Japan’s Prefectures, Cities and Resorts

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Канто

Kanto

Kanto region, located in one part of Honshu Island, is considered to be the highly developed part of Japan. Kanto plain is surrounded with massive mountains; together with Tokyo Bay it forms the region boundaries.

Ibaraki 

Tochhigi

Gunma

Saitama

Chiba

Tokyo

Kanagawa

Кинки

Kinki

Another name of the region is Kinki-Kansai. This region is located in the south-western part of Honshu Island. The great part of this region is covered with mountains and plateaus. The biggest lake of Japan-Biwa is located in the north-eastern part of this island.

Mie

Shiga

Kyoto

Osaka

Hyōgo

Nara

Wakayama

Сикоку

Shikoku

Shikoku region is located in the whole central part of the island. However, this island is the smallest island among the four main islands of Japan. Honshu Island is connected with Tokyo with a highway.

Tokushima

Kagawa

Ehime

Kōchi

okinava

Okinawa

Cristal, clear and sea water with white sandy coasts and colorful water life: Okinawa is located in the tropical zone and beautiful flowers are blossoming here all year round.

Okinawa

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Tōhoku

Tohoku region is located in Honshu Island, in the eastern part of Japan. In the north Honshu separated with Hokkaido Island with Tsugaru channel. In the western part, the region is washed with Japanese Bay and in the eastern one, with Pacific Ocean.

Aomori

Iwate

Miyagi

Akita

Yamagata

Fukushima

Кюсю

Kyushu

Kyushu is the third island with its size among Japanese archipelago. However, the Pacific coast, according to one of the versions, is considered to be the birthplace of Japanese civilization.

Fukuouka

Saga

Nagasaki

Ōita

Miyazaki

Kagoshima

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Chūbu

Chubu region is located in Honshu Island, in the central part of Japan. Japanese Alps divided the region into 2 parts: Part of Pacific Ocean with severe winters, and Japanese Sea part with snowy winters.

Niigata

Toyama

Ishikawa

Fukui

Yamanashi

Nagano

Gifu

Shizukoka

Aichi

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Hokkaido

Hokkaido region is located on Hokkaido island of Japan. It is the second island with its size compared with the country’s islands. It includes the nearby, small islands, too.

Hokkaido

Tohoku

Chūhoku

Tohoku region is located in Honshu Island, in the eastern part of Japan. In the north Honshu separated with Hokkaido Island with Tsugaru channel. In the western part, the region is washed with Japanese Bay and in the eastern one, with Pacific Ocean.

Tottori

Shimane

Okayama

Hiroshima

Yamaguchi

the material is taken from http://visitjapan.ru/sovety-puteshestvennikam/regions/

translated from Armenian into English by Tatev Harutyunyan