Hokkaido Prefecture had 14 branch offices called 支庁 (shichō) in Japanese, which is often translated in English as subprefectures. Normally, a subprefecture...

of Okhotsk, and the name Abashiri was changed to the more commonly used Okhotsk during the administrative redivision of Hokkaido's 14 subprefectures to...

addresses. Hokkaidō, the largest prefecture by area in Japan, was divided into fourteen subprefectures. These were formed in 1897. The subprefectures did not...

Kamikawa Subprefectures in Hokkaido, Japan. Abira (merger of Hayakita and Oiwake) Atsuma Mukawa Shimukappu 1869 - With the establishment of provinces...

Iburi Subprefecture (胆振総合振興局, Iburi-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Located in south-central Hokkaido, Iburi stretches...

(根室振興局, Nemuro-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Japan claims the southern parts of the disputed Kuril Islands (known as...

is the name of several places in Japan: Kamikawa Subprefecture, one of 14 subprefectures in Hokkaidō Kamikawa (Ishikari) District, Hokkaidō, a district...

Sorachi Subprefecture (空知総合振興局, Sorachi-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. As of 2004, its estimated population is 373...

Sorachi and Kamikawa Subprefectures, Hokkaido, Japan. As of 2004, the district has an estimated population of 53,011 and an area of 1,497.21 km2, giving...

Sōya Subprefecture (宗谷総合振興局, Sōya-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Its population is estimated to be 77,500 as of July...