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883:, an outpost of the Japanese central government. From the Middle Ages, the people in Hokkaido began to be called Ezo. Around the same time Hokkaido came to be called Ezochi (蝦夷地, literally "Ezo-land") or Ezogashima (蝦夷ヶ島, literally "Island of the Ezo"). The Ezo mainly relied upon hunting and fishing and obtained rice and iron through trade with the Japanese. When establishing the Development Commission (開拓使 Kaitakushi), the
437:. The name "Chiba" was chosen for the prefecture at the time of its creation in 1873 by the Assembly of Prefectural Governors (地方官会議 Chihōkan Kaigi), an early Meiji-period body of prefectural governors that met to decide the structure of local and regional administration in Japan.千葉→thousand leaves, hapa became ba and refers to
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on one of the rocks, thus the name Iwate (岩手)→, literally "rock hand". Even now after a rainfall it is said that the devil's hand print can still be seen there. An alternate possibility is that as Iwate has a volcano Iwake-san with explosive boulders,
1792:"- higata (新潟). As there is no record about the origin of the name, it is believed that "Niigata" referred to a lagoon at the mouth of the Shinano River, an inland bay at the river's entrance, or a village that stood on an island within the estuary.
1093:, a devil harassed the local people. When the people prayed to the spirits of Mitsuishi for protection, the devil was shackled to rocks and promised never to trouble the people again. As a seal of his oath the devil made a
1275:. In the area is a tiny stream, both sides of which are freshly smooth as though they had been lathed, then collapsed, after which the water turned reddish brown, kami-na-gawa →神奈川 (god-na sound-river).
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The name of Chiba
Prefecture in Japanese is formed from two kanji characters. The first, 千 (chi), means "thousand" and the second, 葉 (ba) means "leaves". The name first appears as an ancient
2503:– The first kanji, 鳥 (tori), means "bird" and the second, 取 (tori) means "to catch", together tori-tori. Early residents in the area made their living catching the region's plentiful
1852:(碩田国)!', meaning "Land of the Great Fields", later came to be written as "Ōita" (大分)→ big section. Present day interpretations based on Ōita's topography, as well as the
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to the emperor. Homatsu-wake no Mikoto played with this swan and at last learned to speak. Therefore, Yukaha Tana was liberally rewarded, and was granted the title of
1319:- Kochi was originally Kawanakajima (河中島), and has since been twice changed; a monk recommended the name Kawachi (河内), becoming Kōchi (高知)→ high knowledge.
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1230:, an old name of Kagoshima. An early name of Sakurajima volcano, which is encircled by cliffs, was Kakoshima, which became (鹿児島)→ deer child island.
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began building a seaport at the current Aomori City. Green woods near the seaport at current Aomori City, called "aoi-matsu-no-ki-mori" (forest of
1856:, state that Oita's name comes from "Okita", meaning "many fields", rather than "vast" or "great" field, because of Ōita's complex terrain.
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means "herd of horses". Ancient Gunma was a center of horse trading and breeding, as well as stables for the emperor. (群馬)→herd of horses.
433:. The branch of the Taira adopted the name and became the Chiba clan, and held strong influence over the area of the prefecture until the
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established in the eighth century. The emperor's observation outpost called Miya-no-shiro became (宮城)→ palace castle. Site of
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root/origin", or "origin of the bear". There are no bears in the area, the name actually refers to either a bend in the river
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means "thorn bush castle". The first character is pronounced "ibara" when by itself, and plants bearing thorns, probably
2171:. They were unified into Shiga Prefecture in September 1872. "Shiga Prefecture" was named after "Shiga District" because
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means "rock hand". There are several theories about the origin of the name "Iwate", but the most well-known is the tale
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his headquarters and residence. The name was derived from an ancient
Chinese poem. The first character comes from
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272:, now a protected area, is all that remains of the earlier Ayuchi-gata. It became Aichi (愛知)→ love knowledge.
425:, or regional command office, as the Chiba Kuni no Miyatsuko (千葉国造). The name was adopted by a branch of the
1848:, and saw the very first rice crop in Japan, exclaiming 'This is a vast land, indeed. It shall be known as
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on his way back from conquering the eastern regions in the 8th century, when he complained my leg hurts "
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2228:– The current Shimane prefecture was divided into three parts:
2576:, (外山) "far-away mountain", later became (富山)→ rich mountain.
