| DORDOGNE | French department with its prefecture in Perigueux (8) |
| INDRE | French department with Chateauroux as its capital |
| COTEDOR | French department with capital Dijon |
| TSUSHIMA | Largest island of Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture, in the Korea Strait between Japan and South Korea (8) |
| CHARTRES | Prefecture of the Eureet-Loir department in France, renowned for its cathedral (8) |
| TOULOUSE | Prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department in France (8) |
| FUKUYAMA | City in Japan, in Hiroshima Prefecture on Honshu Island (8) |
| YVELINES | Department of N France; prefecture Versailles (8) |
| LAKEBIWA | The largest freshwater lake in Japan, located in Shiga prefecture, west-central Honshu. (4,4) |
| NAHA | Capital of the Okinawa Prefecture in Japan (4) |
| KOFU | Capital city of Yamanashi Prefecture in Honshu, Japan (4) |
| YOKOHAMA | The second largest city in Japan, capital of Kanagawa prefecture |
| GIFU | Landlocked prefecture in Honshu noted for cormorant fishing along the Nagara River (4) |
| BESANCON | Prefecture of Doubs, France; main site of the University of Franche-Comte (8) |
| GIRONDE | French department whose prefecture is Bordeaux (7) |
| BEPPU | City in Oita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan, noted for its hot springs |
| ALBI | Town in France; prefecture of Tarn department (4) |
| YAMECHA | Japanese green tea grown in the Fukuoka prefecture / Worker in ... |
| CARCASSONNE | Town in S France; prefecture of Aude department (11) |
| LOIRETCHER | Blois is the prefecture of this French department, named after two rivers which cross it |
