Rarest Prefecture of Japan — All 47 Answers Ranked by Rarity

47 answers are accepted for “Name a prefecture of Japan”. Hokkaido Prefecture is the rarest prefecture of Japan in this ranking, with 2,940 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Tokushima Prefecture is the second-rarest with 34,710 monthly Wikipedia views, 11.8× the figure for Hokkaido Prefecture. Tokyo is the most common prefecture of Japan in this ranking, with 1,529,771 monthly Wikipedia views, 520.3× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 47 answers: 5,174,091. Hokkaido Prefecture is under 0.1% of that total. 10 answers are Epic or Legendary: Hokkaido Prefecture (Legendary), Tokushima Prefecture (Legendary), Miyazaki Prefecture (Legendary), and 7 more.

Quick answer

Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).

Ranked answers

47 answers to “Name a prefecture of Japan”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this prompt.
Rank	Answer	Tier	Rarity	Monthly Wikipedia views
1	Hokkaido Prefecture on Wikipedia	Legendary	1.000	2,940
2	Tokushima Prefecture on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.978	34,710
3	Miyazaki Prefecture on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.957	37,472
4	Ōita Prefecture on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.935	39,636
5	Wakayama Prefecture on Wikipedia	Epic	0.913	41,381
6	Saga Prefecture on Wikipedia	Epic	0.891	41,533
7	Kōchi Prefecture on Wikipedia	Epic	0.870	41,818
8	Toyama Prefecture on Wikipedia	Epic	0.848	48,073
9	Shimane Prefecture on Wikipedia	Epic	0.826	49,688
10	Kagawa Prefecture on Wikipedia	Epic	0.804	50,395
11	Okayama Prefecture on Wikipedia	Rare	0.783	51,614
12	Yamaguchi Prefecture on Wikipedia	Rare	0.761	51,887
13	Tottori Prefecture on Wikipedia	Rare	0.739	52,337
14	Fukui Prefecture on Wikipedia	Rare	0.717	52,774
15	Shiga Prefecture on Wikipedia	Rare	0.696	53,447
16	Yamagata Prefecture on Wikipedia	Rare	0.674	54,062
17	Hiroshima Prefecture on Wikipedia	Rare	0.652	54,160
18	Ehime Prefecture on Wikipedia	Rare	0.630	55,042
19	Nagasaki Prefecture on Wikipedia	Rare	0.609	55,902
20	Tochigi Prefecture on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.587	58,921
21	Ishikawa Prefecture on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.565	60,327
22	Niigata Prefecture on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.543	66,165
23	Fukushima Prefecture on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.522	69,534
24	Akita Prefecture on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.500	71,259
25	Gifu Prefecture on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.478	71,924
26	Kyoto Prefecture on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.457	73,105
27	Nara Prefecture on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.435	74,107
28	Kagoshima Prefecture on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.413	74,821
29	Gunma Prefecture on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.391	74,989
30	Yamanashi Prefecture on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.370	76,948
31	Nagano Prefecture on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.348	77,885
32	Fukuoka Prefecture on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.326	79,606
33	Aomori Prefecture on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.304	80,669
34	Ibaraki Prefecture on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.283	82,309
35	Iwate Prefecture on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.261	86,941
36	Miyagi Prefecture on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.239	87,948
37	Mie Prefecture on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.217	93,114
38	Osaka Prefecture on Wikipedia	Common	0.196	94,795
39	Kumamoto Prefecture on Wikipedia	Common	0.174	95,607
40	Shizuoka Prefecture on Wikipedia	Common	0.152	113,539
41	Saitama Prefecture on Wikipedia	Common	0.130	114,256
42	Hyōgo Prefecture on Wikipedia	Common	0.109	115,435
43	Chiba Prefecture on Wikipedia	Common	0.087	115,449
44	Aichi Prefecture on Wikipedia	Common	0.065	165,817
45	Kanagawa Prefecture on Wikipedia	Common	0.043	207,585
46	Okinawa Prefecture on Wikipedia	Common	0.022	392,394
47	Tokyo on Wikipedia	Common	0.000	1,529,771

FAQ

What is the rarest prefecture of Japan?

Hokkaido Prefecture is the rarest prefecture of Japan in this ranking, with 2,940 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).

How many prefecture of Japans are there?

There are 47 prefecture of Japans in this ranking, from Hokkaido Prefecture (rarest) to Tokyo (most common).

What is the most common prefecture of Japan?

Tokyo is the most common prefecture of Japan in this ranking, with 1,529,771 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).

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Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.