Are the province names of Japan translatable into English?


When I travelled, I found I could translate the regions or cities into names
in English,

  * like in German _Burg_ is "castle" so Hamburg might be "Castle of Ham",
  * Novi Sad in Serbia is "New Farmland",
  * Shanghai translates as "Upon-the-Sea".

Do the regions of Japan translate similar? Are there any references to their
English names, for example "region of blossoms" or such?

By provinces I mean provinces like _Hōki, Inaba, Harima, Bizen, Mimasaka,
Bitchū_ , etc.?




Most Chinese and Japanese place names are made of kanji, which is perhaps the
most famous sets of [logographic
characters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logogram) currently in use.
Therefore most Japanese place names can be translated literally, just as
Shanghai (上海) translates to "upon-the-sea" (上 = up, 海 = sea). For example,
[this page](http://ameblo.jp/makoronpop/entry-11494909763.html) has a list of
the literal "translations" of the 47 Japanese prefectures.




Most Chinese and Japanese place names are made of kanji, which is perhaps the
most famous sets of [logographic
characters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logogram) currently in use.
Therefore most Japanese place names can be translated literally, just as
Shanghai (上海) translates to "upon-the-sea" (上 = up, 海 = sea). For example,
[this page](http://ameblo.jp/makoronpop/entry-11494909763.html) has a list of
the literal "translations" of the 47 Japanese prefectures.

