Evolution and origin of geographical names in prefectures and counties.

Hokkaido ("Dao") was originally an administrative division of China. Since "modernization", Japan has made a similar division of the whole country on the basis of China's Tang system, and divided the world into "five countries", that is, five countries within the country; Except for the five countries, the whole country is divided into seven roads: Dongshan, Donghai, Hokuriku, Nanhai, Yin Shan, Yangshan and Xihai. Hokkaido Island in the northern part of Honshu Island was not known at first. Because the local aborigine Ainu is called "Xia Yiren" by Yamato people, the island is called "Riccardo Chailly Land". /kloc-At the beginning of the 20th century, the Yamato people began to enter the island one after another. In April of Meiji Yuan (1868), the Jacky-Chuan allied forces of the Tokugawa shogunate surrendered, the Chen Wu War ended and a new government was established. The new government decided to set up a "box court" in Xiayi, and later renamed it "box house". However, the shogunate navy insisted that Ryuichi Sakamoto refused to hand over the shogunate fleet and led eight warships north to Xiayi Pavilion, occupying the "five-sided outline" of the western-style armed castle. 1869 65438+1October 27th, Xia Yi * * * was established, and Bo Ben was appointed as the president. 1On June 26th, 869, Ibn decided to surrender, and Wuling Guo was handed over to Kuroda Kiyotaka, the army staff officer of the government army. After the collapse of Xiayi and the Republic of China, Japan established a new administrative division in Xiayi, and explorer Matsuura Takeshiro proposed six candidate road names to the authorities: "Beikai Road" (? か? ぃどぅ), Haibei Road, Haidong Road, Ridao Road, Dongbei Road and Qiandao Road, the authorities initially adopted the plan of "North Canada Road" ["North" (きた)+). On August 1869, 1 1, the waste box museum was formally established, and an ambassador for the development of Hokkaido was established. The decree 1 1 enabled 86 counties in China. On July/KOOC-0/4, Meiji 4 (/KOOC-0/87/KOOC-0/August 29,), Japan's abandoned vassal counties and Hokkaido's island countries, Tadashi, Tsutsugaru and Fukushima, were established respectively (たて), and on June 28+/KOOC-0/October 20. On February 8th, 1882, Road Pioneer was abolished and Hakodate County was established (はこ? だて), Sapporo County (さっぽろ), Shi Gen County (ね? むろ)。 1886 65438+1On October 26th, due to economic difficulties, Hokkaido Hall was re-established due to the cancellation of three counties, and a 14 branch library was established (now 14 revitalization bureau).

Aomori Prefecture (ぁぉ? もりけん): It originally belonged to the northern part of Lu 'ao. This county is surrounded by the sea on three sides. Since ancient times, there have been many sand dunes in coastal areas, but there are also some places with dense forests. Ships at sea regard this place as a navigation symbol and call it "Aomori", that is, "Turquoise Forest". Originally Aomori-CHO, Tsugaru Prefecture, it was a small fishing village, and later it gradually developed into today's Aomori city. After the abolition of the vassal state, Hong Qian County (ひろ? さき), Heishi County (くろ? ぃし), (ちのへ) Hu Qi County, (はちのへ) Huba County, (と? なみ)。 In the same year, on June 65438+1October 65438+1October 8, the above five counties merged with guanxian to form a new Hong Qian county, which was renamed Aomori Prefecture on October 5/kloc-0 and named after Aomori-CHO. 1872,101On October 24th, the original homeland of Museum County was transferred back to Hokkaido. During the period of 1876, Erhu County was allocated to Iwate County, and the territory of Aomori County tended to be stable.

