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[[File:Regions and Prefectures of Japan no labels.svg|thumb|200px|Map of the regions of [[Japan]]. From north to south: [[Hokkaidō]] (red), [[Tōhoku region|Tōhoku]] (yellow), [[Kantō region|Kantō]] (green), [[Chūbu region|Chūbu]] (cyan), [[Kansai region|Kansai]] (blue), [[Chūgoku region|Chūgoku]] (orange), [[Shikoku]] (purple) and [[Kyūshū]] & [[Okinawa]] (grey)]]
[[File:Regions and Prefectures of Japan no labels.svg|thumb|200px|Map of the regions of [[Japan]]. From northeast to southwest: [[Hokkaidō]] (red), [[Tōhoku region|Tōhoku]] (yellow), [[Kantō region|Kantō]] (green), [[Chūbu region|Chūbu]] (cyan), [[Kansai region|Kansai]] (blue), [[Chūgoku region|Chūgoku]] (orange), [[Shikoku]] (purple) and [[Kyūshū]] & [[Okinawa]] (grey)]]


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== Regions ==
== Regions and islands ==
From northeast to southwest, the traditional regions are:<ref>[http://www.japan-guide.com/list/e1001.html Regions of Japan on japan-guide.com]</ref><ref>[http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/regions/ Regions of Japan on web-japan.org]</ref> As these regions correspond to four main islands and [[Okinawa Islands]], the five are marked in '''bold'''.
This is a list of Japan's major islands, traditional regions, and subregions, going from northeast to southwest.<ref>[http://www.japan-guide.com/list/e1001.html Regions of Japan on japan-guide.com]</ref><ref>[http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/regions/ Regions of Japan on web-japan.org]</ref> The eight traditional regions are marked in '''bold'''.


* '''[[Hokkaido|Hokkaidō]]''' (the island and its archipelago)
* '''[[Hokkaido|Hokkaidō]]''' (the island and its archipelago)
*'''[[Honshu|Honshū]]'''
* [[Honshu|Honshū]]
** [[Tōhoku region]] (northern part)
** '''[[Tōhoku region]]''' (northern part)
** [[Kantō region]] (eastern part)
** '''[[Kantō region]]''' (eastern part)
*** [[Nanpō Islands]] (part of [[Tokyo Metropolis]])
*** [[Nanpō Islands]] (part of [[Tokyo Metropolis]])
** [[Chūbu region]] (central part)
** '''[[Chūbu region]]''' (central part)
*** [[Hokuriku region]] (northwestern Chūbu)
*** [[Hokuriku region]] (northwestern Chūbu)
*** [[Kōshin'etsu region]] (northeastern Chūbu)
*** [[Kōshin'etsu region]] (northeastern Chūbu)
*** [[Tōkai region]] (southern Chūbu)
*** [[Tōkai region]] (southern Chūbu)
** [[Kansai region|Kansai (or Kinki) region]] (west-central part)
** '''[[Kansai region|Kansai (or Kinki) region]]''' (west-central part)
** [[Chūgoku region]] (western part)
** '''[[Chūgoku region]]''' (western part)
* '''[[Shikoku]]'''
* '''[[Shikoku]]'''
* '''[[Kyushu|Kyūshū]]'''
* '''[[Kyushu|Kyūshū]]'''
** [[Northern Kyushu|Northern Kyūshū]]
** [[Northern Kyushu|Northern Kyūshū]]
** [[Southern Kyushu|Southern Kyūshū]]
** [[Southern Kyushu|Southern Kyūshū]]
** '''[[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]]'''
** [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]]


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 23:10, 15 February 2020

Map of the regions of Japan. From northeast to southwest: Hokkaidō (red), Tōhoku (yellow), Kantō (green), Chūbu (cyan), Kansai (blue), Chūgoku (orange), Shikoku (purple) and Kyūshū & Okinawa (grey)
Administrative divisions
of Japan
Prefectural
Prefectures
Sub-prefectural
Municipal
Sub-municipal

Japan is traditionally divided into eight regions. They are not official administrative units, but are used for 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, Tōhoku University, etc.).

Each region groups several of the country's 47 prefectures, except for the region of Hokkaidō which corresponds to Hokkaidō Prefecture. Of the four main islands of Japan, three make up a region each while the largest island of Honshū is divided into five regions. Okinawa Prefecture is usually included in Kyūshū, but is sometimes treated as its own ninth Okinawa region.[citation needed]

While Japan has eight High Courts, their jurisdictions do not correspond to the eight traditional regions below. (See Judicial system of Japan for details).

Table

Region Population Area in km2[1] Prefectures contained
Hokkaidō 5.4 million[2] 83,000 Hokkaidō
Tōhoku 8.91 million[3] 67,000 Akita, Aomori, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi, Yamagata
Kantō 43.2 million[4] 32,000 Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Saitama, Tochigi, Tōkyō
Chūbu 21.4 million[5] 67,000 Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Ishikawa, Nagano,
Niigata, Shizuoka, Toyama, Yamanashi
Kansai (also
known as Kinki)		 22.5 million[6] 33,000 Hyōgo, Kyōto, Mie, Nara, Ōsaka, Shiga, Wakayama
Chūgoku 7.4 million[7] 32,000 Hiroshima, Okayama, Shimane, Tottori, Yamaguchi
Shikoku 3.8 million[8] 19,000 Ehime, Kagawa, Kōchi, Tokushima
Kyūshū 14.4 million[9] 44,000 Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Kumamoto,
Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Ōita, Okinawa, Saga

Regions and islands

This is a list of Japan's major islands, traditional regions, and subregions, going from northeast to southwest.[10][11] The eight traditional regions are marked in bold.

See also

References

  1. ^ Japan's Regional Megamarkets - Semantic Scholar (PDF)
  2. ^ What special characteristics does Hokkaido have? from Kids Web Japan
  3. ^ What special characteristics does the Tohoku region have? from Kids Web Japan
  4. ^ What special characteristics does the Kanto region have? from Kids Web Japan
  5. ^ What special characteristics does the Chubu region have? from Kids Web Japan
  6. ^ What special characteristics does the Kinki region have? from Kids Web Japan
  7. ^ What special characteristics does the Chugoku region have? from Kids Web Japan
  8. ^ What special characteristics does the Shikoku region have? from Kids Web Japan
  9. ^ What special characteristics does the Kyushu-Okinawa region have? from Kids Web Japan
  10. ^ Regions of Japan on japan-guide.com
  11. ^ Regions of Japan on web-japan.org

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