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Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Honsjoe" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%86%E1%8A%95%E1%88%B9" title="ሆንሹ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ሆንሹ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%88" title="هونشو – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="هونشو" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" title="Honshū – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Honshū" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hon%C5%9Fu" title="Honşu – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Honşu" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%81" title="হোনশু – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="হোনশু" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsy%C3%BB" title="Honsyû – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Honsyû" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8E" title="Хонсю – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Хонсю" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8E" title="Хонсю – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Хонсю" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8E" title="Хансю – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Хансю" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%83" title="Хоншу – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Хоншу" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%A7%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A4%E0%BD%B4%E0%BC%8D" title="ཧོན་ཤུ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ཧོན་ཤུ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" title="Honshū – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Honshū" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" title="Honshū – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Honshū" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" title="Honshū – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Honshū" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB_Island" title="Honshū Island – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Honshū Island" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hon%C5%A1%C3%BA" title="Honšú – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Honšú" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" title="Honshū – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Honshū" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" title="Honshū – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Honshū" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" title="Honshū – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Honshū" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%8D" title="Χονσού – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Χονσού" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hon%C5%9Du" title="Honŝu – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Honŝu" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%88" title="هونشو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="هونشو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" title="Honshū – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Honshū" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsj%C3%BB" title="Honsjû – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Honsjû" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" title="Honshū – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Honshū" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" title="Honshū – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Honshū" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" title="Honshū – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Honshū" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%98%BC%EC%8A%88" title="혼슈 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="혼슈" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82" title="Հոնսյու – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հոնսյու" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%82" title="होन्शू – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="होन्शू" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" title="Honshū – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Honshū" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" title="Honshū – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Honshū" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" title="Honshū – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Honshū" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8E" title="Хонсю – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Хонсю" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" title="Honshū – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Honshū" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" title="Honshū – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Honshū" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%95" title="הונשו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הונשו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%B0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3" title="ჰონსიუ – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჰონსიუ" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8E" title="Хонсю – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Хонсю" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hon%C5%9F%C3%BB" title="Honşû – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Honşû" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsua" title="Honsua – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Honsua" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsju" title="Honsju – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Honsju" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hon%C5%A1iu" title="Honšiu – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Honšiu" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hons%C3%BA" title="Honsú – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Honsú" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%83" title="Хоншу – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Хоншу" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B9%E0%B5%8B%E0%B5%BA%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%81" title="ഹോൺഷു – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഹോൺഷു" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%82" title="होन्शू – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="होन्शू" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%B0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3" title="ჰონსიუ – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ჰონსიუ" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%88" title="هونشو – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="هونشو" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" title="Honshū – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Honshū" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%88%D2%AF%D2%AF" title="Хоншүү – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Хоншүү" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9F%E1%80%BD%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9B%E1%80%BE%E1%80%B0%E1%80%B8%E1%80%80%E1%80%BB%E1%80%BD%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8" title="ဟွန်ရှူးကျွန်း – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဟွန်ရှူးကျွန်း" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%AC%E5%B7%9E" title="本州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="本州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8E" title="Хонсю – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Хонсю" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" title="Honshū – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Honshū" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" title="Honshū – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Honshū" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xonsyu" title="Xonsyu – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Xonsyu" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A9%82" title="ਹੋਂਸ਼ੂ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਹੋਂਸ਼ੂ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%88" title="ہونشو – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ہونشو" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%88" title="هانشو – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="هانشو" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%A0%E1%9E%BB%E1%9E%84%E1%9E%9F%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9F%E1%9F%8A%E1%9E%BC" title="ហុងស្ស៊ូ – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="ហុងស្ស៊ូ" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Tok Pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="Tok Pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsiu" title="Honsiu – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Honsiu" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8E" title="Хонсю – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Хонсю" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D2%AF" title="Хонсү – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Хонсү" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" title="Honshū – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Honshū" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Honshu" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" title="Honshū – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Honshū" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" 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noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Largest island of Japan</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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org">Honshū</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="ib-islands-native"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Native name</a>: <div class="nickname" lang="ja"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">本州</span></div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Satellite_image_of_Honshu_in_May_2003.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Satellite_image_of_Honshu_in_May_2003.png/260px-Satellite_image_of_Honshu_in_May_2003.