User blog:The Testcardiologist/Prefectures of Hokusei

Hokkaiji

 * Normally people want to be pretentious and call it "Hokkaiji-Maoka" instead.
 * Kyushima-Okitama, anyone?

Maoka

 * Desolate and a relic of the troubled past with Brussia, it is located directly at the south of Salakhin Island.
 * One half of that island used to be Hokuseiese, though.
 * Imagine Brussia giving the island to Hokusei, let alone half of it. But Brussia is greedy.
 * In a sense, the Sugara of Hokusei.
 * They say it's the smallest in terms of population.
 * Logistics are more complicated, especially since many people in Hokkaiji think their prefecture is just Chapporo and [Hakodate].
 * Famima and 7-11 are recent. 20 years recent.
 * Development is limited to Maoka City and nothing else. In a sense, the prefecture's capital believes that the rest doesn't exist.
 * In the far north, you can see Brussia from Maoka.
 * Because of its location, some signs are even in three languages (Japanese, English and Russian).

Hokkaiji

 * The largest prefecture in land area.
 * The United Republics have Gibraska, Hokusei has Hokkaiji.
 * Instead of Inuits, you have Ainus.
 * You better have an Ainu that fled to Maoka.
 * The southwest of Hokkaiji is more developed than the rest.
 * The capital is Chapporo.
 * That's where the beer of the same name comes from.
 * Skiing is really popular here.
 * Unlike another prefecture I would mention.
 * A land of beautiful scenery.
 * New Rhumb has left the chat.
 * The Hokkaiji police is larger than the Yakuza.
 * There's more Yakuza out there than you imagine.

Aoyama

 * Connected by the [Seikan] tunnel from southern Hokkaiji.
 * Everybody knoews that Aoyama = apples.
 * In the past they used to breed the best horses for samurai.
 * Now they breed the best horses for... uh... horse meat? Is that cannibalism?
 * Aoyama's festival is Nebuta.
 * Don't like it? Go elsewhere.
 * Most people don't even understand each other. That's why they have the crappy Tsugaru accent.
 * Is Tsugaru supposed to be another language?
 * Nobody knows. But one thing is for sure: that isn't even Ainu.
 * Pikotaro was born here.
 * Pikotaro, an international meme.
 * Pikotaro, a national disgrace (for some?).

Akagawa

 * Shin-Chan's grandfather is from here!
 * That's why Hiroshi is into attractive girls, and he lives in Sayama.
 * In fact Akagawa has among the most attractive women of the country.
 * Population of barely a million.

Yamahara

 * Has good cherries.
 * The cherries are so good they named an entire television station after them.
 * Shogi is actually made here.

Iwagaki

 * Whaling is still legal.
 * Dolphin hunting is still legal.

Misato

 * Most people think of Misato as the surname of Mr. Misato from the Karate Kid movies.
 * (He is actually from Okitama)
 * Claims to have the most beautiful women of all of Tohoku.
 * Despite having a designated city by ordinance (Misato) the prefecture has the most aging population out of all of Hokusei.

Kojima

 * Gained bad international fame after the 2011 disaster.

Ibarayama

 * Believed to have one of the best universities of Hokusei (Ibarayama University).
 * Hitachi is from here.

Jyukichi

 * The first Akigawa in Hokusei is buried here.

Gyouda

 * Subaru's factory is here.

Sayama

 * The lamest prefecture of all of Hokusei. (?)
 * Has the country's largest collection of bonsais.
 * Famous for the Red Diamonds.

Senbayashi

 * Saikyo Disneyland is actually here.

Saikyo

 * Obviously, the national capital, and the center of literally everything in the country.
 * Half of everything is like automatically operated.
 * About 12% of the Hokuseiese population lives here.
 * There is a lot of weird restaurants with weird themes
 * Obviously there are also the sumo tournaments
 * Home of the Saikyo Tower, their homegrown Deiffen Tower.
 * Also the Saikyo Skytree.

Kamigawa

 * Represented by the iconic painting, the Great Wave of Kamigawa.

