is the name of several places in Japan. The name means capital of a province (Kokufu). According to the provisions of the 8th-century Ritsuryō system, there was a fuchū in every administrative province. The placename Fuchū remains in many areas of Japan. In order to avoid confusion and mistakes, Japan tries to prevent its cities (shi) from sharing names written with the same kanji. The name (Fuchū), shared by the cities Fuchū, Hiroshima and Fuchū, Tokyo, is one of only two exceptions (the other being Date, Hokkaidō and Date, Fukushima). Current settlements Fuchū, Tokyo, a city in Tokyo Fuchū, Hiroshima, a city in Hiroshima Prefecture Fuchū, Hiroshima (town), a town in Hiroshima Prefecture , a former town (1889–2005) in Toyama Prefecture, Japan, which is now a district in Toyama City Historical entities Tsushima-Fuchū Domain, whose centre was in what is now Nagasaki prefecture Hitachi-Fuchū Domain, whose centre was in what is now Ibaraki prefecture Sunpu Domain, for three decades named Suruga-Fuchū Domain, whose centre was in what is now Shizuoka prefecture Fuchū-shuku, a former post station on the Tōkaidō Fuchū-shuku, a former post station on the Kōshū Kaidō Stations Fuchū Station (Hiroshima) Fuchū Station (Tokyo) Fuchūhommachi Station (in Fuchū, Tokyo) Fuchūkeiba-seimommae Station (in Fuchū, Tokyo) Other Fuchū Prison (in Fuchū, Tokyo) Fuchū Air Base (Tokyo) Fuchū-no-Mori Park (in Fuchū, Tokyo) See also Ichinomiya Kokubunji Notes