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	Chugoku region - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Chūgoku region (中国地方 Chūgoku-chihō) is the westernmost region of Honshu, the largest island of Japan.
		The Chugoku region is characterized by irregular rolling hills and limited plain areas and is divided into two distinct parts by mountains running east and west through its center.
		The city of Hiroshima, the "capital" of the Chugoku region, was rebuilt after being destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945, and is now an industrial metropolis of more than one million people.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chugoku_region (386 words)

	Regions of Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The regions of Japan are not official administrative units, but have been traditionally used as the regional division of Japan in a number of contexts.
		For instance, maps and geography textbooks divide Japan into the eight regions, weather reports usually give the weather by region, and many businesses and institutions use their home region as part of their name (Kinki Nippon Railway, Chugoku Bank, Tohoku University, etc.).
		Chugoku region (western Honshu, largest city Hiroshima, and Okayama)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Regions_of_Japan (228 words)

	Chugoku region: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Chugoku region (中国地方 Chūgoku-chihō) is located within the western region of Honshu[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject], EHandler: no quick summary.
		Hiroshima prefecture (hiroshima-ken) is located in the chugoku region on honshu island, japan....
		Yamaguchi prefecture (yamaguchi-ken) is located in the chugoku region on honshu island, japan....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/chugoku_region.htm (772 words)

	Japan's Geography - Terrain
		The northern extent of this landscape is dominated by an alpine region known as the "Japanese Alps," a magnificent expanse of jagged peaks interspersed with high basins formed by the snow-capped Kiso and Hida Mountain Ranges.
		North of the central lowlands is a region consisting of plains and mountainous terrain interspersed with basins.
		Like Tohoku in the northeast, this region is defined by the spine of the Chugoku Mountains running along its center which uplifts the landscape toward the Sea of Japan on the north and toward the Seto Inland Sea on the south.
	www.koreanhistoryproject.org /Jta/Jp/JpGEO1.htm (1851 words)

	Chugoku - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Chugoku
		Southwest region of Honshu island, Japan, area 31,881 sq km/12,309 sq mi; population (2000 est) 7,732,000.
		Citrus and grapes are grown in the region.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Chugoku (86 words)

	Chukoku/Zhongguo
		Chugoku, as the name of the region of Japan that includes the prefectures of Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi, means something more like
		A province was called under the ritsuryo system kuni, i.e., koku, and the name was probably in allusion to the fact that the provinces of the Chugoku region occupied the middle parts of Nara-Heian Japan's terrritorial extent.
		I do not think that the region's existence was what made the Japanese avoid using Chugoku as the name for China.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/55/411.html (1207 words)

	Chugoku Region Map: Hiroshima — Yamaguchi \| Japan Google Satellite Maps
		Browse the list of administrative regions below and follow the navigation through secondary administrative regions to find populated place you are interested in.
		Regions are sorted in alphabetical order from level 1 to level 2 and eventually up to level 3 regions.
		You are in Chugoku (Japan), administrative region of level 1.
	www.maplandia.com /japan/chugoku (801 words)

	Chugoku region
		The Chugoku region (中国地方; Chugoku-chiho) is located in the west of Honshu island, the largest island of Japan.
		Okayama is sometimes included or excluded for some reason.
		In Japanese, the word "Chugoku" is is also used to mean "China", which sometimes leads to confusion.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ch/Chugoku.html (67 words)

	Okayama travel guide - Wikitravel
		Okayama (岡山; [1]) is the capital of Okayama prefecture in the Chugoku region of Japan, on the southern coast of the island of Honshu.
		Chugoku JR Bus operates an overnight bus service, the Kibi Dream from Tokyo Station and the Yokohama City Air Terminal (YCAT) to Okayama.
		Okayama is a good place to launch day-trips to most of western Honshu and even Shikoku as it is the regional transportation hub.
	wikitravel.org /en/Okayama (1271 words)

	Japan - Chugoku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Chugoku region, occupying the western end of Honshu, encompasses five prefectures.
		It is characterized by irregular rolling hills and limited plain areas and is divided into two distinct parts by mountains running east and west through its center.
		The northern, somewhat narrower, district is known as San'in, or "shady side of the mountain," and the southern district is known as San'y, or "sunny side," because of the marked differences in climate.
	countrystudies.us /japan/43.htm (139 words)

