>>The 2 "Fu" is for the 2 capitals of acient Japan :
>>Osaka-fu and Kyoto-fu.

Has Osaka really been capital? When?

> Why don't Nara and Kamakura get distinctions? I guess I can understand
> Kamakura, but why does Nara get left in with the riffraff -ken? ^^

Because just like Kamakura, it's way too small to warrant a special
administrative status at that level.


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