Japan

Japan

The capital of Japan is Tokyo and the country is divided into prefectures.

Prefectures.

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

Patron Saint : Francis Xavier, Our Lady of Japan, Peter Baptist

Currency : Yen (Y)

National holiday : Birthday of Emperor Akihito, 23 December (1933)

Highest Point : Mount Fuji 3,776 m

Longest River : Shinano

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