Honshu
From PHOTOGUIDE.JP
Honshu (本州 ほんしゅう, "main state") is Japan's largest and main island, located between Hokkaido and Kyushu islands. The major prefectures of Tokyo, Kyoto, and Hiroshima are on Honshu. With an area of 227,945.15 km², it represents 60 percent of Japan's total land area and 80 percent of the population. I is in a slight arc shape stretching about 1300 km.
Thirty-four prefectures are on Honshu:
- Chūgoku region: Hiroshima, Okayama, Shimane, Tottori, Yamaguchi.
- Kansai region: Hyōgo, Kyoto-fu, Mie, Nara, Osaka-fu, Shiga, Wakayama.
- Chubu region: Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Ishikawa, Nagano, Niigata, Toyama, Shizuoka, Yamanashi.
- Kanto region: Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Saitama, Tochigi, Tokyo.
- Tohoku region: Akita, Aomori, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi, Yamagata.
