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I found funny site to translate prefectures in English.

There are 47 prefectures in Japan.
Japan use KANJI(letter) and all KANJI has meaning.
If these prefectures translate in English…

Hokkaido…north sea road
Aomori…blue forest
Iwate…rock hand
Akita…autumn rice field
Yamagata…mountain shape
Miyagi…palace castle
Fukushima…good luck island
Ibaragi…thorn castle
Tochigi…horse chestnut tree
Gumma…crowd horse
Saitama…Tip Ball
Chiba…Thousand Leaf
Tokyo…east Capital
Kanagawa…God Apple River
Niigata…New Lagoon 
Toyama…Rich Mountain 
Ishikawa…stone River
Fukui…Good Luck well 
Yamanashi…Mountain Peal
Nagano…long field 
Gifu…Divergence Hill
Shizuoka…silent hill
Aichi…Love Know
Mie…Triple
Shiga…Overgrown With Celebration
Kyoto…Capital Capital
Osaka…Big Slope
Hyogo…Soldier Storehouse
Nara…Apple Good
Wakayama…Total Song Mountain
Tottori…Bird Get
Shimane…Island Root
Okayama…Hill Mountain
Hiroshima…Large Island
Yamaguchi…Mountain Mouth
Tokushima…Virtuous Island 
Kagawa…fragrance River
Ehime…Love Princess 
Kochi…High Wisdom
Fukuoka…Good Luck Hill 
Saga…Support Celebration
Nagasaki…Long Cape
Kumamoto…Bear Book
Oita…Big Minute
Miayazaki…Palace Cape
Kagoshima…Deer Child Island
Okinawa…Offing Rope

What’s your favorite?
My rankings is…
No.1 Kochi 高知…high wisdom
No.2 Ehime 愛媛…Love Princess 
No.3 Kagawa 香川…fragrance River

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