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Revision as of 15:49, 20 April 2010

Japan (日本 Nihon) is the awesome, fascinating, and crazy country where we all came to live. It is not a single person, class, school, town, or prefecture -- but is a nation composed of 133 million people.

There are four main islands: Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku, and Hokkaidō. In addition, there is Okinawa, Sado, Awaji, Yakushima, Tanegashima, and a few other major islands.

Regions

Hokkaidō (北海道)

Honshū (本州)

Honshū is the main island is split into a number of regions (地方 chihō)

Tōhoku (東北)

Kantō (関東)

Kōshin'etsu (甲信越)

Also known as the Central Highlands (中央高地 Chūō Kōchi)

Hokuriku (北陸)

Tōkai (東海)

Kansai (関西)

Also known as Kinki (近畿)

San'yō (山陽)

Seto Inland Sea side of the Chūgoku (中国) region

San'in (山陰)

Sea of Japan side of the Chūgoku (中国) region

Shikoku (四国)

Kyūshū (九州)

Okinawa (沖縄)