Regions of Japan
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The regions of Japan are not official administrative units, but have been traditionally used as the regional division of Japan in a number of contexts. For instance, maps and geography textbooks divide Japan into the eight regions, weather reports usually give the weather by region, and many businesses and institutions use their home region as part of their name (Kinki Nippon Railway, Chugoku Bank, Tohoku University, etc.).
While Japan has eight High Courts, their jurisdictions do not correspond to the eight regions below.From north to south, the traditional regions are:
- Hokkaido (the island of Hokkaido and nearby islands, largest city Sapporo)
- Tohoku region (northern Honshu, largest city Sendai)
- Kanto region (eastern Honshu, largest cities Tokyo and Yokohama)
- Chūbu region (central Honshu, including Mt. Fuji), sometimes divided into:
- *Hokuriku region (northwestern Chūbu)
- *Koshin'etsu region (northeastern Chūbu, largest city Nagano)
- *Tokai region (southern Chūbu, largest city Nagoya,Hamamatsu, and Shizuoka)
- *Chukyo region (southwestern Chūbu, largest city Nagoya, Gifu,and Yokkaichi)
- Kansai or Kinki region (west-central Honshu, largest cities Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto)
- Chugoku region (western Honshu, largest city Hiroshima, and Okayama)
- Shikoku (island, largest city Matsuyama, and Takamatsu)
- Kyushu (island, largest city Fukuoka) and Okinawa
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