ISO 3166-2 codes for Japan cover 47 Prefectures. The first part is the ISO 3166-1 code JP for Japan, the second part is two-digit-numeric. The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. US readers may wish to consider them as the equivalent of worldwide zip or postal codes. Within the Wikipedia, the codes from the country pages link to the pages for the locations they identify.

The names are spelled in accordance with Kunrei-shiki (ISO 3602) Romanization system, Hepburn spelling in brackets.

Coding list

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Decoding list

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JP-01 Hokkaido JP-02 Aomori JP-03 Iwate JP-04 Miyagi JP-05 Akita JP-06 Yamagata JP-07 Hukusima (Fukushima) JP-08 Ibaraki JP-09 Totigi (Tochigi) JP-10 Gunma JP-11 Saitama JP-12 Tiba (Chiba) JP-13 Tokyo JP-14 Kanagawa JP-15 Niigata JP-16 Toyama JP-17 Isikawa (Ishikawa) JP-18 Hukui (Fukui) JP-19 Yamanasi (Yamanashi) JP-20 Nagano JP-21 Gihu (Gifu) JP-22 Sizuoka (Shizuoka) JP-23 Aiti (Aichi) JP-24 Mie JP-25 Siga (Shiga) JP-26 Kyoto JP-27 Osaka JP-28 Hyogo JP-29 Nara JP-30 Wakayama JP-31 Tottori JP-32 Simane (Shimane) JP-33 Okayama JP-34 Hirosima (Hiroshima) JP-35 Yamaguti (Yamaguchi) JP-36 Tokusima (Tokushima) JP-37 Kagawa JP-38 Ehime JP-39 Koti (Kochi) JP-40 Hukuoka (Fukuoka) JP-41 Saga JP-42 Nagasaki JP-43 Kumamoto JP-44 Oita JP-45 Miyazaki JP-46 Kagosima (Kagoshima) JP-47 Okinawa

See also

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• ISO 3166-2, the reference table for all country region codes.
• ISO 3166-1, the reference table for all country codes, as used for domain names on the internet.

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