I have a dream of travelling by train to all 47 prefectures in Japan and experiencing a bit of culture in each. I have travelled to 17 of the 47 prefectures (crossed on the list below), and a few I wouldn’t mind revisiting. When I get some free time (and am not lazy), I plan to map the train routes in Japan (#TrainNerd) to make this dream come true. But for now, here is the complete list of Japan’s 47 prefectures.
Hokkaido / Sapporo – and Otaru, Lake Akan, also FuranoNaganoGifu – Stayed in a ryokan in TakayamaNaraHyogo / KobeGunma / Maebashi – I went to Takasaki in 2019-
Osaka -
Tokyo/Shinjuku Chiba – Narita International AirportIshikawa / KanazawaAichi / NagoyaKanagawa / Hakone and YokohamaWakayama – I stayed in Koyasan on my first Japan trip with my best friendsKyoto – Kyoto is my favourite city in Japan. One day I will live here-
Shizuoka -
Niigata Mie / Tsu – visited Nabana no SatoFukuokaAomoriOita- Miyagi / Sendai
- Kochi
- Yamanashi / Kofu
- Okayama
- Kumamoto
- Shimane Matsue
- Miyazaki
- Tochigi / Utsunomiya
- Yamaguchi
- Ibaraki /Mito
- Ehime / Matsuyama
- Toyama
- Akita
- Fukui
- Tokushima
- Nagasaki
- Iwate / Morioka
- Fukushima / Fukushima City
- Shiga / Otsu
- Koshigaya / Saitama. I want to get a Daruma doll from this prefecture.
- Tottori
- Saga
- Okinawa / Naha
- Yamagata
- Kagoshima
- Hiroshima
- Kagawa / Takamatsu
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