Shinchiku Prefecture 新竹州
Shinchiku-shū
1920-1952
The Shinchiku Prefecture government building was constructed in 1915 and now serves as the Hsinchu City Government building
Capital	Hsinchu
Population
• 1941	838.011
Historical era	Taiwan under Japanese rule
• Established	1920
• Disestablished	25 October 1945
• Treaty of San Francisco	28 April 1952
Political subdivisions	1 city (市) 8 districts (郡)
Today part of	Hsinchu City, Taoyuan City, Hsinchu County, Miaoli County

Shinchiku Prefecture (新竹州, Shinchiku-shū) was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese era. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Hsinchu City, Hsinchu County, Taoyuan City, and Miaoli County.

In 1945 (Showa 20), there were 1 city and 8 districts under Shinchiku Prefecture.

The districts are divided into towns (街) and villages (庄)

• Shinchiku Shrine
• Tsūshō Shrine
• Tōen Shrine (now Taoyuan County Martyr's Shrine)
• Byōritsu Shrine
• Chūreki Shrine
• Tōfun Shrine
• Chikunan Shrine
• Taigo Shrine
• Chikutō Shrine

List of notable people born in Shinchiku Prefecture during Japanese rule:

• Peter Huang 黄文雄 (independence activist, social commentator in Japan, chairman of Amnesty International Taiwan in the late 2000s) (born 2 October 1937)
• Sheu Yuan-dong 許遠東 (politician, 14th governor of Taiwan's central bank) (born 22 May 1927, died 16 February 1998 in the crash of China Airlines Flight 676)

• Political divisions of Taiwan (1895-1945)
• Governor-General of Taiwan
• Taiwan under Japanese rule
• Administrative divisions of the Republic of China