Central Highland (Japan)

Chūō - Cochin ( Jap.中央 高地, dt " central highlands " ) is the central part of the geographical region Chūbu in the middle of the main island Honshu of Japan.

It includes the two prefectures of Nagano and Yamanashi, and the northern and eastern part of Gifu Prefecture. The exact definition varies and includes Gifu either the mountains and mountains, the former territory of the historical province of Hida in the north or Tono (ie East Nōshū ) in the southeast.

Nagano, Yamanashi and Gifu especially in the Hida - definition as Tosan region (东山 地方, Chiho ) referred to, in reference to the historical region, comprising the Tosando Gokishichidō system whose southern areas Tosan.

Yamanashi and Nagano is also used as Koshin region (甲 信 地方, Chiho ) refers to what is derived from its predecessor provinces Kōshū and Shinshu.

The area is a zone with a temperate climate and relatively large temperature differences between day and night and summer and winter. May is the hottest month of the region, in winter, the temperatures are usually below freezing. The region has a short rainy season ( Tsuyu ) in April and May, during which fog occurs frequently.

Nagano Prefecture in the Chūbu region

Yamanashi prefecture in the Chubu region