Prefectural capital

A prefectural capital is a city where a prefectural government and assembly is located.

In Japan, a prefectural capital is officially called todōfukenchō shozaichi (, "seat of the prefectural government"^?), but the term kento (, "prefectural capital"^?) is also used (dōto, , in the -dō, but never "futo" or "toto").

Notes: ¹ as of May 1, 2008

In most cases, a city that share a name with its prefecture is a prefectural capital. However, there are some municipalities that are not capitals.

Those in italics are prefectural capitals, or metropolitan areas of them.

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