Political Map of Japan

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Japan political map or political map of Japan provides the location information for all 47 administrative divisions of the country. Japan, an East Asian country, is located on the coordinates of 36º North latitude and 138º East longitude.

Location of Japan
Japan is located between Sea of Japan to the eastern side of the Korean Peninsula. To its north-east is North Pacific Ocean. Japan, an East Asian country, is located on the coordinates of 36º North latitude and 138º East longitude . The land area covers 374,744 sq km and the water bodies cover 3,091 sq km. Japan political map helps to find out the locations of different administrative divisions that make the whole nation.

To the southern side of Japan, lies the East China Sea and Philippine Sea. The water bodies surrounding Japan is shown by blue color on the Political   Maps  of Japan.

Tokyo - Capital City of Japan
Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, is situated at a height of 17 meters above sea level. Tokyo lies on the geographical coordinates of 35º 41' North latitude and 139º 45' East longitude. Some of the nearby places of Tokyo are Marunouchi, Takehiracho, Ichigaya, Nihombashi-Edobashi, Kita-yamabushicho, Otemachi, Muromachi, Nihombashi-Gofukubashi and Hongo. The nearest airports to this city are Tokyo International Airport, Yokota AB, Kisarazu and Shimofusa. Tokyo is depicted on the Japan political map by a red square.

Administrative Divisions of Japan
There are a total of 47 ken (prefecture) in Japan. At the right hand corner below the Political Map of Japan are given the names of the divisions along with number. On the Map of Japan, instead of the names of the divisions, the numbers are given so that the user can easily identify them by looking at the right hand corner box.

These 47 administrative divisions of Japan are given below:

Akita	Nagasaki	Chiba	Kumamoto
Aichi	Ehime	Toyama	Fukuoka
Gifu	Aomori	Kanagawa	Yamanashi
Gunma	Ibaraki	Miyagi	Iwate
Kagawa	Hokkaido	Kyoto	Ishikawa
Mie	Fukushima	Miyazaki	Nagano
Tokushima	Nara	Oita	Hyogo
Okayama	Saga	Osaka	Shiga
Hiroshima	Shimane	Kagoshima	Shizuoka
Tochigi	Tokyo	Tottori	Wakayama
Niigata	Yamagata	Okinawa	Yamaguchi
Fukui	Kochi	Saitama

Apart from   Tokyo -Japan  , there are a few ken (prefectures) and ken capitals that are of importance in Japan. They are,   Sapporo -Japan,   Nagasaki -Japan,   Yokohama -Japan,   Kyoto -Japan,   Nagoya -Japan,   Fukuoka -Japan,   Okinawa -Japan,   Hiroshima -Japan,   Osaka -Japan,   Niigata -Japan,   Nara -Japan   and   Chiba -Japan   to name a few.