Jason Khoh
Day 47: Tokyo Prefecture
The last day of our virtual pub quiz takes us to Japan’s largest and most famous prefecture: Tokyo.
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Jason Khoh
Jul 13, 20201 min read
Day 46: Kanagawa Prefecture
The second-last day of our virtual journey around all the prefectures of Japan has us back in Kanto to visit Kanagawa.
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Jason Khoh
Jul 10, 20201 min read
Day 45: Osaka Prefecture
The last day of week 9 has us visiting the largest prefecture of the Kansai region: Osaka. Its capital also goes by the same name.
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Jason Khoh
Jul 9, 20201 min read
Day 44: Aichi Prefecture
Day 44 has us back in the Chubu region of Japan as we pay a visit to Aichi. Its capital is Nagoya.
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Jason Khoh
Jul 8, 20202 min read
Day 43: Saitama Prefecture
Day 43 keeps us in the Kanto region of Japan as we visit Chiba’s landlocked neighbour: Saitama Prefecture.
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Jason Khoh
Jul 7, 20201 min read
Day 42: Chiba Prefecture
Day 42 has us back in the Kanto region to visit Chiba. Its capital also goes by the same name.
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Jason Khoh
Jul 6, 20201 min read
Day 41: Hyogo Prefecture
On the second-last week we head back to the Kansai region of Japan to visit Hyogo. Its capital is Kobe.
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Jason Khoh
Jul 3, 20201 min read
Day 40: Hokkaido Prefecture
The last day of week 8 has us visiting the northernmost prefecture of Japan: Hokkaido.
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Jason Khoh
Jul 2, 20202 min read
Day 39: Fukuoka Prefecture
Day 39 has us back in the island of Kyushu to visit Fukuoka.
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Jason Khoh
Jul 1, 20202 min read
Day 38: Shizuoka Prefecture
Day 38 has us back in the Chubu region of Japan to visit the prefecture of Shizuoka. Its capital also goes by the same name.
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Jason Khoh
Jun 30, 20201 min read
Day 37: Ibaraki Prefecture
Day 37 has us back in the Kanto region of Japan to visit Ibaraki. Its capital is Mito and the prefecture faces the Pacific Ocean.
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Jason Khoh
Jun 29, 20202 min read
Day 36: Hiroshima Prefecture
The start of week 8 has us back in the Chugoku region of Japan to visit Hiroshima prefecture. Its capital also goes by the same name.
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Jason Khoh
Jun 26, 20201 min read
Day 35: Kyoto Prefecture
The last day of week 7 has us back in the Kansai region to visit Kyoto prefecture. Its capital also goes by the same name.
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Jason Khoh
Jun 25, 20202 min read
Day 34: Miyagi Prefecture
We head up to the Tohoku region of Japan to visit the Pacific-Ocean facing prefecture of Miyagi.
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Jason Khoh
Jun 24, 20201 min read
Day 33: Niigata Prefecture
For the third day in a row we stay in the Chubu region of Japan to visit Niigata Prefecture, which faces the Sea of Japan.
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Jason Khoh
Jun 23, 20202 min read
Day 32: Nagano Prefecture
We stay in the Chubu region on day 32 to visit another landlocked prefecture: Nagano. Nagano is also the name of its capital.
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Jason Khoh
Jun 22, 20202 min read
Day 31: Gifu Prefecture
Today we are back in the Chubu region of Japan to visit the landlocked prefecture of Gifu. Its capital also goes by the same name.
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Jason Khoh
Jun 19, 20201 min read
Day 30: Gunma Prefecture
Day 30 sees us crossing over to Gunma prefecture, which is the westernmost prefecture of the Kanto region.
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Jason Khoh
Jun 18, 20201 min read
Day 29: Tochigi Prefecture
We are in the northern part of the Kanto region on day 29 to visit the landlocked prefecture of Tochigi.
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Jason Khoh
Jun 17, 20202 min read
Day 28: Okayama Prefecture
Day 28 has us in the Chugoku region of Japan to visit Okayama, which faces the Seto Inland Sea.
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Jason Khoh
Jun 16, 20202 min read
Day 27: Fukushima Prefecture
Today we head to the Tohoku region of Japan to visit the prefecture of Fukushima. The capital also goes by the same name.
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Jason Khoh
Jun 15, 20202 min read
Day 26: Mie Prefecture
The start of week 6 sees us back in the Kansai region of Japan to visit Mie, which faces the Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Tsu.
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Jason Khoh
Jun 12, 20201 min read
Day 25: Kumamoto Prefecture
The last day of week 5 has us cross the border to visit Kagoshima’s neighbour: Kumamoto. Kumamoto is also found on the island of Kyushu.
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Jason Khoh
Jun 11, 20201 min read
Day 24: Kagoshima Prefecture
Day 24 takes us to Kagoshima which is located on both the island of Kyushu and the northern part of the Ryukyu Islands.
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