Prefectural Personality Survey

I think the Japanese love to rank things.  The latest ranking came from a survey done by online portal J-Town Net.  The survey was to find out readers' thoughts on which prefectures have people with the best personalities. Here are the results of the 3,836 responses.  

Japanese prefecture ranking of residents with the best personalities

47. Yamanashi (20 votes)
46. Oita (29 votes)
45. Wakayama (33 votes)
44. Shiga (34 votes)
43. Saga (35 votes)
42. Kyoto (36 votes)
39. [tie] Kagawa (37 votes)
39. [tie] Yamaguchi (37 votes)
39. [tie] Aichi (37 votes)
38. Gifu (38 votes)
37. Tokyo (39 votes)
34. [tie] Kochi (41 votes)
34. [tie] Hyogo (41 votes)
34. [tie] Miyagi (41 votes)
32. [tie] Hiroshima (42 votes)
32. [tie] Chiba (42 votes)
30. [tie] Kumamoto (44 votes)
30. [tie] Gunma (44 votes)
28. [tie] Tokushima (45 votes)
28. [tie] Tochigi (45 votes)
26. [tie] Fukui (51 votes)
26. [tie] Ibaraki (51 votes)
25. Nara (52 votes)
24. Toyama (57 votes)
23. Tottori (66 votes)
22. Okayama (68 votes)
21. Ishikawa (69 votes)
20. Kanagawa (70 votes)
19. Saitama (72 votes)
18. Mie (75 votes)
17. Nagasaki (76 votes)
16. Kagoshima (77 votes)
15. Fukuoka (81 votes)
14. Shimane (93 votes)
12. [tie] Ehime (97 votes)
12. [tie] Osaka (97 votes)
11. Niigata (109 votes)
10. Fukushima (112 votes)
9. Nagano (118 votes)
8. Akita (127 votes)
7. Aomori (130 votes)
6. Yamagata (132 votes)

5. Miyazaki (134)
4. Iwate (142 votes)
3. Shizuoka (260 votes)
2. Okinawa (266 votes)
1. Hokkaido (394 votes)

Very interesting! I live in Shizuoka now and used to live in Hokkaido, which are numbers 3 and 1.  I have to say, the people I know in these places deserve this ranking.  If you live in Japan or you've been to Japan or know people from Japan, do you agree?