Information about 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. 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, Chūgoku Bank, Tohoku University, etc.). While Japan has eight High Courts, their jurisdictions do not correspond to the eight regions below.
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From north to south, the traditional regions are:
- Hokkaidō (the island of Hokkaidō and nearby islands, largest city Sapporo)
- Tōhoku region (northern Honshū, largest city Sendai)
- Kantō region (eastern Honshū, largest cities Tokyo and Yokohama)
- Chūbu region (central Honshū, including Mt. Fuji), sometimes divided into:
- Hokuriku region (northwestern Chūbu)
- Koshin'etsu region (northeastern Chūbu, largest city Nagano)
- Tōkai region (southern Chūbu, largest city Nagoya, Hamamatsu, and Shizuoka)
- Chūkyō region (southwestern Chūbu, largest city Nagoya, Gifu,and Yokkaichi)
- Kansai or Kinki region (west-central Honshū, largest cities Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto)
- Chūgoku region (western Honshū, largest city Hiroshima, and Okayama)
- Shikoku (island, largest city Matsuyama, and Takamatsu)
- Kyūshū (island, largest city Fukuoka) which includes:
- Ryukyu Islands, including Okinawa
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The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national jurisdictions: one "metropolis" (都 to), Tokyo; one "circuit" (道 dō), Hokkaidō; two urban prefectures (府 fu
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Certain prefectures of Japan are divided into subprefectures. The subprefecture is the jurisdiction surrounding a branch office (支庁
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city designated by government ordinance (a designated city or Government Ordinance City (Japanese: 政令指定都市 seirei shitei toshi or 政令市 seirei shi
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district (郡 gun)
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municipal. The nation is divided into 47 prefectures. Each prefecture consists of numerous municipalities. There are four types of municipalities in Japan: cities, towns, villages and special wards (the ku of Tokyo).
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Special Cities (特例市) of Japan are cities with populations of at least 200,000, and are delegated a subset of the functions delegated to core cities.
This category was established by the Local Autonomy Law, article 252 clause 26.
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This category was established by the Local Autonomy Law, article 252 clause 26.
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A city (市 shi)
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The special wards of Tokyo are 23 municipalities that together make up the core and the most populous part of Tokyo, Japan. Together, they occupy the land that was the city of Tokyo before it was abolished in 1943.
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ku (区), conventionally translated as ward (but closer to "borough" in normal English use), is a district in a large Japanese city. Wards are used to subdivide each city designated by government ordinance, as well as Tokyo (where the "23 special wards" have a
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A town (町; chō or machi) is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture (ken or other equivalents), city (shi), and village (mura).
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A village (村 mura, sometimes son
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Region is a geographical term that is used in various ways among the different branches of geography. In general, region medium-scale area of land or water, smaller than the whole areas of interest (which could be, for example, the world, a nation, a river basin, mountain range,
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Kintetsu Corporation
近畿日本鉄道株式会?
Stock company
Founded September 16, 1910 (Nara Kido Co., Ltd.)
Headquarters 55-1, Uehommachi Rokuchome, Tennoji-ku, Osaka, Japan
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近畿日本鉄道株式会?
Stock company
Founded September 16, 1910 (Nara Kido Co., Ltd.)
Headquarters 55-1, Uehommachi Rokuchome, Tennoji-ku, Osaka, Japan
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Tohoku University (東北大学 Tōhoku daigaku
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Sapporo (札幌市 Sapporo-shi
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Sendai (仙台市 Sendai-shi
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Tokyo Metropolis (東京都 Tōkyō-to)
Capital n/a
Region Kantō
Island Honshū
Governor Shintaro Ishihara
Area 2,187.
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Capital n/a
Region Kantō
Island Honshū
Governor Shintaro Ishihara
Area 2,187.
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Yokohama (横浜市 Yokohama-shi
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Mount Fuji (富士山 Fuji-san
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Hokuriku region (北陸地方 Hokuriku chihō
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Nagano (長野市 Nagano-shi)
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Yokkaichi (四日市市 Yokkaichi-shi
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