NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Chukyo region

Chukyo region (中京地方 Chūkyō-chihō) lies in the middle of Japan's main island, Honshu.

The Chukyo region encompasses three prefectures in the midland of Japan, east of the Kansai region: Aichi, Gifu, and Mie.
Nagoya is also called Chukyo (中京 Chūkyō), or "middle capital", because it is the largest city in the area between Tokyo, the "eastern capital", and Kyoto, the western capital (and formerly the only one). Nagoya Castle in June of 2004. ... Tokyo ) (helpÂ· info), literally eastern capital, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and includes the highly urbanized central area formerly known as the city of Tokyo which is the heart of the Greater Tokyo Area. ... This page is about the city Kyoto. ...

Universities

Nagoya University (åå¤å±‹å¤§å¦ Nagoya Daigaku, abbreviated to åå¤§ MÄ“dai; Tokyos Meiji Universitys æ˜Žå¤§ is pronounced identically) is a Japanese national university in Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, and is considered by some to be one of the most prestigious universities in Japan. ... (åå¤å±‹å·¥æ¥å¤§å¦ Nagoya KÅgyÅ Daigaku, abbreviated to åå·¥å¤§ MeikÅdai) is one of the top-rated institutions of higher learning dedicated to technology in Japan. ... Chukyo University is a university in Japan, with campuses in Nagoya and Toyota. ...

Airports

Chubu International Airport (Japanese: 中部国際空港), also known as Central Japan International Airport (CENTRAIR), is an airport being constructed on an artificial island in Ise Bay, south of Nagoya in Japan. ... Nagoya Airport (Japanese: åå¤å±‹é£›è¡Œå ´ Nagoya HikÅjÅ) is a minor airport in the cities of Toyoyama, Komaki and Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, serving Nagoya. ...

