Yamaguchi Prefecture

Yamaguchi Prefecture (山口県 ''Yamaguchi-ken'') is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan. The capital is the city of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi located in the center of the prefecture. The largest city, by contrast, is Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi. == History == Yamaguchi Prefecture was formerly divided into Nagato Province and Suo Province provinces. It was part of the Mori clan domain during the Sengoku period. After Commodore Matthew Perry (naval officer)'s opening of Japan, clans from Nagato (also called Choshu) played a key role in the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate and the new imperial government. == Geography == === Cities === *Hagi, Yamaguchi *Hikari, Yamaguchi *Hofu, Yamaguchi *Iwakuni, Yamaguchi *Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi *Mine, Yamaguchi *Nagato, Yamaguchi *Onoda, Yamaguchi *Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi (The largest city) *Shunan, Yamaguchi *Ube, Yamaguchi *Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi (capital) *Yanai, Yamaguchi === Towns and villages === These are the towns and villages in each districts of Japan. {| |valign="top"| *Abu District, Yamaguchi **Abu, Yamaguchi **Asahi, Yamaguchi **Ato, Yamaguchi **Fukue, Yamaguchi **Kawakami, Yamaguchi **Mutsumi, Yamaguchi **Susa, Yamaguchi **Tamagawa, Yamaguchi *Asa District, Yamaguchi **Sanyo, Yamaguchi *Kuga District, Yamaguchi **Hongou, Yamaguchi **Kuga, Yamaguchi **Mikawa, Yamaguchi **Miwa, Yamaguchi **Nishiki, Yamaguchi **Obatake, Yamaguchi **Shuto, Yamaguchi **Waki, Yamaguchi **Yu, Yamaguchi |valign="top"| *Kumage District, Yamaguchi **Hirao, Yamaguchi **Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi **Tabuse, Yamaguchi *Mine District, Yamaguchi **Mito, Yamaguchi **Shuho, Yamaguchi *Oshima District, Yamaguchi **Suooshima, Yamaguchi *Otsu District, Yamaguchi **Heki, Yamaguchi **Misumi, Yamaguchi **Yuya, Yamaguchi *Saba District, Yamaguchi **Tokuji, Yamaguchi *Yoshiki District, Yamaguchi **Aio, Yamaguchi **Ajisu, Yamaguchi **Ogori, Yamaguchi |} == Economy == == Demographics == == Culture == == Tourism == == Prefectural symbols == == Miscellaneous topics == ==External link== * [http://www.pref.yamaguchi.jp/gyosei/kenjoho/english.htm Official Yamaguchi Prefecture homepage] Chugoku region Yamaguchi Prefecture Japanese prefectures

Yamaguchi Prefecture

Yamaguchi Prefecture (山口県 ''Yamaguchi-ken'') is a Prefectures of Japan located in the Chugoku region on Honshu, Japan. The capital is the city of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi. Japanese prefectures Chugoku region

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