San'in region
The San'in Region (山陰地方 San'in Chihō) is an area in the southwest of Honshū, the main island of Japan. It consists of the northern part of the Chūgoku region, facing the Sea of Japan.[1] The name San'in means "northern, shady (yin) side of the mountains" and contrasts with the San'yō or "southern, sunny (yang) side of the mountains" region to the south.
The region is generally considered to include the prefectures of Shimane, Tottori and north side area of Yamaguchi.
The San'in encompasses the pre-Meiji provincial areas of Tamba, Tango, Tajima, Inaba, Hōki, Izumo, Iwami and Oki.[2]
The San'in is relatively sleepy in development terms, with most of its landscape being rural and Tottori and Shimane being the least populated prefectures in Japan.
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- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "San'in" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 817 at Google Books; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 65. at Google Books
- ^ Titsingh, p. 65 n3. at Google Books
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- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691.
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