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Categories: Japan geography stubs | Chukyo region | Regions of Japan | Chubu region Japan is informally divided into eight regions. ... Nagoya Castle in June of 2004. ... Chukyo TV. Broadcasting Co. ... The prefectures of Japan are the countrys 47 sub-national jurisdictions: one metropolis (éƒ½ to), Tokyo; one circuit (é“ dÅ), HokkaidÅ; two urban prefectures (åºœ fu), Osaka and Kyoto; and 43 other prefectures (çœŒ ken). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... Aichi Prefecture (æ„›çŸ¥çœŒ Aichi-ken) is located in the Chubu region of Japan. ... Samurai house in Kakunodate Tazawako (Lake Tazawa) Akita Prefecture (ç§‹ç”°çœŒ; Akita-ken) is located in the TÅhoku Region of northern Japan. ... Aomori Prefecture (é’æ£®çœŒ Aomoriken or frequently Aomori-ken) is located in the TÅhoku Region of Japan. ... Chiba Prefecture (åƒè‘‰çœŒ Chiba-ken) is located in the Greater Tokyo Area of Honshu Island, Japan. ... Ehime agency Ehime Prefecture (æ„›åª›çœŒ; Ehime-ken) is a prefecture in northwestern Shikoku, Japan. ... Fukui Prefecture (ç¦äº•çœŒ Fukui-ken) is located in the ChÅ«bu region on HonshÅ« island, Japan. ... Fukuoka Prefecture (ç¦å²¡çœŒ Fukuoka-ken) is located on Kyushu Island, Japan. ... Fukushima Prefecture (ç¦å³¶çœŒ Fukushima-ken) is located in the Tohoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Gifu Prefecture (å²é˜œçœŒ Gifu-ken), is located in the Chubu region of central Japan. ... Gunma Prefecture (or Gumma) (ç¾¤é¦¬çœŒ; Gunma-ken) is located in the Kanto region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Hiroshima Prefecture (åºƒå³¶çœŒ Hiroshima-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Hokkaido listen? (åŒ—æµ·é“ HokkaidÅ, literal meaning: North Sea Route, Ainu: Mosir), formerly known as Ezo, is the second largest island of Japan. ... HyÅgo Prefecture (å…µåº«çœŒ HyÅgo-ken) is located in the Kinki region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Ibaraki Prefecture (èŒ¨åŸŽçœŒ; Ibaraki-ken) is located in the Kanto region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Ishikawa Prefecture (çŸ³å·çœŒ Ishikawa-ken) is located in the Chubu region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Iwate Prefecture (å²©æ‰‹çœŒ; Iwate-ken) is located in the Tohoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Kagawa Prefecture (é¦™å·çœŒ; Kagawa-ken) is located on Shikoku island, Japan. ... Kagoshima Prefecture (é¹¿å…å³¶çœŒ Kagoshima-ken) is located on Kyushu island, Japan. ... Kanagawa Prefecture (ç¥žå¥ˆå·çœŒ; Kanagawa-ken) is a geographic and political area located in the Kanto region on Honshu island, Japan. ... KÅchi Prefecture (é«˜çŸ¥çœŒ KÅchi-ken) is located on the south coast of Shikoku, Japan. ... Kumamoto Prefecture (ç†Šæœ¬çœŒ; Kumamoto-ken) is located on Kyushu Island, Japan. ... KyÅto Prefecture (äº¬éƒ½åºœ; KyÅto-fu) is part of the Kinki region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Mie Prefecture (ä¸‰é‡çœŒ; Mie-ken) is part of the Kinki region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Miyagi Prefecture (å®®åŸŽçœŒ; Miyagi-ken) is located in the TÅhoku Region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Miyazaki Prefecture (Japanese: å®®å´ŽçœŒ; Miyazaki-ken) is located on Kyushu Island, Japan. ... Nagano Prefecture (é•·é‡ŽçœŒ; Nagano-ken) is located on Honshu island, Japan. ... Oranda-zaka (Dutch Slope) in Nagasaki Castle in Shimabara The island of Hirado boasts a fine castle Nagasaki Prefecture (é•·å´ŽçœŒ; Nagasaki-ken) is located on Kyushu island, Japan. ... Nara Prefecture (å¥ˆè‰¯çœŒ; Nara-ken) is part of the Kinki region on Honshu Island, Japan. ... Niigata Prefecture (æ–°æ½ŸçœŒ; Niigata-ken) is located on Honshu island, Japan. ... ÅŒita Prefecture (å¤§åˆ†çœŒ; ÅŒita-ken) is located on Kyushu Island, Japan. ... Okayama Prefecture (å²¡å±±çœŒ; Okayama-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Okinawa Prefecture (Japanese æ²–ç¸„çœŒ; Okinawan UchinÄ) is Japans southernmost prefecture, and consists of hundreds of islands known as the RyÅ«kyÅ« Islands or RyÅ«kyÅ«s, in an island chain over 1,000 km long, which extends southwest from KyÅ«shÅ« (the southwesternmost of Japans main four islands) to... Osaka Prefecture (å¤§é˜ªåºœ ÅŒsaka-fu) is part of the Kinki region on Honshu island, Japan. ... A reconstruction of a Yayoi period building at the Yoshinogari site Saga Prefecture (ä½è³€çœŒ; Saga-ken) is located on Kyushu island, Japan. ... Saitama Prefecture (åŸ¼çŽ‰çœŒ; Saitama-ken) is located on Honshu island, Japan. ... Shiga Prefecture from outer space. ... Shimane Prefecture (å³¶æ ¹çœŒ Shimane-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Shizuoka Prefecture (é™å²¡çœŒ; Shizuoka-ken) is located in the Chubu region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Tochigi Prefecture (æ ƒæœ¨çœŒ Tochigi-ken) is a located in the Kanto region on the island of