List of prefectural capitals in Japan

A prefectural capital is a city where a prefectural government and assembly is located.

In Japan, a prefectural capital is officially called todōfukenchō shozaichi (都道府県庁所在地; "seat of a prefectural government", singular: 都庁所在地,tochō shozaichi in the [Tōkyō]-to, 道庁所在地, dōchō shozaichi in the [Hokkai]-dō, 府庁所在地, fuchō shozaichi in -fu, 県庁所在地, kenchō shozaichi in -ken), but the term kento (県都; "prefectural capital") is also used (dōto (道都; in the -dō, but never "futo" or "toto")).^{[citation needed]}