Provinces close to Kyoto, where, of the three capitals, Kyoto and Osaka were located, were in the state of a typical hi-ryogokuchiiki area (where the area was divided minutely, with each piece of area owned by a different person) as in the Kanto region, except Kii Province (present Wakayama Prefecture and the southern part of the Mie Prefecture) and Awaji Province (present entire area of the Awaji island in Hyogo Prefecture).
三都のうちの京・大坂が存在した畿内近国では、紀伊国（現・和歌山県及び三重県南部）や淡路国（現・兵庫県の淡路島全域）などを除いて、関東地方と同様に典型的な非領国地域の状態にあった。