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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, 100 Fine Castles of Japan, 100 Landscapes of Japan (Heisei era), 100 Landscapes of Japan (Sh wa era), 100 Soundscapes of Japan, Districts of Japan, Japan's Top 100 Waterfalls, List of ecoregions in Japan, List of islands of Japan, List of Japanese prefectures by Human Development Index, List of lakes in Japan, List of mergers and dissolutions of municipalities in Japan, List of metropolitan areas in Japan by population, List of mountains and hills of Japan by height, List of national parks of Japan, List of populated places in Japan, List of regions of Japan, List of rivers of Japan, Prefectures of Japan, Three-thousanders (in Japan). Excerpt: The 100 Landscapes of Japan ) is a list of famous scenic sites in Japan. The 100 Landscapes or Views were selected alongside further sets of 8 Views and 25 Winning Sites in 1927, a year after Hirohito became Emperor. The selection was intended to "reflect the new taste of the new era." The nomination and voting process was sponsored by the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun and Osaka Mainichi Shimbun. The landscapes or views are divided into eight classes (1) Coastlines (2) Lakes (3) Mountains (4) Rivers (5) Gorges (6) Waterfalls (7) Onsen (8) Plains. Many of these landscapes are now included among Japan's National Parks. Ministry of the Environment - 100 View of Japan The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 first-order subnational jurisdictions on a state or provincial level: one "metropolis" to), Tokyo; one "circuit"/territory d ), Hokkaido; two urban prefectures fu), Osaka and Kyoto; and 43 other prefectures ken). Prefectures are governmental bodies larger than cities, towns, and villages. The former provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures in the 1870s. The chief executive of each prefecture is a directly elected governor chiji)....