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Originally Posted by sarasi
Kyoto-fu could be called Kyoto prefecture in English- it just has a different name in Japanese, -fu rather than -ken. Tokyo is Tokyo-to rather than Tokyo-ken, but you could still say Tokyo prefecture in this case as well.
Have a look at a good map of Japan and you will see how it is divided into prefectures.
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Oh, I stared at a map for hours. That's what confused me in the first part - trying to figure out why there were wards in some areas, prefectures in others... But thanks!