Visited Japan Prefectures Map & Blank Map Coloring | Completion Rate, Travel Score, Custom Color Maps & Choropleths Saved as Images (Free, No Sign-Up)
The Visited Prefectures Map lets you tap prefectures on a blank map of Japan to color them in. In “Visited Map” mode you color each prefecture in 5 levels — lived (5 pts), stayed (4), visited (3), stopped by (2), passed through (1) — and see how many prefectures you’ve been to, your completion rate, your travel score (out of 235) and title, completion by region, and unvisited prefectures next to ones you’ve been to that make easy next trips. In “Color Map” mode you color the map with groups whose names and colors you choose (up to 8 colors). In “Color by Value” mode, per-prefecture numbers pasted from Excel are split into 2–7 classes using natural breaks (Jenks), quantiles, or equal intervals to make a choropleth map. Every mode can be saved as an image (PNG or SVG) with a title and legend, and shared by URL.
Color in 5 levels from lived to passed through, and get your completion rate and travel score
Tap the map to color
Pick a color above, then tap a prefecture. Tap again with the same color to undo. Small prefectures can also be picked from the list below the map.
Tap a prefecture or hover over it to see its name
Completion rate & travel score
“Visited” means stopped by or above (just passing through doesn’t count). The score is the total of lived 5, stayed 4, visited 3, stopped by 2 and passed through 1.
Prefectures visited
0 / 47
0% complete
Travel score
0/ 235 pts
Title: “Journey Just Beginning”
Prefectures stayed in (stayed or lived)
0 / 47
47 more to visit all 47
Completion by region
- Hokkaido0/1
- Tohoku0/6
- Kanto0/7
- Chubu0/9
- Kinki0/7
- Chugoku0/5
- Shikoku0/4
- Kyushu & Okinawa0/8
Easy next trips (unvisited prefectures bordering ones you’ve visited)
Color in prefectures you’ve visited to see unvisited neighbors.
Pick from the list
Small prefectures that are hard to tap on the map (Tokyo, Kanagawa, Osaka, Kagawa, etc.) can be picked here.
Hokkaido
- Hokkaido
Tohoku
- Aomori Prefecture
- Iwate Prefecture
- Miyagi Prefecture
- Akita Prefecture
- Yamagata Prefecture
- Fukushima Prefecture
Kanto
- Ibaraki Prefecture
- Tochigi Prefecture
- Gunma Prefecture
- Saitama Prefecture
- Chiba Prefecture
- Tokyo
- Kanagawa Prefecture
Chubu
- Niigata Prefecture
- Toyama Prefecture
- Ishikawa Prefecture
- Fukui Prefecture
- Yamanashi Prefecture
- Nagano Prefecture
- Gifu Prefecture
- Shizuoka Prefecture
- Aichi Prefecture
Kinki
- Mie Prefecture
- Shiga Prefecture
- Kyoto Prefecture
- Osaka Prefecture
- Hyogo Prefecture
- Nara Prefecture
- Wakayama Prefecture
Chugoku
- Tottori Prefecture
- Shimane Prefecture
- Okayama Prefecture
- Hiroshima Prefecture
- Yamaguchi Prefecture
Shikoku
- Tokushima Prefecture
- Kagawa Prefecture
- Ehime Prefecture
- Kochi Prefecture
Kyushu & Okinawa
- Fukuoka Prefecture
- Saga Prefecture
- Nagasaki Prefecture
- Kumamoto Prefecture
- Oita Prefecture
- Miyazaki Prefecture
- Kagoshima Prefecture
- Okinawa Prefecture
About the map
Boundaries are simplified from jpn-atlas (BSD-3-Clause), based on the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan’s “Global Map Japan”.
- Small islands, Tokyo’s Ogasawara Islands, Okinotorishima and Minamitorishima, and Okinawa’s Daito Islands are omitted. Okinawa is shown in the box at the bottom right at 1.6× scale.
- “Neighboring prefectures” are those sharing a land border (Nagano has the most, with 8). Prefectures separated only by sea, like Fukuoka and Yamaguchi, aren’t included.
- What you color is saved only in this device’s browser and never sent to a server.
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About Visited Japan Prefectures Map & Blank Map Coloring | Completion Rate, Travel Score, Custom Color Maps & Choropleths Saved as Images (Free, No Sign-Up)
The Visited Prefectures Map is a tool for tapping prefectures on a map (blank map) of Japan to color them in. It has three modes. “Visited Map” colors each prefecture in 6 colors — lived (5 pts), stayed (4 pts), visited (3 pts), stopped by (2 pts), passed through (1 pt), not been (0 pts) — and shows how many prefectures you’ve been to, your completion rate, your travel score (out of 235) and title, completion by region, and “easy next trips”: unvisited prefectures that share a land border with ones you’ve been to. “Color Map” colors the blank map with groups (up to 8) whose names and colors you choose. “Color by Value” takes prefecture names and numbers pasted from Excel or a spreadsheet and splits them into 2–7 classes using natural breaks (Jenks), quantiles, or equal intervals to make a choropleth map. In every mode you can save an image with a title, legend and score as PNG or SVG, and share the same map by URL.
