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What are the different add on's to Japanese city names, such as "ko" and some others (I don't remember), and what do they mean?

2007-04-20 05:31:51 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel Asia Pacific Japan

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Just to help further describe
There are To(都), Fu(府), Ken(県), Ku (区), Shi(市), Machi or Cho(町), and Mura(村)

Tokyo-To 東京都 which means Tokyo capital
Osaka-fu 大阪府 Which indicates the same general size as a capital, but not being the capital.
Saitama-ken埼玉県 which means prefecture
Shibuya-ku 渋谷区 which is a city ward within Tokyo-To
Mito-shi水戸市 which is a city in the Ibaraki prefecture or Ibaraki-ken
Ohyama-cho or sometime read machi 大山町 which means town
Then there are the little villages way out in the country sides called mura, like Minami-mura 南村

2007-04-20 08:47:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

Tokyo-to has the same powers as a prefecture and is the only administrative "to". Hence there are "shi", as in cities within Tokyo-to and Governor Ichihara runs Tokyo-to from the very impressive Tocho building. Osaka and Kyoto are "fu" which means they have a bit more autonomy than a plain old "shi".

2007-04-20 14:39:14 · answer #2 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 1 0

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