Example sentences for: prefecture

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

  • The prefecture puts its bureaucrats in the fine Renaissance Palazzo Corner (or Ca’ Grande), while gondoliers claim Othello’s Desdemona lived in the lovely late-Gothic Palazzo Contarini-Fasan.

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

  • In the mountains of Tochigi Prefecture, about 150 km (93 miles) north of Tokyo by train, Nikko is the final resting place of Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, who died in 1616.

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

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


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