postgres Administrative divisions and railways of Japan · History Gateway to knowledge on Japan's 47 prefectures and its Shinkansen and JR lines. /en/concepts/japan-admin-rail-overview/history.html concept_japan_admin_rail_overview concept Administrative divisions and railways of Japan japan-admin-rail-overview Gateway to knowledge on Japan's 47 prefectures and its Shinkansen and JR lines. published category-geography category-transit tag-admin-division tag-rail ja-wiki 日本の地域区分 https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%81%AE%E5%9C%B0%E5%9F%9F%E5%8C%BA%E5%88%86 日本語ウィキペディア・公式サイト, 2026-10-28確認 2026-10-28T00:00:00+08:00 2026-10-28T00:00:00+08:00 user:admin 7 ## Overview This page is the gateway to knowledge on [[place_japan_country|Japan]]'s administrative divisions (47 prefectures) and railways (Shinkansen and JR lines). ## Administrative divisions Japan consists of 47 prefectures; see the divisions section of the [[place_japan_country|Japan]] page for details by region. ## Railway operators [[org_japan_jr_hokkaido|JR Hokkaido]], [[org_japan_jr_east|JR East]], [[org_japan_jr_central|JR Central]], [[org_japan_jr_west|JR West]], [[org_japan_jr_kyushu|JR Kyushu]], [[org_japan_jr_shikoku|JR Shikoku]] ## Shinkansen [[concept_japan_shinkansen_tokaido|Tokaido]] (1964, 515.4 km), [[concept_japan_shinkansen_sanyo|Sanyo]] (1972, 553.7 km), [[concept_japan_shinkansen_tohoku|Tohoku]] (1982, 674.9 km), [[concept_japan_shinkansen_joetsu|Joetsu]] (1982, 269.5 km), [[concept_japan_shinkansen_hokuriku|Hokuriku]] (1997, extended to Tsuruga in 2024, 345.4 km), [[concept_japan_shinkansen_kyushu|Kyushu]] (2004-2011, 256.8 km), [[concept_japan_shinkansen_hokkaido|Hokkaido]] (2016, 148.8 km), [[concept_japan_shinkansen_nishikyushu|Nishi-Kyushu]] (2022, 66.0 km), and the [[concept_japan_shinkansen_yamagata|Yamagata]] and [[concept_japan_shinkansen_akita|Akita]] Mini-Shinkansen ## Major conventional lines [[concept_japan_rail_yamanote|Yamanote Line]] (Tokyo loop, 34.5 km), [[concept_japan_rail_tokaido_main|Tokaido Main Line]] (Tokyo-Kobe, 589.5 km), [[concept_japan_rail_osaka_loop|Osaka Loop Line]] (21.7 km) ## Urban transport See the urban subway and bus overview page ([[concept_japan_transit_overview|link]]). /concepts/japan-admin-rail-overview.html en zh de en fr ja theme en zh de en fr ja concept_kind Theme 1 50 0 0