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Encyclopedia > Chubu, Japan

Chūbu (中部地方 Chūbu-chihō) is the central region of Honshu, Japan's main island.

It is located between Kanto and Kansai, and includes the major city of Nagoya as well as long Pacific and Sea of Japan coastlines, extensive mountain resorts, and Mount Fuji.

The region consists of the following prefectures: Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Ishikawa, Nagano, Niigata, Shizuoka, Toyama, and Yamanashi.

Chubu has three major subregions: Tokai region in coastal area of the Pacific Ocean, Hokuriku region in that of the Sea of Japan, and Koshin'etsu region for the rest.

The region is served by Nagoya Airport, which is located near Nagoya in the cities of Komaki and Kasugai. airport on an off-shore artificial island, will replace Nagoya Airport's function as a commercial airport in 2005.

edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:Japan&action=edit)	Prefectures of Japan
Aichi \| Akita \| Aomori \| Chiba \| Ehime \| Fukui \| Fukuoka \| Fukushima \| Gifu \| Gunma \| Hiroshima \| Hokkaido \| Hyogo \| Ibaraki \| Ishikawa \| Iwate \| Kagawa \| Kagoshima \| Kanagawa \| Kochi \| Kumamoto \| Kyoto \| Mie \| Miyagi \| Miyazaki \| Nagano \| Nagasaki \| Nara \| Niigata \| Oita \| Okayama \| Okinawa \| Osaka \| Saga \| Saitama \| Shiga \| Shimane \| Shizuoka \| Tochigi \| Tokushima \| Tokyo \| Tottori \| Toyama \| Wakayama \| Yamagata \| Yamaguchi \| Yamanashi
Regions of Japan
Hokkaido \| Tohoku \| Kanto \| Chubu (Hokuriku - Koshinetsu - Tokai) \| Kansai \| Chugoku \| Shikoku \| Kyushu
Major Cities
23 wards of Tokyo \| Chiba \| Fukuoka \| Hiroshima \| Kawasaki \| Kitakyushu \| Kobe \| Kyoto \| Nagoya \| Osaka \| Saitama \| Sapporo \| Sendai \| Yokohama

Categories: Chubu region

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Chubu travel guide - Wikitravel (618 words)
	Chubu means "middle region", accurately reflecting its position straddling the two Japanese poles of Kansai and Kanto.
	Chubu Centrair International Airport, Japan's third major international gateway, is located on an artificial island 30 minutes south from Nagoya.
	Chubu is sake country and Niigata, renowned for its koshihikari rice, produces some of the best in the country including famous labels like Kubota (久保田), Koshinokanbai (越乃寒梅) and Hakkaisan (八海山).

Chūbu region - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (620 words)
	The Chubu, or central, region encompasses nine prefectures in the midland of Japan, west of the Kanto region: Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Ishikawa, Nagano, Niigata, Shizuoka, Toyama, and Yamanashi.
	The region comprises three distinct districts: Hokuriku, a coastal strip on the Sea of Japan that is a major wet-rice producing area; Tosan, or the Central Highlands; and Tokai, or the eastern seaboard, a narrow corridor along the Pacific Coast.
	The region is served by Chubu Centrair International Airport (NGO), an airport on an off-shore artificial island in the city of Tokoname, Aichi near Nagoya, and by Nagoya Airport, which is located near Nagoya in the cities of Komaki and Kasugai.

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