jp-prefecture 0.1.2

Simple utiliti convert name of japanese prefectures.

jp_prefecture.

Japan prefecture names and codes

Simple utility to convert the name of japanese prefectures.

• full_name from/to code (JIS X 0401-1973).
• short_name to full_name
• alphabet_name from/to full_name

Reference

• JIS X 0401 JSON API

Install

pip install jp_prefecture

How to use

from jp_prefecture import jp_prefectures as jp

Conversion

assert ( jp.name2code("京都府")
         == jp.name2code("京都")
         == jp.name2code("Kyoto")
         == jp.name2code("KYOTO")
         == jp.name2code("kyoto")
         == 26 )

assert jp.code2name(26) == "京都府"

assert jp.name2alphabet("京都府") == "Kyoto"

assert ( jp.alphabet2name("Kyoto")
         == jp.name2code("KYOTO")
         == jp.name2code("kyoto")
         == "京都府" )