Iwate Prefecture (ぃわ? Originally in north-central China, Lu China was established independently in 1868. After the abolition of the vassal, Morioka Prefecture was established one after another (もり? ぉか), Jiuhu County (くのへ), Jiangci County (ぇ? さし), Danze County (ぃ? さわ), Guan Yi County (ぃちのせき), the last nine counties were successively changed to Huba County and Sanhu County (さんのへ), and finally merged into Jiangci./kloc- There are always different opinions about the origin of Iwate Prefecture. Legend has it that in ancient times, a group of evil spirits who did evil here were defeated by the gods and left fingerprints on the rocks and vowed never to come here again, so it was called "Iwate". Some people think that "hand" is a metaphor for the trees here, while "Iwate" means "the forests on the rocks are dense, like 10 thousand hands held high" Iwate was originally the main peak name of Aoyu Mountain, namely Iwateyama. 1876 On April 8, 2008/kloc-0, Pan Jing Prefecture was revoked and Northern Territory was incorporated into Iwate Prefecture. After being included in Erhu County and Gifu County on May 25th, the situation in Iwate County tends to be stable.

Miyagi prefecture (みや? ぎけん): In ancient times, a city in China once had a state capital, which was called "Miyagi Prefecture" at that time, so it was named Miyagi Prefecture.

Akita Prefecture (ぁき? たけん): The county name of "Akita" consists of ァキ symbolizing spring and タ symbolizing land. The county name is the same as the county name.

Yamagata prefecture? がたけん): "Yamagata" means "the land beside the mountain" in Japanese. At first, it refers to the town cultivated at the foot of Wangshan Mountain, and later it is considered as the name of a county. The county name is the same as the county name.

Fukushima Prefecture (ふく? In the past, the local floods were very serious. "Low wetland" is called "Shen しま" in Japanese, and its pronunciation is similar to that of "Fukushima", which is a good omen, so it is quoted. The county name is the same as the county name.

Ibaraki Prefecture (ぃばら? きけん): The name Ibaraki is said to mean "a city surrounded by thorns and shrubs". Once upon a time, in order to prevent thieves, people built a wall for the city, but it was named after it.

Tochigi Prefecture (とち? ぎけん): Since the Neolithic Age in Japan, the fruit of oak has been regarded as a precious food. Because the local area is rich in oak trees and acorns, it was named Li Jue (the same as "oak tree", meaning "oak tree").

Gunma County (ぐん? まけん): Historically, people from Chinese mainland lived in this area. Historically, these people were called "Wu people", and the Japanese pronunciation of "the land where Wu people lived" was similar to "Gunma", so it was called Gunma County.

Saitama (? たまけん): It was the seat of the national government in ancient times. To enter Tama, you must pass Ueno. Therefore, there is a saying that "more friction first", and "Saitama" is the homonym of "more friction first". Today, county names govern cities from county names.

Tokyo (とぅきょぅと): Tokyo, Japan was called "Edo" in ancient times and became the capital of Japan after the Meiji Restoration in 1869. Because Japan has "Kyoto", it is called Tokyo.

Kanagawa Prefecture (かながわけん): It is said that there used to be a river called "Kanagawa", hence its name.

Niigata Prefecture (にぃがたけん): is named after a lagoon at the mouth of China Xinnongchuan River.

Toyama Prefecture (today's とやまけん): Qiu Ling, the story of the west of Toyama, is called "Waishan", which is the same as Toyama, hence its name.

Ishikawa Prefecture (ぃしかわけん): Whenever there is a rainstorm, huge stones are washed down Shouchuan, so the downstream area is called "Ishikawa". The county is named after this river.

Fukui Prefecture (ふくぃけん): Zuyuchuan is called "Dofukawa" in this county, so it is Fukui City. The county name comes after the city name.

Nagano Prefecture (ながのけん): The name of Nagano Prefecture is extended from the slender Nagano Basin.

Gifu County (ぎふけん): Gifu City was originally named Inaba City. 1567, nobunaga Oda captured the rice-farming and rice-leaf mountain city and renamed it "Gifu", in order to follow the way of Zhou Wuwang and Confucius and Mencius and unify the whole country. The word "Qi" comes from Qishan, the prosperous place of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the word "Fu" comes from Qufu, the hometown of Confucius, which shows the ambition of nobuyuki. The county name comes after the city name.

Aichi Prefecture (ぁぃちけん): Formerly known as "Wutang City", it means paddy field. The county's low terrain is suitable for paddy field planting. Because the pronunciation of "Wutang City" is similar to "Aichi Prefecture", it is named Aichi Prefecture.

Shiga Prefecture (しがけん): In Japanese, "Shiga" means sand island and wetland. Lake Biwa in the county is a wetland, hence the name.

