Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Mie Prefecture forms the eastern part of the Kii Peninsula , and is bordered by Aichi , Gifu , Shiga , Kyoto , Nara , and Wakayama .
Simplified: Mie Prefecture is on the eastern side of the Kii Peninsula . The prefectures that surround Mie are Aichi , Gifu , Shiga , Kyoto , Nara , and Wakayama .