During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, as part of their assimilation policy, Japanese governors advocated for the changing of English and Chinese place names of streets and buildings into Japanese, the official lingua franca. This is a partial list of all street names changed during the Japanese occupation; due to incomplete historical data, it is difficult to verify some place names in the table according to phonetic or transcript.
Administrative divisions
Hong Kong Original NameNameKanjiFung, Chi Ming. (2005). Reluctant heroes: rickshaw pullers in Hong Kong and Canton, 1874-1954. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-962-209-734-6, 9789622097346. p.130, 135.Notes()Hong Kong Occupied Territory Honkon-senryochiHong Kong Region Honkon-chikuNow ()
Districts DistrictNameKanjiNotesNaka-kuNow Central District ()Nishi-kuNow Sheung Wan ()Mizuki-kuNow Sai Ying Pun ()Kuramae-kuNow Shek Tong Tsui ()Sanno-kuNow Kennedy Town ()Higashi-kuNow Wan Chai ()Kasuga-kuNow Canal Road ()Aoba-kuNow Happy Valley ()Dorawan-kuNow Causeway Bay ()Shokiwan-kuNow Shau Kei Wan () and North Point ()Motominato-kuNow Aberdeen () and Pok Fu Lam ()Sekichū-kuNow Stanley ()Minato-kuNow Tsim Sha Tsui ()Yamashita-kuNow Hung Hom ()Katori-kuNow Yau Ma Tei ()Daikaku-kuNow Tai Kok Tsui () and Mong Kok ()Aoyama-kuNow Sham Shui Po ()Kajima-ku, Kashima-kuNow Kowloon Tong ()Moto-kuNow Kowloon City ()Keitoku-kuNow East Kowloon ()Senwan-kuNow Tsuen Wan ()Saiko-kuNow Sai Kung District ()Shaden-kuNow Sha Tin ()Taiho-kuNow Tai Po ()Josui-kuNow Sheung Shui () and Fanling ()Shinden-kuNow New Territories North ()Shatokaku-kuNow Sha Tau Kok ()Genro-kuNow Yuen Long () and Tuen Mun ()
Location names
Hong Kong Island NameKanjiNotesNioigamineNow Victoria Peak ()Honkon-kōNow Victoria Harbour ()MidorigahamaNow Repulse Bay ()Midorigahama HoteruNow Repluse Bay Hotel ()ShōwahirobaNow Statue Square () —Now Happy Valley Racecourse ()Taishō Koyen, Now the Zoological and Botanical Gardens ()Sanno-daiNow Kennedy Town ()MotohonkonNow Aberdeen Harbor ()MotohonkonwanNow Aberdeen Bay ()MotohonkonkaikyoNow Aberdeen Channel () Yawatadori-HirobaNow the Southorn Playground () —Now Sulphur Channel () Chuo-IchibaNow Central Market ()
Kowloon NameKanjiNotesToa HoteruNow the Peninsula Hotel ()Kyuriu-KyogijioNow King's Park () —Now Stonecutters Island () —Now Ping Shan () —Now Chung King Market ()
New Territories KanjiNotesNow Kau Sai Chau ()Now High Island ()Now Tiu Tang Lung ()Now Kat O ()Now Lantau Island ()Now Lamma Island ()Now Cheung Chau ()Now Peng Chau ()Now Tsing Yi ()Now Ma Wan ()Now Castle Peak Bay ()Now Ping Shan ()Now Tai Long Wan ()Now Tai Long Au ()Now Tai A Chau ()Now Duckling Hill ()
Street names DistrictNameKanjiNotesHong Kong IslandNishisumiyoshi-doriNow Connaught Road West ()Nakasumiyoshi-doriNow Connaught Road Center ()Higashisumiyoshi-doriNow Gloucester Road ()Nishimeiji-doriNow Queen's Road West ()Nakameiji-doriNow Queen's Road Central ()Higashimeiji-doriNow Queen's Road East () and Queensway ()Nishishōwa-doriNow Des Voeux Road West ()Higashishōwa-doriNow Des Voeux Road Central ()Nishitaishō-doriNow Bonham Road ()Nakataishō-doriNow Caine Road () and Upper Albert Road ()Higashitaishō-doriNow Kennedy Road ()Yawata-doriNow Hennessy Road () and Johnston Road ()Kasuga-doriNow Yee Wo Street ()Higawa-doriNow Causeway Road ()Hokoku-doriNow King's Road ()Izumo-doriNow Conduit Road ()Kirishima-doriNow Bowen Road ()KowloonKatori-doriNow Nathan Road ()Kashima-doriNow Prince Edward Road ()
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