Sort prefectures in alphabetic order

About this task

In the base configuration, the State typelist uses typekey priority to make the Japanese prefectures appear in the north-to-south order. Hokkaido has priority 1, Aomori has priority 2, Iwate has priority 3, and so forth. However, English-speaking, non-Japanese users might expect to see the prefectures listed in alphabetic order.

Procedure

  1. Add a State_ja_JP.sort file in configuration > config > Localizations.
  2. In that file, list the prefectures in Japanese and in north-to-south order.
  3. Then do either of the following:
    • Remove the priorities for the prefectures from State.ttx file.
    • Create an empty State_en_US.sort file in the Localizations folder.