How to use Visited Japan Prefectures Map & Blank Map Coloring | Completion Rate, Travel Score, Custom Color Maps & Choropleths Saved as Images (Free, No Sign-Up)
- 1Choose a mode: “Visited Map”, “Color Map”, or “Color by Value (Choropleth)”
- 2In Visited Map, pick a level from “Lived” to “Passed through”; in Color Map, pick a group
- 3Tap prefectures on the map to color them (small prefectures can also be picked from the list below the map)
- 4For Color by Value, paste two columns of prefecture names and values, then choose the classification method, number of classes and colors
- 5Enter the image title and a short note (source, date, etc.)
- 6Save or share with “Save image (PNG)” or “Copy this map’s URL”
Great for
- Color in the prefectures you’ve been to on a map and find out your completion rate
- Compare the number of prefectures visited and travel scores with friends who love to travel
- Find out how many prefectures are left until you’ve visited all 47, and which one to visit next
- Make a blank map with color-coded prefectures for a class, independent research project or report
- Show store locations or service coverage areas on a map
- Turn per-prefecture data such as population, area or sales into a choropleth for a presentation
Good to know
- “Visited” counts “stopped by” and above. Just passing through on a vehicle adds to your score but isn’t counted in the number of prefectures visited or the completion rate.
- The travel score adds up lived 5, stayed 4, visited 3, stopped by 2 and passed through 1 across all 47 prefectures; “lived” everywhere gives 235 points.
- “Easy next trips” are unvisited prefectures that share a land border with prefectures you’ve visited (stopped by or above). Hokkaido and Okinawa don’t share a land border with any other prefecture, so they never appear.
- There are 3 classification methods for the choropleth. Natural breaks (Jenks) splits at gaps between clusters of values, quantiles make each color cover roughly the same number of prefectures, and equal intervals split the range from minimum to maximum into equal widths. If many prefectures share the same value, you may get fewer classes than you asked for.
- The map uses simplified boundaries from jpn-atlas (BSD-3-Clause), based on the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan’s “Global Map Japan”. Small islands, Tokyo’s Ogasawara Islands, Okinotorishima and Minamitorishima, and Okinawa’s Daito Islands are omitted, and Okinawa is shown in a box at the bottom right at 1.6× scale.
- What you color is saved only in this device’s browser (localStorage) and never sent to a server. To open it on another device, use “Copy this map’s URL”.
Questions this tool answers
Use Visited Japan Prefectures Map & Blank Map Coloring | Completion Rate, Travel Score, Custom Color Maps & Choropleths Saved as Images (Free, No Sign-Up) for searches like these:
- Color in the prefectures I’ve been to on a map
- Calculate my prefecture completion rate
- Get a travel score like keikenchi
- Find out which prefecture is closest to visit next
- Color a map of Japan in my own colors and save it as an image
- Make a choropleth from per-prefecture data
- Find the prefecture with the most neighboring prefectures
FAQ
- How do I turn my visited prefectures map into an image?
- In “Visited Map”, choose a level, tap prefectures to color them, then press “Save image (PNG)”. An image (about 1220 × 1370 pixels) is saved with the title, number of prefectures visited and completion rate, travel score and legend in the top left of the map, ready to post on X or Instagram.
- Can it give me a score like keikenchi (a Japanese travel-experience score)?
- Yes. With lived 5 points, stayed 4, visited 3, stopped by 2, passed through 1 and not been 0, it shows the total across all 47 prefectures (out of 235) as your “travel score” and gives you a title based on your score.
- Small prefectures like Tokyo and Osaka are hard to tap
- Use “Pick from the list” below the map to set the level (or group) for each prefecture, listed by region. They’re colored the same way as when you tap the map.
- Can I color a blank map with my own colors?
- Yes. In “Color Map” you set each group’s name and color (choose from 12 colors or any color with the color picker) and color away. You can have up to 8 groups, and the legend and number of prefectures in each group are included in the image.
- How do I make a choropleth map?
- In “Color by Value”, paste prefecture names and values, one prefecture per line (you can copy two columns from Excel and paste them as is). Choose a classification method (natural breaks, quantiles, equal intervals), number of classes (2–7) and colors, and the map, legend and a table sorted by value appear instantly.
- How should I choose between natural breaks (Jenks), quantiles and equal intervals?
- Natural breaks suit showing clearly which prefectures differ, quantiles suit showing rankings (top and bottom), and equal intervals suit showing the spread of the values themselves. If there’s an outlier like Tokyo, equal intervals will put almost every prefecture in the same color.
- Which prefecture has the most neighbors?
- Nagano, which shares land borders with 8 prefectures: Niigata, Toyama, Gifu, Aichi, Shizuoka, Yamanashi, Saitama and Gunma. Next are Saitama and Gifu with 7. In “Color by Value”, “Example: number of neighboring prefectures” shows the neighbor count of every prefecture on the map.
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