List of Nakama Prefectures

Prefecture 都府県 Tofuken
Category	Unitary State
Location	Nakama
Number	40
Populations	830,279 (Kitayama) - 12,967,166 (Serika)
Area	2,178 km2 (Matsukawa) - 37,995 km2 (Tomori)
Government	Prefecture Government, Central Government

Shiobara, Serika

Ichihara, Ichihara

Mashikura, Tomori

Suzukake, Suzukake

The Prefectures of Nakama (都府県 Tofuken) consist of 40 prefectures. They form the first level of jurisdiction and administrative division of Nakama. There are total 40 prefectures of Nakama which consist of 1 metropolis (都 to , Serika), 2 urban prefectures (府 fu, Matsukawa Prefecture and Ichihara Prefecture) and 37 normal rural prefecture (県 ken). Previously there is definition of circuit (道 dō) which consist of whole Ogasawara Island which later divided into 2 -ken prefectures Niijima Prefecture and Tomori Prefecture in 1955.

Current administrative division of Nakama defined since the 1907 Constitution of Kurahashi Shogunate which replaced the earlier feudal han (domain) system on Kurahashi Shogunate. Since first definition of Prefecture system in 1907, the division itself changed several times until 1913 where every single han converted into Prefectures.

Each prefecture's chief executive is a directly-elected governor (知事 chiji). Ordinances and budgets are enacted by a unicameral assembly (議会 gikai) whose members are elected for five-year terms.

Prefectures

No	Prefecture	Kanji	Capital	Population	Estimated area (kmsq)	Density (ppl/kmsq)	Region
1	Serika	菜花都	Arakashi	12,967,166	2,182	5,948	Kitaseki
2	Shimazaki	島崎県	Shimazaki	5,967,518	5,163	1,156	Kitaseki
3	Mizawa	三沢県	Mizawa	8,232,155	3,238	2,542	Kitaseki
4	Sumida	墨田県	Koshigaya	4,532,122	7,053	614	Kitaseki
5	Asakura	朝倉県	Kitagawa	2,131,441	7,923	269	Kitaseki
6	Akatsuka	赤塚県	Akatsuka	1,239,311	6,210	200	Kitaseki
7	Nagaoka	長岡県	Shizuya	4,691,084	5,405	868	Kitaseki
8	Kitayama	北山県	Okamura	830,279	7,914	105	Kitaseki
9	Iwaki	岩木県	Kazetani	1,885,011	4,445	424	Kitaseki
10	Matsukawa	松川府	Matsukawa	7,853,930	2,178	3,606	Chūbu
11	Fukuzaki	福崎県	Fukuzaki	2,624,142	3,276	801	Chūbu
12	Miyauchi	宮内県	Miyauchi	3,140,029	8,019	392	Chūbu
13	Ichihara	ー原府	Ichihara	2,844,532	3,728	763	Chūbu
14	Shiozawa	塩沢県	Shiozawa	1,736,211	4,302	404	Chūbu
15	Yamazaki	山崎県	Yamazaki	1,172,016	4,197	279	Chūbu
16	Wangawa	湾川県	Shudo	875,322	7,182	122	Chūbu
17	Nanbara	南原県	Okai	1,591,093	8,682	183	Chūbu
18	Shinko	新港県	Shinko	7,509,322	4,182	1,796	Higashima
19	Hasaki	波崎県	Hasaki	2,820,131	3,208	879	Higashima
20	Ise	伊勢県	Shirahoshi	2,332,441	9,732	240	Higashima
21	Koshikawa	越川県	Sekishu	1,470,471	5,341	275	Higashima
22	Sawane	沢根県	Sawane	1,073,211	5,193	207	Higashima
23	Yahagi	矢矧県	Yahagi	1,434,012	5,276	272	Higashima
24	Noshiro	能代県	Noshiro	1,871,930	7,082	264	Higashima
25	Tsukidate	築館県	Tsukidate	1,445,433	4,583	315	Higashima
26	Suzukake	鈴懸県	Suzukake	4,282,901	4,782	896	Nanbu
27	Shiromoto	城本県	Shiromoto	2,694,855	6,737	400	Nanbu
28	Ishitani	石谷県	Kuwabara	1,658,007	8,971	185	Nanbu
29	Shoyado	小宿県	Shoyado	1,382,191	6,528	212	Nanbu
30	Ishijima	石島県	Numakura	1,658,050	14,196	117	Nanbu
31	Kaizaki	海崎県	Kaizaki	2,651,441	4,920	539	Togan
32	Shimotake	下竹県	Shimotake	1,592,500	4,345	367	Togan
33	Tama	多摩県	Tamagawa	2,561,721	23,029	111	Togan
34	Namiya	奈宮県	Namiya	4,704,910	4,910	958	Nanpo
35	Shiojiri	塩尻県	Shiojiri	2,002,917	13,103	153	Nanpo
36	Nukabira	糠平県	Nukabira	1,467,017	16,740	69	Nanpo
37	Taura	田浦県	Taura	1,029,734	7,281	143	Nanpo
38	Tomori	友利県	Mashikura	4,228,163	40,818	101	Ogasawara
39	Nagarejima	流島県	Toshibashi	1,026,811	18,390	54	Ogasawara
40	Niijima	新島県	Kobayashi	2,022,515	23,302	87	Ogasawara
—	Nakama	仲間国	Serika	118,434,046	332,821	356	—

Regions

The regions of Nakama are not official administrative units, but have been traditionally used as the regional division of Nakama in a number of contexts. For instance, maps and geography textbooks divide Nakama into 7 regions, weather reports usually give the weather by region, and many businesses and institutions use their home region as part of their name.

No	Region	Kanji	Largest City	Population	Estimated Land Size(Kmsq)	Density
1	Kitaseki	北関地方	Serika	42,276,087	49,532	854
2	Chūbu	中部地方	Matsukawa	21,437,275	41,564	511
3	Higashima	東島地方	Shinko	19,956,951	44,597	447
4	Nanbu	南部地方	Suzukake	11,676,004	41,214	283
5	Togan	東岸地方	Kaizaki	6,805,662	32,294	211
6	Nanpo	南方地方	Namiya	9,204,578	42,034	219
7	Ogasawara	小笠原地方	Mashikura	7,277,489	83,050	88
—	Nakama	仲間国	Serika	118,434,046	332,821	356