Kamakura, Japan

Kamakura (鎌倉府) is a prefecture of Japan, located directly south of Tokyo. Around the time when Japan first began to train Lilies, the government established several new prefectures, including Kamakura Prefecture. Its boundaries appears to correspond to those of the modern-day Kanagawa Prefecture, which includes the city of Kamakura.

Kamakura is the main locale of many Assault Lily stories, particularly those which take place at or nearby Yurigaoka Girls' Academy.

Trivia

 * Kamakura is a 府 (fu), which is conventionally translated as 'prefecture' but is distinct from the more common term for Japanese prefectures, 県 (ken). 府 originally meant "tax warehouse" and now refers to a particularly important urban area; only two of Japan's 47 prefectures, Osaka and Kyoto, are known as 府. Originally, these special prefectures were governed under different laws, but this stopped in the mid-20th century.
 * Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県), like most Japanese prefectures, is a mere ken.