List of regions of Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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, Chiigoku Bank, Tohoku University, ete.). While Japan has eight High Courts, their jurisdictions do not correspond to the eight regions below. 4 Contents = 1 Regions é = 2 See also = 3 References ‘Map of the regions of Japan. = 4 External links From north to south: Hokkaido (red), Tohoku (dark green), Kanto (blue), Chiibu (brown), Kansai (teal), Chgoku (light green), Shikoku (pink) and Kysho (yellow), Regions From north to south, the traditional regions are:{!J/2] = Hokkaids (the island of Hokkaido and nearby islands, population: 5,507,456, largest city: Sapporo) = Tohoku region (northern Honshi, population: 9,335,088, largest city: Sendai) = Kant region (eastern Honshd,, population: 42,607,376, largest city: Tokyo) = Nanpd Islands: part of Tokyo Metropolis = Chiu region (central Honshi, including Mt. Fuji, population: 21,714,995, largest city: Nagoya), sometimes divided into: = Hokuriku region (northwestern Chabu, largest city: Kanazawa) = Koshin'etsu region (northeastern Chiibu, largest city: Niigata) = Tokai region (southem Chiibu, largest city: Nagoya) = Kansai or Kinki region (west-central Honsha, including the old capital, Kyoto, population: 22,755,030, largest city: Osaka) = Chiigoku region (western Honshi, population: 7,561,899, largest city: Hiroshima) ® Shikoku (island, population: 3,977,205, largest city: Matsuyama) = Kydsha (island, population: 14,596,977, largest city: Fukuoka) which includes: = Northern Kyushu: Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki and Oita = Southern Kyushu: Kumamoto, Miyazaki and Kagoshima = Okinawa Each region contains several prefectures, except the Hokkaid® region, which covers only Hokkaido. See also = Ecoregions of Japan = Prefectures of Japan = Geography of Japan References1. Regions of Japan on japan-guide.com (http:/iwww.japan-guide,com/list/e1001 html) 2. Regions of Japan on web-japan.org (hitp:/‘veb-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/regions/) External links © Media related to Regions of Japan at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from “https://en. wikipedia.org/w/index. php title=List_of _regions_of Japanécoldid~745395814" Categories: Subdivisions of Japan | Regions of Japan | Lists of country subdivisions | Lists of places in Japan = This page was last modified on 20 October 2016, at 21:25. = Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.