Japan

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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)

Sub-region of Chūgoku (中国)

San'in (山陰)

Sub-region of Chūgoku (中国)

Shikoku (四国)

Kyūshū (九州)

Okinawa (沖縄)