Japanese prefectures
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Japanese prefectures
Found a wiki page that defines and lists all of the prefectures in Japan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan
Links from that page explain what -shi and -machi are, among other things.
I went to Ise in April, so am now sure that I have been to Mie-ken. There are 47 prefectures. I have NOT traveled in the following prefectures:
Aomori
Niigata
Yamanashi
Wakayama
Tokushima
Kochi
Miyazaki
Ibaraki is not on the list because I believe that the Tohoku shinkansen travels via Koga, in the westernmost tip of the prefecture (though it doesn't stop there). So, I've traveled to/through 40 of 47 prefectures.
Anybody else out there keeping count of the number of prefectures they've been to?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan
Links from that page explain what -shi and -machi are, among other things.
I went to Ise in April, so am now sure that I have been to Mie-ken. There are 47 prefectures. I have NOT traveled in the following prefectures:
Aomori
Niigata
Yamanashi
Wakayama
Tokushima
Kochi
Miyazaki
Ibaraki is not on the list because I believe that the Tohoku shinkansen travels via Koga, in the westernmost tip of the prefecture (though it doesn't stop there). So, I've traveled to/through 40 of 47 prefectures.
Anybody else out there keeping count of the number of prefectures they've been to?
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mrw, you are definitely a "stats" guy, and this is no doubt what helps you win at the racetrack. I once worked for a stats oriented person, and after a few yrs. of hearing him ask me repeatedly about "what are the numbers????", I found out he was GC of MLB for many yrs, and it all made sense.
And I have no idea how many perfectures I have been to, but probably not very many. After the trip next yr. I should be able to add a few more though. I wonder which ones they will be.
BTW, could you devise one trip that would cover all the perfectures you have not been to in 10 days? That sounds like a good challenge for you!
And I have no idea how many perfectures I have been to, but probably not very many. After the trip next yr. I should be able to add a few more though. I wonder which ones they will be.
BTW, could you devise one trip that would cover all the perfectures you have not been to in 10 days? That sounds like a good challenge for you!
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No I don't keep count, nor do I keep count of the number of countries I have been to, and having lived, worked and travelled overseas since 1989 its got to be a big number. But for me, its about the journey, not the (number) of destination(s)....
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ok, a distant 15, but counting. been to niigata, lovely place in autumn, great rice and water, so you know what that means. of course aomori, great juicy apples,(they sell for $2.50 each here in hi).
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I am now really curious and will try to name and tally my humble ones up. This is a good geography lesson. I don't think my son has learned this and he is finishing his second yr of Japanese. So i will know something he can learn, always a good thing since of couirse he always knows more about everything than Mom could ever know.
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You got it, emd. I thought of it more as a geography thing (puzzle, problem) and not a numbers thing (however I was a statistician at the census bureau a long time ago, so maybe it is the numbers).
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k: I guess I am technically a sansei as my mother was conceived in Japan but born 8 days after the boat landed in hawaii in 1916. The family was from outside of Tokyo but I don't know if we still have relatives there. I should find out!