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The King of Wines: The Tokai Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape: UNESCO Culture Sector (303 words) |
 | The underground cellars of Tokai are an interconnected labyrinth of tunnels. |
 | Two rivers converge in the Tokai region and a thick blanket of fog covers the area during the autumn and winter months. |
 | Ottoman Turks invaded the Tokai region in the 17th century. |
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Chubu region - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (655 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. |