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http://www.gojapango.com/travel/japanese_prefectures_list.htm
1731:, so they had to stomp them down to clear the space, meaning
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administration created the first prefectures to replace the
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http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/japan_prefectures.htm
940:, changed to kyo no ko, and finally to Hyogo (兵庫)→military-
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trees, the name was chosen in 1871 (山梨)→ mountain pear.
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to become (沖縄)→open sea rope. In 754 the Chinese monk
1743:, when the imperial capital was established in 710 at
826:"collect all islands" but now reads (広島)→wide-island.
1425:- For most of its history, the city of Kyoto was the
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means "mountain shape". A place that has mountains
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means "East Capital". Tokyo was originally known as
2122:, but the kanji reading has become (埼玉)→cape-jewel.
1735:. Another theory suggests that Nara is derived from
879:(710–1185), people in Hokkaido conducted trade with
252:means "love knowledge". In the third volume of the
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1723:– The folk etymology claims that when soldiers of
1360:- The current kanji for Kumamoto literally means "
2413:, and wanted a lucky name (徳島)→ virtuous island.
2309:was changed, so it now reads (静岡) → silent hill.
663:means "good fortune island". Strong winds blow (
1151:had many fragrant flowers (香川)→ fragrant river.
268:is the original form of the name Aichi, and the
2179:near the emperor's city, there were many rocks
1950:means good fishing place offshore-changed from
740:. Gifu (岐阜)→ can be read as forked road-mound.
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366:"Blue Forest" or "Young Forest". During the
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728:(岐山), a legendary mountain, capital of the
2572:means "rich mountain". It was originally
2519:, visits the empress. The imperial Prince
932:– This was the location of the government
887:introduced a new name. After exploration,
569:, later changed to Fukui (福井) → good luck
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1380:, a mythical people of ancient Japan.
1897:- Okayama city has several mountains-
1218:mountain (island) or an island where
1208:who was enshrined there was built in
512:, and means "beautiful maiden" (愛媛).
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2409:of Tokushima, built his castle on a
1212:Mountain, or that Kagoshima means a
2167:, eight prefectures were formed in
2069:, the kanji was changed during the
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1376:(wetland), or is derived from the
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313:means "autumn rice paddy". It was
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2853:A New Life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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1633:means "long field". Originally
565:in 1601 as "luck staying here"
1429:of Japan, kyo no Miyako later
325:, good place for a rice crop.
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1958:reached Japan. His biography
1100:iwa ga deru iwaderu (deguchi)
2822:"Provinces and prefectures"
2165:abolition of the han system
2073:(佐賀)→help congratulations.
1592:was here (宮崎)→shrine cape.
1222:lives, Kagoshima came from
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1226:, which is encircled by
736:(曲阜), the birthplace of
2851:Dening, Walter (1904).
2771:means "mountain pear" (
1102:Iwate (岩手)→(crag-hand)
74:administrative division
2303:Shizuhatoyama - humoto
2246:Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
1637:, a long flat land or
1032:was a river with many
435:Azuchi–Momoyama period
2855:. Tokyo: Kyobun-kwan.
2301:means "quiet hill".
824:hiroi hiroku atsumeru
441:, which is used like
2902:Prefectures of Japan
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2256:= island mountain),
718:conquered the region
616:Battle of Sekigahara
445:and can be eaten as
150:and one "metropolis"
2458:(江戸), which means "
1961:Tō Daiwajō Tōseiden
1838:Chronicles of Bungo
1486:" like three layer
1036:(石川)→ stone river.
563:Matsudaira Hideyasu
553:means a "good luck
256:there is a poem by
187:List of prefectures
2826:Japan encyclopedia
2634:Toyotomi Hideyoshi
2529:Tottori no Miyakko
2258:shimano ue ni mine
2181:ishi ga aru tokoro
1905:and Oka-yama (岡山)→
1366:kawa no magarikado
889:Takeshiro Matsuura
270:Fujimae tidal flat
181:provinces of Japan
176:Fuhanken sanchisei
2837:Dening 1904: 147.
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2683:yama no aru chiho
2250:Shimane peninsula
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1372:was changed from
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502:Izanami-no-Mikoto
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2636:came from
2632:. In 1585
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2561:Toyama-ken
2399:– In 1585
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302:Akita-ken
254:Man'yōshū
241:Aichi-ken
193:etymology
183:in 1868.
33:Todōfuken
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2788:See also
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2590:Wakayama
2574:Sotoyama
2443:Tokyo-to
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2116:Tamagawa
2059:Sakagawa
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1997:Osaka-fu
1956:Jianzhen
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1244:Kanagawa
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2118:River"
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