Niihara

 * Has the most beautiful women facing the side of the Sea of Hokusei
 * Niihara City is also a designated city
 * Niihara claims to have the best rice and sake in all of Hokusei
 * A lot of movies are filmed in the prefecture because the calm scenery is attractive.

Miyayama

 * Hokusei's ancient pharmacist.
 * Fujiko F. Fujio is from this prefecture.
 * You made Doraemon, and you don't have an ANN affiliate?
 * Has a glacier.

Ashikawa

 * Your expensive lacquerware comes from here.

Fukusen

 * National dinosaur capital.

Yamanaka

 * Presumably named as such because the prefecture starts at the middle of Mount Fuchi.
 * Has an amusement park named after it.
 * Produces a lot of grapes, peaches and plums.
 * And by extension, wine.
 * The prefecture only has two commercial TV stations, therefore cable TV has such a high penetration.

Nagachi

 * Hosted the Winter Olympics once.

Gujou

 * If you watched Your Name, you have a basic idea of what the rural area is.

Takaoka

 * The other Fuchi twin.
 * The top motor companies (Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki) are from here.
 * Produces a lot of matcha.
 * Has a huge Palesian diaspora concentrated in the western half.

Aishi

 * Toyota is from here
 * Has about 14 festivals
 * Legoland Hokusei

Ise

 * Actually part of Kyokai, but it overlaps with Kankai.
 * Ninjas are from here.

Saichou

 * Has Lake Iwa.
 * The raccoon dog comes from here.
 * Haven't you played Mario games in the past?

Miyako

 * Hokusei's old capital.
 * Nintendo is from here.
 * So does MiyaAni.

Nishisaka

 * Kankai's answer to Saikyo.
 * Some people want it to become Hokusei's second -to prefecture.
 * Nishisaka is considered to be a land of comedians.
 * If Satoru Kamiyama was born in Hokusei, he was from this prefecture.

Harima

 * Has much of the older castles.

Miwa

 * The history capital of Hokusei.

Kitayama

 * A branch of Buddhism is from here.

Torikawa

 * Hokusei's least-populous prefecture.
 * Has the country's largest sand dunes.

Shimaguchi

 * One of the least-populous prefectures, very few people even in Hokusei are aware it exists

Okamine

 * Ever heard of Momotaro?
 * Okamine City is a designated city.
 * Zag Zag drug stores are from here.

Hiroshi

 * One of the two cities hit by A-bombs in 1945.
 * For a while, the city was considered uninhabitable.
 * Hiroshi is a designated city, but has no TXN station.
 * Has Itsukushima, one of the national symbols of Hokusei.

Yamaaki

 * PUFFER FISH.

Shishu
Nobody cares about it

Tokukyo

 * Awadori
 * The Tokukyo Straits Canal has an interesting sea vortex.

Kaki

 * The smallest prefecture by size.
 * Shishu's economical capital.
 * Cécile... il offre sa confiance et son amour

Orihime

 * Has two of the twelve ancient castles.
 * Perfect for cycling.

Kounan

 * One of the twelve castles is here.

Kyushima

 * Also known as Kyushima-Okitama.

Futoshioka

 * Has Kyushima's most beautiful women.
 * Kyushima's de facto capital.
 * Level 5 is from here.

Saga

 * All I know it has a lot of shrines and dependence from the neighboring prefectures

Nagamisaki

 * The other victim of the 1945 bombings.
 * This is the place where Eurdecians first arrived, first the South Matamanians, then the Alliancians.
 * During sakoku times, it was the only exception to the rule.
 * Has a few Atlansian military bases.
 * Has more Christians.

Zomoto

 * Zomoto City is a designated city.

Ota

 * Famous for its hot springs.

Morisaki

 * The only prefecture with an indoor beach.

Kanoko

 * Has an island where fire was first introduced by South Matamanians, and is now housing HAXA's spaceport.

Okitama

 * The de facto tropical capital of Hokusei.
 * Karate is from here.
 * Because of Atlansian occupation between 1945 and 1972, it's heavily influenced by the URA in a few ways.
 * Lots of military bases.
 * Mainlanders: A&W? What's that?