Example sentences for: prefecture

How can you use “prefecture” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • On the 14th and 15th the city of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture holds one of Japan’s greatest processions of large, colorful floats.

  • Now Florence’s prefecture offices, the formidable edifice set the style for the city’s Renaissance palaces.

  • South of Osaka is Wakayama, a large prefecture whose long coastline and lush greenery have long been a magnet for domestic tourists.

  • Of the Edo-era buildings that have survived or been restored, the most important are the main hall of Kan’eiji and the Toshogu Shrine to the first Tokugawa Shogun Ieyasu — a lesser version of the great sanctum at Nikko, in the mountains of Nagano Prefecture (see page 64).

  • Just north of Kyoto is Fukui, a prefecture long renowned for its unique combination of history and superb natural scenery.


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