Yamanashi山梨県

Yamanashi-ken·やまなしけん·県 (ken), prefecture

Landlocked, with mountains on every side. Mount Fuji is on its border with Shizuoka.

Facts

Japanese name: 山梨県
Reading: Yamanashi-ken / やまなしけん
Region: Chūbu 中部
Capital: Kōfu 甲府市
Population: 809,974 (2020 census)
Area: 4,465 km²
Density: 181 people per km²
Municipalities: 27 — 13 cities, 8 towns, and 6 villages
Designated cities: None
Districts (郡): 5
Codes: JIS 19·ISO 3166-2 JP-19

How an address here begins

山梨県甲府市…

Yamanashi-ken, Kofu-shi, …

The prefecture comes first, then the municipality. The guide explains the rest of the address, and the map reads any address you paste into it.

Neighbouring prefectures

Every municipality in Yamanashi市区町村

27 local governments, each with its own mayor and assembly. Every one links to its boundary on the map.

Cities市

Districts, with their towns and villages郡 · 町 · 村

A district is a name that groups towns and villages in an address. It has no office and no election. The towns and villages are governments.

Nishiyatsushiro District西八代郡district, not a government
- Ichikawamisato Municipality市川三郷町
Minamikoma District南巨摩郡district, not a government
Nakakoma District中巨摩郡district, not a government
- Showa Town昭和町
Minamitsuru District南都留郡district, not a government
Kitatsuru District北都留郡district, not a government
- Kosuge Village小菅村
- Tabayama Village丹波山村

Boundaries: MLIT 国土数値情報. Population: 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査). Area: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (全国都道府県市区町村別面積調, 2020). Municipality counts are from the boundary data on the map.