Chūbu region

The Chubu region (Japanese中部 地方, Chūbu - Chiho ) covers the central part (Chubu ) the island of Honshu, the main island of Japan. The region connecting the two culturally central regions of Kanto and Kansai.

The Chubu region covers an area of ​​66,801.14 km ² and is divided into three geographical regions:

The names are inspired by the historical regions of Gokishichidō system: Hokurikudō, Tosando and Tōkaidō.

Nagano and Niigata be referred to as own region Shin'etsu and addition of Yamanashi as Kōshin'etsu. Shin'etsu and Hokuriku are also combined into Hokuriku Shin'etsu.

The main town is Nagoya. The Fuji is located in Chubu.

Prefectures

Toyama

Ishikawa

Fukui

Yamanashi

Nagano

Gifu

Shizuoka

Aichi

Northern Japan: Hokkaido (East, North, Central, South, " Northern Territories" ( South Kuril Islands ) ) | Tohoku (North and South)

East Japan (in the narrow sense): Kanto (north, south, Tokyo, Kanto Kōshin'etsu ) | Chūbu ( Kōshin'etsu, Kanto Kōshin'etsu, Shin'etsu, Kanto - Koshin )

Central Japan: Chūbu ( Hokuriku, Tōkai, central highlands, San'ennanshin, Nōbi )

West Japan (in the narrow sense): Kinki (North, Keihanshin, Nanki ) | Chūgoku ( San'in, San'yo, Setouchi, Chugoku - Shikoku ) | Shikoku ( Setouchi, North, South, Chugoku - Shikoku )

Southern Japan: Kyushu ( North, South, Central, West, East ) | southwestern islands ( Satsunan Islands, Okinawa, Sakishima, Daitō )

35.883333333333137.95Koordinaten: 35 ° 53 '0 "N, 137 ° 57' 0" E

• Region in Asia
• Region in Japan
• Chūbu