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List of regions of Japan

Index List of regions of Japan

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. [1]

45 relations: Ōita Prefecture, Ōshima, Tokyo, Chūbu region, Chūgoku region, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Geography of Japan, Hiroshima, Hokkaido, Hokuriku region, Honshu, Japan, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kanazawa, Kansai region, Kantō region, Kōshin'etsu region, Kintetsu Railway, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyoto, Kyushu, List of banks in Japan, List of ecoregions in Japan, Matsuyama, Ehime, Miyazaki Prefecture, Mount Fuji, Nagasaki Prefecture, Nagoya, Naha, Nanpō Islands, Niigata, Niigata, Northern Kyushu, Okinawa Prefecture, Osaka, Prefectures of Japan, Region, Saga Prefecture, Sapporo, Sendai, Shikoku, Tōhoku region, Tōkai region, Tohoku University, Tokyo.

Ōita Prefecture

is a prefecture on Kyushu region of Japan.

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Ōshima, Tokyo

is a town located in Ōshima Subprefecture, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan.

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Chūbu region

The, Central region, or Central Japan (中部日本) is a region in the middle of Honshū, Japan's main island.

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Chūgoku region

The, also known as the, is the westernmost region of Honshū, the largest island of Japan.

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Fukuoka

is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, situated on the northern shore of Japanese island Kyushu.

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Fukuoka Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan on Kyūshū Island.

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Geography of Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia comprising a volcanic archipelago extending along the continent's Pacific coast.

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Hiroshima

is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu - the largest island of Japan.

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Hokkaido

(), formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is the second largest island of Japan, and the largest and northernmost prefecture.

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Hokuriku region

The was located in the northwestern part of Honshu, the main island of Japan.

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Honshu

Honshu is the largest and most populous island of Japan, located south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Straits.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Kagoshima

is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the south western tip of the island of Kyushu in Japan, and the largest city in the prefecture by some margin.

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Kagoshima Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu.

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Kanazawa

is a city located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Kansai region

The or the lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū.

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Kantō region

The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan.

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Kōshin'etsu region

is a subregion of the Chūbu region in Japan consisting of Yamanashi, Nagano, and Niigata prefectures.

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Kintetsu Railway

, referred to as, is a Japanese passenger railway company, managing infrastructure and operating passenger train service.

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Kumamoto Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu.

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Kyoto

, officially, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, located in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Kyushu

is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands.

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List of banks in Japan

This is a list of banks in Japan.

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List of ecoregions in Japan

Japan is home to a nine forest ecoregions, which reflect its climate and geography.

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Matsuyama, Ehime

is the capital city of Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan and also Shikoku's largest city, with a population of 516,459 as of December 1, 2014.

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Miyazaki Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan on the island of Kyushu.

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Mount Fuji

, located on Honshū, is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft), 2nd-highest peak of an island (volcanic) in Asia, and 7th-highest peak of an island in the world.

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Nagasaki Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu.

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Nagoya

is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan.

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Naha

is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture, the southernmost prefecture of Japan.

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Nanpō Islands

The is a collective term for the groups of islands that are located to the south of the Japanese archipelago.

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Niigata, Niigata

is the capital and the most populous city of Niigata Prefecture located in the Chūbu region of Japan.

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Northern Kyushu

is a subregion of Kyushu.

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Okinawa Prefecture

is the southernmost prefecture of Japan.

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Osaka

() is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Prefectures of Japan

Japan is divided into 47, forming the first level of jurisdiction and administrative division.

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Region

In geography, regions are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and the environment (environmental geography).

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Saga Prefecture

is a prefecture in the northwest part of the island of Kyushu, Japan.

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Sapporo

is the fifth largest city of Japan by population, and the largest city on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.

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Sendai

is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, the largest city in the Tōhoku region, and the second largest city north of Tokyo.

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Shikoku

is the smallest (long and between wide) and least populous (3.8 million) of the four main islands of Japan, located south of Honshu and east of the island of Kyushu.

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Tōhoku region

The, Northeast region, or Northeast Japan consists of the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan.

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Tōkai region

The is a subregion of the Chūbu region and Kansai region in Japan that runs along the Pacific Ocean.

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Tohoku University

, abbreviated to, located in Sendai, Miyagi in the Tōhoku Region, Japan, is a Japanese national university.

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Tokyo

, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.

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Redirects here:

Japanese regions, List of regions in Japan, List of regions in japan, Regions in Japan, Regions of Japan.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Japan

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