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Encyclopedia: Tohoku region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Tōhoku is Japanese for "northeast," and the Tōhoku region occupies the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. |
| | 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 example, maps and geography textbooks divide Japan into the eight regions, weather reports usually give the weather by region, and many businesses and institutions... |
| | Hokuriku region (北陸地方, literally North Land) is the region along the Sea of Japan within the Chubu region, the central region of Honshu, the main island of Japan. |
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