	Regions of Japan - Explore Japan - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		For example, the Kanto region, which includes Tokyo, and the Kansai region, which includes Osaka, offer striking contrasts in everything from the taste of food to the style of traditional performing arts, and people have fun comparing them.
		Mountainous areas account for more than 70% of Japan's land, so major cities are concentrated in the plains that account for less than 30% of the land.
		Cities with a population exceeding one million are Sapporo in Hokkaido; Sendai in the Tohoku region; Kawasaki, Saitama, Tokyo, and Yokohama in the Kanto region; Nagoya in the Chubu region; Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe in the Kinki region; Hiroshima in the Chugoku region; and Fukuoka in Kyushu.
	web-jpn.org /kidsweb/japan/regions.html (260 words)

	Chugoku travel guide - Wikitravel
		Strictly speaking, today's Chugoku covers only the Middle Countries along the San'indo and San'yodo roads, and hence Okayama is sometimes not considered a full part of Chugoku, as only three of its five component provinces (Mimasaka, Bizen and Bitchu) were Middle Countries.
		(The same characters are used in Chinese, but pronounced Zhongguo.) However, as the Chugoku region is always referred to with the qualifier "-chihō" and the People's Republic of China and Republic of China can be referenced by their full names, there is usually little scope for confusion.
		Shikoku — Japan's oft-ignored fourth island is easily accessed from the southern coast of Chugoku.
	wikitravel.org /en/Chugoku (363 words)

	se42c in wp02
		It is known that there is a seismic gap in the vicinity and the peripheral area of Mt. Daisen, which is a quaternary volcano in the northeastern part of Chugoku region.
		It is interesting that a conductive upper crust block corresponds with the low seismicity region, comparing this result of the MT survey with the precise seismological observations.
		The low Qp and high Vp/Vs are correlated with the region of weaker coupling which suggests that the amount of subducted sediments with associated fluid release may be a primary factor in plate coupling.
	www.agu.org /cgi-bin/SFgate/SFgate?&listenv=table&multiple=1&range=1&directget=1&application=wp02&database=/data/epubs/wais/indexes/wp02/wp02&maxhits=200&="SE42C" (3755 words)

	Marimari.com : Japan - Western Honshu
		Western Japan is known in Japanese as Chugoku, which literally translates as "middle lands" in kanji characters.
		The Chugoku region spreads over the bottom third of Japan, and is bounded by the Inland Sea, or Seto Naikai in Japanese, to the south and the Sea of Japan to the north.
		There are numerous flights available to this region, and ferry connections between the major ports and surrounding islands are another form of transport.
	www.marimari.com /content/japan/popular_places/western_japan/main.html (291 words)

	Hiroshima Prefecture - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Image:Hiroshima-Kencho-L7194.jpg Hiroshima Prefecture (広島県; Hiroshima-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan.
		Hiroshima is a traditional center of the Chugoku region and was the seat of the Mori clan until the Battle of Sekigahara.
		Hiroshima prefecture lies in the middle of Chugoku, facing Shikoku across the Seto Inland Sea.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Hiroshima_prefecture (853 words)

	Media Centre - Vodafone K.K. expands 3G service areas in May (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At the end of May, 3G network population coverage is expected to reach 99.6%.
		A breakdown of service expansion areas and regions are as follows.
		Vodafone K.K.'s 3G service offers its customers fast data speeds in Japan and roaming on 127 networks in 93 countries and regions as of April 19, 2004.
	www.vodafone.com /article_with_thumbnail/0,3038,CATEGORY_ID=204&LANGUAGE_ID=1&CONTENT_ID=242865,00.html (409 words)

	Mori Motonari
		In 1997, 500 years after his birth, NHK dramatizes Motonari's rise from a chief of the region of Aki (now Hiroshima) to a daimyo who rules over ten provinces of the Chugoku region.
		Meanwhile, the Amago Clan is troubled by internal strife, with Haruhisa determined to establish himself as the new leader and destroying everything connected to the late Tsunehisa.
		The year is 1561, and all is well with the Mori who control the largest region in the Chugoku area.
	www.kikutv.com /shows/Japanese_Programs/Inactive/mori_motonari (4562 words)

