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  2. List of regions of Japan - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Japan's major islands, traditional regions, and subregions, going from northeast to southwest. [13] [14] The eight traditional regions are marked in bold. Hokkaidō (the island and its archipelago) Honshū. Tōhoku region (northern part) Kantō region (eastern part) Nanpō Islands (part of Tokyo Metropolis) Chūbu region ...

  3. Honshu - Wikipedia

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    Honshu contains Japan's highest mountain, Mount Fuji, and its largest lake, Lake Biwa. [13] Most of Japan's industry is located in a belt running along Honshu's southern coast, from Tokyo to Nagoya, Kyōto, Osaka, Kobe, and Hiroshima; [12] by contrast, the economy along the northwestern Sea of Japan coast is largely based on fishing and ...

  4. Tōhoku region - Wikipedia

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    Northern Fujiwara. In mythological times, the area was known as Azuma (吾妻, あづま) and corresponded to the area of Honshu occupied by the native Emishi and Ainu. The area was historically the Dewa and the Michinoku regions, [3] a term first recorded in Hitachi-no-kuni Fudoki (常陸国風土記) (654). There is some variation in modern ...

  5. Hokuriku region - Wikipedia

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    The Hokuriku region (北陸地方, Hokuriku chihō) is located in the northwestern part of Honshu, the main island of Japan. It lies along the Sea of Japan and is part of the larger Chūbu region. [1] It is almost equivalent to the former Koshi Province and Hokurikudō area in pre-modern Japan.

  6. Prefectures of Japan - Wikipedia

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    After the war, Japan was forced to decentralise Tokyo again, following the general terms of democratisation outlined in the Potsdam Declaration. Many of Tokyo's special governmental characteristics disappeared during this time, and the wards took on an increasingly municipal status in the decades following the surrender.

  7. Iwate Prefecture - Wikipedia

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    Iwate Prefecture (岩手県, Iwate-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. [2] It is the second-largest Japanese prefecture at 15,275 square kilometres (5,898 sq mi), with a population of 1,165,886 (as of July 1, 2023).

  8. What we're using: Google Maps while lost in Japan - AOL

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    However, even after installing several rival map and guidance apps, it turned out that Google knew best when it came to directions in Tokyo's spaghetti subway -- and even offered a price estimate.

  9. List of extreme points of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Extreme points of Japan marked on the map. The extreme points of Japan include the coordinates that are the farthest north, south, east and west in Japan, and the ones that are at the highest and the lowest elevations in the country. Japan's northernmost point is disputed, because Japan considers it to be on Iturup, an island de facto governed ...