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Japan blank map
A printable map of Japan with its 47 prefectures, free to download as SVG, PNG and PDF. Comes blank, labeled, coloured, and with 20 major cities marked. Boundaries from Natural Earth, public domain.
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| Version | What is on it | Files |
|---|---|---|
| Blank | Outlines of the 47 prefectures, no names. The one to print and colour in. | SVG vector, editablePNG 2,000 px wide |
| Labeled | Every unit named where the shape has room for it. | SVG vector, editablePNG 2,000 px widePDF letter size |
| Colored | Named, with neighbouring regions in different tints so borders read at a glance. | SVG vector, editable |
| With cities | Named, plus 20 capitals and major cities as dots. | SVG vector, editable |
The 47 prefectures on the map
First-level subdivisions of Japan as Natural Earth records them. 30 of 47 are named on the labeled map; the rest are too small to carry a name at print size and are listed here instead.
- Aichi Prefecture
- Akita Prefecture
- Aomori Prefecture
- Chiba Prefecture
- Ehime Prefecture
- Fukui Prefecture
- Fukuoka Prefecture
- Fukushima Prefecture
- Gifu Prefecture
- Gunma Prefecture
- Hiroshima Prefecture
- Hokkaidō
- Hyōgo Prefecture
- Ibaraki Prefecture
- Ishikawa Prefecture
- Iwate Prefecture
- Kagawa Prefecture
- Kagoshima Prefecture
- Kanagawa Prefecture
- Kumamoto Prefecture
- Kyōto Prefecture
- Kōchi Prefecture
- Mie Prefecture
- Miyagi Prefecture
- Miyazaki Prefecture
- Nagano Prefecture
- Nagasaki Prefecture
- Nara Prefecture
- Niigata Prefecture
- Okayama Prefecture
- Okinawa Prefecture
- Saga Prefecture
- Saitama Prefecture
- Shiga Prefecture
- Shimane Prefecture
- Shizuoka Prefecture
- Tochigi Prefecture
- Tokushima Prefecture
- Tokyo
- Tottori Prefecture
- Toyama Prefecture
- Wakayama Prefecture
- Yamagata Prefecture
- Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Yamanashi Prefecture
- Ōita Prefecture
- Ōsaka Prefecture
Cities on the "with cities" version
Capitals as filled dots, other major cities as open dots, ranked by population from Natural Earth's populated places.
Tokyo, Kyoto, Ōsaka, Yokohama, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sapporo, Sendai, Hiroshima, Kōbe, Kawasaki, Kitakyūshū, Hamamatsu, Naha, Okayama, Kumamoto, Shizuoka, Utsunomiya, Nagano, Hachiōji.
Questions
- Can I use the Japan map commercially?
- Yes. The boundaries are from Natural Earth, which is in the public domain, and the files here carry no licence of their own. You may use them in print, on a website, in a product or in class without attribution, though a link back is welcome.
- Which file should I download?
- SVG if you want to edit the map or recolour regions: every region is a separate shape. PNG if you want to paste it into a document, a slide or a worksheet. PDF if you want to print it at letter size.
- How accurate are the boundaries?
- The map is drawn from Natural Earth at 1:10 million scale and simplified so lines stay clean at print size. It shows where prefectures are and how they fit together. It is not a survey product and should not be used to decide where a boundary runs on the ground.