the East China Sea.
Japan’s main island are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the capital of Japan and other big cities are Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe etc. Japan is divided in 47 prefectures in 8 regions.
Japan is divided in 47 prefectures in 8 regions.
HOKKAIDO |
TOHOKU |
kanto |
Chubu |
| 1. Hokkaido |
2. Aomori 3. Iwate 4. Miyagi 5. Akita 6. Yamagata 7. Fukushima |
8. Ibaraki 9. Tochigi 10. Gunma 11. Saitama 12. Chiba 13. Tokyo 14. Kanagawa |
15. Niigata 16. Toyama 17. Ishikawa 18. Fukui 19. Yamanashi 20. Nagano 21. Gifu 22. Shizuoka 23. Aichi |
KANSAI |
CHUGOKU |
SHIKOKU |
KYUSHU |
|
24. Mie 25. Shiga 26. Kyoto 27. Osaka 28. Hy?go 29. Nara 30.Wakayama |
31. Tottori 32. Shimane 33. Okayama 34. Hiroshima 35. Yamaguchi |
36. Tokushima 37. Kagawa 38. Ehime 39. K?chi |
40. Fukuoka 41. Saga 42. Nagasaki 43. Kumamoto 44. Oita 45. Miyazaki 46. Kagoshima 47. Okinawa |
Language
There is only one official language spoken in Japan, which is of course Japanese. However, many Japanese are able to understand English to a certain extent since English is the foreign language that everyone must learn as part of compulsory education.
Even if you don't understand Japanese, you can still certainly enjoy Japan. But if you know a few everyday Japanese phrases then it will make your trip more memorable few words are given below for your references.