県庁 and 都庁: Prefectural office and Tokyo government building
Read 県庁 and 都庁 through a guide map received, a building toured and sketched, documents submitted, and a route checked on a map.
Two government-office names
県庁 (けんちょう) means a prefectural government office. 都庁 (とちょう) names the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in these examples. Keeping the specific names matters: 都庁 does not become a generic city hall for every city.
「県庁の入口で案内図をもらいました。」 means “I got a guide map at the entrance of the prefectural government office.” 県庁 names the place where the map was received, and 案内図 is the object received. This is not a statement about a guide as a person or an additional administrative procedure.
A building toured and documents submitted
「古い県庁の建物を見学して絵を描きました。」 means “I toured and sketched the old prefectural office building.” Read the office name, its building, and the past actions of touring and sketching together.
「都庁の窓口へ書類を提出した。」 means “I submitted the documents at a counter in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building.” 書類 is what was submitted; neither its type nor a review result is stated. The name 都庁 does not supply additional legal powers or service procedures.
Checking a route to the named building
「地図で駅から都庁までの道を確認した。」 describes checking the route from the station to the government building on a map. 地図で identifies the map used, and 都庁まで identifies the destination of the route. Checking that route does not establish arrival at the building.
Receiving a guide map and touring the building provide concrete contexts for 県庁. Submitting documents and checking a route provide contexts for 都庁. The central name distinction is the prefectural government office versus the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building; the objects and actions clarify what happened in each sentence.
Which government-office names do 県庁 and 都庁 represent here?
Show the answer and why
県庁 means a prefectural government office, and 都庁 here means the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building. 都庁 is not a generic city hall for every city. Keep the map receipt, building tour, document submission, and route check with the particular sentences that describe them.