	Chugoku Region
		The Chugoku Region is located in the western part of Japan's main island Honshu.
		It is commonly subdivided into the heavily urbanized and industrialized Sanyo region along the Seto Inland Sea coast and the much less developed, rural Sanin region along the Sea of Japan coast.
		Largest city of the region with a tragic history.
	www.japan-guide.com /list/e1106.html (96 words)

	Japanese Maps in Japanese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Here is a range of sixty Japanese language maps including a World Map, a Map of Japan, Japanese Regional Maps and Japanese Prefectural Maps.
		The scale of the maps varies according to the size of the region or prefecture illustrated.
		For example, the Hiroshima prefectural map is drawn to a scale of 1:220,000 while that of neighbouring Yamaguchi Prefecture is drawn to a scale of 1:225,000.
	www.hirohurl.net /japanmaps.html (183 words)

	Juniper Networks :: Press Releases 2002
		Chugoku Information System Service (CIS) is a part of the Chugoku Electric Power Group and is dedicated to providing general customer support for the many facets of their everyday lives.
		As a part of its company vision to help customers realize their goals, it is in the process of introducing "Realize your E-Yume (nice dream) with electrical and Internet services" ideals of "challenge, innovation, and service" to enhance its services.
		The Chugoku Electric Power Group has developed the Energia E Brand that represents a gateway to the world via the Internet.
	www.juniper.net /company/presscenter/pr/2002/pr-020827.html (611 words)

	Facts about list of regions in japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Each contains a number of prefectures, except Hokkaido region composed of single Hokkaido prefecture.
		The region is not an official administrative unit, but has been traditionally used as the regional division of Japan in education of geography at schools.
		While Japan has eight High Courts, the jurisdiction of each high court is not identical to the prefectures belonging to each region.
	www.supercrawler.com /Facts/list_of_regions_in_japan.html (82 words)

	Sengoku Jidai
		When he was 27 years old he killed his brother in law and became Daimyo.
		He has reigned in a place now known as Chugoku region.
		With cunning stratgey he became not only the Daimyo of Chugoku region but also spread into Kyushu and Shikoku regeion.
	members.aol.com /acestrikr (274 words)

	More Worlds to Conquer
		Instead, he seated himself at the head of a thoroughly centralized regional power that controlled thirty-two of Japan's sixty-six provinces.
		Ashikaga Yoshiaki fled to the Chugoku at the western extermity of the main Japanese island of Honshu, where he gained the support of two powerful daimyo in the region: Mori Motonari and Uesugi Kenshin.
		Hideyoshi's final challenge to his supremacy came in the south central region of Honshu, where the Hojo family, linked by marriage to Tokagawa Ieyasu, barred access to the Kanto Plain through the commanding position of their great castle at Odawara at the foot of the Hakone mountain range.
	www.koreanhistoryproject.org /Ket/C12/E1202.htm (3696 words)

	Bargain maps of Japan
		These are high quality maps, printed in full colour on tough paper, and based on source maps from the Japanese government Geographical Survey Institute.
		The region and prefecture maps also have a sepia version on the back, which you can use to draw on.
		Ah, but when I first arrived in Japan I bought a "Romanised" map, and discovered that part of the process of making things easier for foreigners involves "simplifying" the arrangement of roads - whereas you can assume these maps are accurate, and impress your friends at the same time!
	www.imaginatorium.org /shop/themap.htm (504 words)

	Travel to Hiroshima Castle in Hiroshima, Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hiroshima Castle is a magnificent flatland castle located on the Ota River delta.
		Construction was started in 1589 during the Azuchi-Momoyama period by Terumoto Mori, a daimyo or feudal lord who succeeded in governing much of the Chugoku region.
		In the Edo period the castle was the residence for, first the Fukushima clan, and then the Asano clan.
	japan.geopassage.com /attraction.asp?attrID=17 (254 words)

	Media Centre - Vodafone K.K. expands 3G service areas in June (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hokkaido Region: Service area expansions: 5, network quality upgrade areas: 13
		Chugoku Region: Service area expansions: 4, network quality upgrade areas: 21, indoor spots: 3
		Vodafone K.K.'s 3G service offers its customers fast data speeds in Japan and roaming on 130 networks in 94 countries and regions as of May 31, 2004.
	www.vodafone.com /article_with_thumbnail/0,3038,CATEGORY_ID=204&LANGUAGE_ID=0&CONTENT_ID=242794,00.html (471 words)

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