Capital Tokyo









While there exist eight commonly defined regions of Japan, the prefecture is the largest administrative subdivision. Japan has forty-seven prefectures. Each has an elected governor and legislature, and an administrative bureaucracy





The archipelago consists of more than 3000 islands, including the four Main Islands (in descending order from North to South): The regions




Hokkaido

Hokkaido





Honshu

Tohoku

Kanto

***Chiba*

***Tokyo

Chubu

Chugoku

***Hiroshima

Kansai

***Kyoto*

***Osaka





Shikoku

Shikoku



Kyushu*

Kyushu

***Nagasaki

***Kagoshima




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Spring (March-May)



Summer (June-August) June the rainy season



Fall (September-November) September signals typhoon season, October brings pleasant, crisper temperatures



Winter (December-February) in Japan is not severe especially on the Pacific coast






Japan Saints

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