Hyogo Prefecture (ひょぅごけん): Hyogo Prefecture is an arsenal, and the arsenal built in ancient times to prevent the invasion of Silla and Chinese mainland was in the county, hence its name.

Nara Prefecture (ならけん): "Nara" means "national capital" in Korean. Heichengjing of Japan once prospered here, so it is called "Nara".

Wakayama County (わかやまけん): In ancient times, the area under the old city was called "Okayama". Because the Japanese pronunciation of Okayama is similar to that of Wakayama, it is called Wakayama. In the late16th century, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the military commander who conquered this land, built the city of Wakayama on Mount Khufu. The county name comes after the city name.

Tottori Prefecture: (とっとりけん) It is said that in the Nara era, there were many lakes, swamps and many waterfowl near Tottori City. Tottori, who lives by shooting birds, once lived here, hence the name "Tottori". The county name is the same as the county name.

Shimane Prefecture (しまねけん): In Japanese, both "island" and "root" mean rocky reef. There are many rocks on the Shimane Peninsula in Japan, from which the name of the county comes.

Okayama Prefecture (ぉかやまけん): The sediment brought by Asakawa buried the sea. In the past, there was a small flat land filled with mud and sand on the island, which was called "Okayama" in Japan and named Okayama because of its topography.

Hiroshima Prefecture (ひろしまけん): Lani has formed seven tributaries at the estuary, forming a huge delta, which is also called "Hiroshima" by the Japanese. 1589, the warlord Mao of the Warring States Period settled in the Lany Delta and named it "Hiroshima", hence the name. The county name is the same as the county name.

Yamaguchi Prefecture (やまぐちけん): The entrance of mountains and forests is called "Yamaguchi". Because there is a mountain behind the county seat next to the mountain pass, the county name comes from this. The county name is the same as the county name.

Tokushima Prefecture (とくしまけん): Near Tokushima City, there are the Yoshinokawa Delta and the Yuanlaichuan Delta, which are island-like landforms surrounded by water. If you name them Tokushima, they will become Tokushima.

Kagawa Prefecture (かがわけん): Kagawa Prefecture was established in Nara, Japan, and became the county name in the Meiji era. It means that the river is too long and the grass is flat.

Kochi Prefecture (こぅちけん): The "Hanoi" in Xiamachi captured by Shangchuan and Jiangkouchuan was named "Kochi Prefecture" to avoid the word "river" related to floods, and later became the county name.

Saga Prefecture (さがけん): When Japanese Chun Wu visited Saga, he was deeply impressed by the lush camphor trees and called them "glorious land", and later it was called "glorious capital". Later, there are many small rivers criss-crossing, which will represent the water near the sand under the Japanese pen name "スヵ". During the Meiji Restoration, as part of the implementation of the New Deal, Jia was changed to Saga. The county name is the same as the county name.

Nagasaki Prefecture (ながさきけんん): An ancient fishing village, it was developed as a port by the Golden Gate of Nagasaki in the16th century, with "Nagasaki" as the port name. The name of the county comes from the name of Hong Kong, and the name of the county is the same as that of the county.

Kumamoto Prefecture (くまもとけん): In Kumamoto today, there is an ancient city Kumamoto Castle, hence the name Kumamoto Prefecture. The county name is the same as the county name.

Oita County (ぉぉぃたけん): Oita Plain has many rice fields since ancient times, which is called "Datian". The pronunciation of "Datian" and "Oita" is similar, except for one syllable. It could have been named "Datian County", but it was changed to Oita County for fear of duplicate names. The county name is the same as the county name.

Miyazaki Prefecture (みやざきけん): In the past, the local Ye Yuan was very large. In Japanese, the pronunciation of "Yuanye" is roughly the same as that of "Miyazaki", hence the name. The county name is the same as the county name.

Kagoshima Prefecture (かごしまけん): Kagoshima was called Sakura Island in ancient times. The Japanese pronunciation of "Ya" is the same as that of "Lu". An island surrounded by cliffs has become "Kagoshima".

Okinawa Prefecture (ぉきなわけん) means "a place where many fish can be caught".