Honshu, Japan. ... Tokushima Prefecture (å¾³å³¶çœŒ Tokushima-ken) is located on Shikoku island, Japan. ... Tokyo ) (helpÂ· info), literally eastern capital, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and includes the highly urbanized central area formerly known as the city of Tokyo which is the heart of the Greater Tokyo Area. ... Tottori Prefecture (é³¥å–çœŒ; Tottori-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Toyama Prefecture (å¯Œå±±çœŒ; Toyama-ken) is located in the Chubu region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Wakayama Prefecture (å’ŒæŒå±±çœŒ; Wakayama-ken) is part of the Kii Peninsula in the Kinki region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Yamagata Prefecture (å±±å½¢çœŒ; Yamagata-ken) is located in the Tohoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Yamaguchi Prefecture (å±±å£çœŒ Yamaguchi-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Yamanashi Prefecture (å±±æ¢¨çœŒ Yamanashi-ken) is located in the Chubu region on Honshu island, Japan. ... 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 example, maps and geography textbooks divide Japan into the eight regions, weather reports usually give the weather by region, and many businesses and institutions... For the dog breed, see Hokkaido (dog). ... Tohoku region, Japan The TÅhoku region (æ±åŒ—åœ°æ–¹; TÅhoku-chihÅ) is a geographical area of Japan. ... KantÅ region, Japan The KantÅ region (Japanese: é–¢æ±åœ°æ–¹, KantÅ-chihÅ) is a geographical area of HonshÅ«, the largest island in Japan. ... Chubu region, Japan Mount Fuji is the ChÅ«bu regions most famous landmark. ... Hokuriku region (北陸地方, literally North Land) is the region along the Sea of Japan within the Chubu region, the central region of Honshu, the main island of Japan. ... Kōshinetsu (甲信越) is a subregion of the Chubu region in Japan consisting of Yamanashi, Nagano and Niigata prefectures. ... Tōkai (東海) is a subregion of Chubu, Japan along the Pacific Ocean. ... The Kansai (Japanese: é–¢è¥¿) region of Japan, also known as the Kinki region (è¿‘ç•¿åœ°æ–¹, Kinki-chihÅ), lies in the middle of Japans main island, Honshu. ... Chugoku region, Japan The ChÅ«goku region (ä¸å›½åœ°æ–¹ ChÅ«goku-chihÅ) is the westernmost region of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. ... Shikoku (å››å›½, four provinces) is the smallest and least populous of the four main islands of Japan. ... Kyushu region, Japan Kyushu (ä¹å·ž kyÅ«shÅ«) is the third largest island of Japan and most southerly and westerly of the four main islands. ... The Ryukyu Islands (琉球列島 Ryūkyū-rettō) are an island group, the southern portion belonging to Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, and the northern part belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. ... A city designated by government ordinance, or Government Ordinance City (æ”¿ä»¤æŒ‡å®šéƒ½å¸‚ seirei shitei toshi or æ”¿ä»¤å¸‚ seirei shi) is a city of Japan that has a population greater than 500,000 and important economic and industrial functions, and that is considered a major city in Japan. ... The 23 special wards (ç‰¹åˆ¥åŒº tokubetsuku) are self-governing, special municipalities in the central and most populous part of Tokyo, Japan. ... Chiba (åƒè‘‰å¸‚ Chiba-shi) is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. ... Fukuoka (ç¦å²¡å¸‚; -shi) is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan, across the Korea Strait from South Koreas Busan. ... The city of Hiroshima ) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest of Japans islands. ... A symbol of Kawasaki-shi Temple at Kawasaki. ... Kitakyushu (åŒ—ä¹å·žå¸‚; Kitakyushu-shi), literally North Kyushu, is a city located in Fukuoka prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. ... Kobe ) is a city in Japan located on the island of Honshu. ... This page is about the city Kyoto. ... Nagoya Castle Nagoya (åå¤å±‹å¸‚; -shi) is the fourth largest (third largest metropolitan region) and the third most prosperous city in Japan. ... Osaka Castle Location in Japan Osaka (Japanese: å¤§é˜ªå¸‚, ÅŒsaka-shi, â–¶ (helpÂ· info)) is the capital of Osaka Prefecture and the third-largest city in Japan, with a population of 2. ... Saitama ) is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan. ... Sakai (å ºå¸‚; -shi) is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. ... Sapporo ) (helpÂ· info) is the fifth-largest city in Japan by population and the third-largest by geographic area. ... Downtown Sendai from Sendai Castles reconstructed guardhouse Sendai ) is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and the largest city in the TÅhoku (northeast) region. ... Shizuoka (é™å²¡å¸‚; -shi) is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. ... Yokohama (Japanese: æ¨ªæµœå¸‚; -shi) is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. ...

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