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[[File:Regions and Prefectures of Japan.png|thumb|right|Map of the Regions and Prefectures of Japan]]
This is an incomplete list of the '''[[Wikipedia:Prefectures of Japan|Prefectures of Japan]]''' that were featured in the stories of [[Gosho Aoyama]].

== Gunma ==
{{nihongo|'''Gunma Prefecture'''|群馬県|Gunma-ken}} is located in the [[Wikipedia: Kantō region|Kantō region]] of Japan.

=== Suzuki Villa ===
[[File:EP446 1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Suzuki Villa]]
[[Sonoko Suzuki]]'s family owns a villa in those woods that is surrounded by forest. It is only accessible by a very old foot bridge that tends to collapse alot. The villa appeared as the central location in episode 34-35 and made a brief cameo in episode 446-447.
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== Nagano ==
{{nihongo|'''Nagano Prefecture'''|長野県|Nagano-ken}} is located in the [[Wikipedia:Chūbu region|Chūbu region]] of Japan.

=== Arano Hospital ===
It appeared in Red wall murder case.

=== Mansion of Death===
It appeared in Red wall murder case.

=== Sunset Manor ===
[[File:EP219-Sunset Manor.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sunset Manor]]
The {{nihongo|'''Sunset Manor'''|黄昏の館|Tasogare no yakata}} is a huge western-style manor house in the isolated mountains of Matsumoto, six miles from a lonely gas station.<ref>Anime original information. The place is on the invitation, an [[Wikipedia: Rural area#Japan|Inaka Village]] improperly 2 kilometers from [[Wikipedia: Okuno Dam|Okuno Dam]], in the distant Shizuoka Prefecture.</ref> According to Kogoro, it looks more like Dracula's Castle, and up close even more like a haunted house. It once belonged to the multi-millionaire [[Renya Karasuma]], who inherited it from his mother. It was brought two years ago by Shukuzen Ogami, who search for the treasure until Furuyo Senma killed him. It's a Golden Manor, made of gold and painted black, and since Karasuma is a crow-like man, personified his nest.
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== Osaka ==
{{nihongo|'''Osaka Prefecture'''|大阪府|Ōsaka-fu}} is located in the Kansai region of Japan and is the home to [[Heiji Hattori]], [[Kazuha Toyama]], and the [[Osaka Police Department]]. It's not to be confused with its capital, [[Osaka City]].

== Saitama ==
=== Okeyama Hotel ===
It appeared in Tenkaichi Festival Case and it's in the the Saitama Prefecture.

=== Okeyama Station ===
It appeared in Tenkaichi Festival Case.

== Tokyo ==
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As the {{nihongo|'''[[Wikipedia:Tokyo|Tokyo Metropolis]]'''|東京都|Tōkyō-to}} with a population of 13,960,236 (2021), the City of Tokyo doubles as it's own prefecture, encompassing the core city of [[Wikipedia:Special wards of Tokyo|23 specials wards]], as well as 26 additional cities, 5 towns and 8 villages to the west of it, which are known as the {{nihongo|'''[[Wikipedia:Western Tokyo|Tama Area]]'''|多摩地域|Tama-chiiki}}, also referred to as '''Western Tokyo''', extending it to a border it shares with the [[Yamanashi]] Prefecture. This is the metropolitan area often abbreviated as {{nihongo|Tohto|東都|Tōto}} in [[Gosho Aoyama]]'s works and what is often referred to as simply by "Tokyo" in daily use.

== Tottori ==
{{nihongo|'''Tottori Prefecture'''|鳥取県|Tottori-ken}} is located in the [[Wikipedia: Chūgoku region|Chūgoku region]] of Japan. [[Misao Yamamura|Misao]] mentioned his paternal grandmother [[Misae Yamamura|Misae]] lives in Kurayoshi. Officer [[Chosuke Takagi]] was transferred to Tottori to tackle a crime ring. Its capital is [[Wikipedia: Tottori, Tottori|the city of the same name]] which was involved in [[Tottori Sand Dunes Mystery Tour]] as well as the nearby city of [[Wikipedia: Kurayoshi, Tottori|Kurayoshi]]. It's also the real life home prefecture of [[Gosho Aoyama]].

== Yamagata ==
{{nihongo|'''Yamagata Prefecture'''|山形県|Yamagata ken}} is in the north of Japan, being part of the [[Wikipedia:Tōhoku region|Tōhoku region]]. [[Heiji Hattori vs. Shinichi Kudo: Deduction Battle on the Ski Slope!]] and the [[anime]] original [[The Case of the Furisode at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night]] (episodes 379-380) are set there, the latter in a hot springs resort located in this prefecture, the Kotoya Inn. [[Akemi Miyano]] claimed for it to be her home prefecture when she disguised as [[Masami Hirota]] and [[Jirokichi Suzuki's residence]] is modeled after two real adjacent universities in the region. It's also the real life birthplace of [[Gosho Aoyama]]'s mentor and assistant [[Yutaka Abe]], as well as that of screenplay writer [[Yukiko Okazaki]].

== Yamanashi ==
{{nihongo|'''Yamanashi Prefecture'''|山梨県|Yamanashi ken}} is located in the Chūbu region of Japan. The prefecture is landlocked, featuring a fertile central valley, surrounded by many of the highest mountains in Japan.

=== Tokiwa Hotel ===
This is where [[Shukichi Haneda]] claimed his 7th title in a shogi match. 

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