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Satellite_image_of_Honshu_in_May_2003.png/390px-Satellite_image_of_Honshu_in_May_2003.png 1.5x, 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scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Japan" title="Sea of Japan">Sea of Japan</a> (North and West)<br /><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> (South and East)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Honshu&params=36_N_138_E_region:JP_type:isle_scale:5000000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">36°N</span> <span class="longitude">138°E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">36°N 138°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">36; 138</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Archipelago</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_archipelago" title="Japanese archipelago">Japanese archipelago</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">227,960<sup id="cite_ref-honshu_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-honshu-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> km<sup>2</sup> (88,020 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_by_area" title="List of islands by area">Area rank</a></th><td class="infobox-data">7th</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">1,300 km (810 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Width</th><td class="infobox-data">50–230 km (31–143 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coastline</th><td class="infobox-data">10,084 km (6265.9 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">3,776 m (12388 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest point</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mount_Fuji" title="Mount Fuji">Mount Fuji</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Administration</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" 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href="/wiki/Iwate_Prefecture" title="Iwate Prefecture">Iwate Prefecture</a></span> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span data-sort-value="Miyagi Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Miyagi_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Miyagi_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Miyagi_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Miyagi_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Miyagi_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Miyagi_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Miyagi_Prefecture" title="Miyagi Prefecture">Miyagi Prefecture</a></span> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span data-sort-value="Yamagata Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span 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typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Fukui_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fukui_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Fukui_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fukui_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Fukui_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Fukui_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Fukui_Prefecture" title="Fukui Prefecture">Fukui Prefecture</a></span> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span data-sort-value="Gifu Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Gifu_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Gifu_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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(pop. 14,043,239)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">104,000,000<sup id="cite_ref-metrostat_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metrostat-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2017)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pop. density</th><td class="infobox-data">447/km<sup>2</sup> (1158/sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ethnic groups</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_people" title="Japanese people">Japanese</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Additional information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Standard_Time" title="Japan Standard Time">Japan Standard Time</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B9" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+9">UTC+9</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Honshu</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%9C%AC%E5%B7%9E" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:本州">本州</a></span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Honshū</i></span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ja-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Japanese" title="Help:IPA/Japanese">[hoꜜɰ̃ɕɯː]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/9\/9f\/Ja-Honshu.ogg\/Ja-Honshu.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Ja-Honshu.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/Ja-Honshu.ogg/Ja-Honshu.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Ja-Honshu.ogg" title="File:Ja-Honshu.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>; <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation"><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a></abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">main <a href="/wiki/Islands_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Islands of Japan">island</a></span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>)</span>, historically called <b>Akitsushima</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">秋津島</span></span>, <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">Dragonfly island</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>)</span>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_archipelago" title="Japanese archipelago">largest and most populous island</a> of <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-main-islands-japan_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-main-islands-japan-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is located south of <a href="/wiki/Hokkaido" title="Hokkaido">Hokkaidō</a> across the <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Strait" title="Tsugaru Strait">Tsugaru Strait</a>, north of <a href="/wiki/Shikoku" title="Shikoku">Shikoku</a> across the <a href="/wiki/Seto_Inland_Sea" title="Seto Inland Sea">Inland Sea</a>, and northeast of <a href="/wiki/Kyushu" title="Kyushu">Kyūshū</a> across the <a href="/wiki/Kanmon_Straits" title="Kanmon Straits">Kanmon Straits</a>. The island separates the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Japan" title="Sea of Japan">Sea of Japan</a>, which lies to its north and west, from the <a href="/wiki/North_Pacific_Ocean" class="mw-redirect" title="North Pacific Ocean">North Pacific Ocean</a> to the south and east. It is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_by_area" title="List of islands by area">seventh-largest island</a> in the world, and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_by_population" title="List of islands by population">second-most populous</a> after the <a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Indonesia" title="List of islands of Indonesia">Indonesian</a> island of <a href="/wiki/Java" title="Java">Java</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JPCensus_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JPCensus-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated5_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated5-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Honshu had a population of 104 million as of 2017<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Honshu&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, constituting 81.3% of the entire population of Japan,<sup id="cite_ref-honshu2_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-honshu2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and mostly concentrated in the coastal areas and plains. Approximately 30% of the total population resides in the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Tokyo_Area" title="Greater Tokyo Area">Greater Tokyo Area</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Kant%C5%8D_Plain" title="Kantō Plain">Kantō Plain</a>. As the historical center of Japanese cultural and political power,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the island includes several past Japanese capitals, including <a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyōto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nara_(city)" title="Nara (city)">Nara</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kamakura" title="Kamakura">Kamakura</a>. Much of the island's southern shore forms part of the <a href="/wiki/Taiheiy%C5%8D_Belt" title="Taiheiyō Belt">Taiheiyō Belt</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Megalopolis" title="Megalopolis">megalopolis</a> that spans several of the Japanese islands.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Honshu contains Japan's highest mountain, Mount Fuji, and its largest lake, <a href="/wiki/Lake_Biwa" title="Lake Biwa">Lake Biwa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most of Japan's industry is located in a belt running along Honshu's southern coast, from <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> to <a href="/wiki/Nagoya" title="Nagoya">Nagoya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyōto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kobe" title="Kobe">Kobe</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hiroshima" title="Hiroshima">Hiroshima</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by contrast, the economy along the northwestern Sea of Japan coast is largely based on fishing and agriculture.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The island is linked to the other three major Japanese islands by a number of bridges and tunnels. The island primarily shares two climates, with Northern Honshu having a mainly <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">humid continental climate</a> while the south has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Honshu&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name of the island, Honshū<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">本州</span></span>)</span>, directly translates to "main province" or "original land" in English. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Honshu&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Honshu&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Humans first arrived in Honshu approximately 37,000 years ago, and likely earlier. The first humans to arrive in Honshu were <a href="/wiki/Stone_Age" title="Stone Age">Stone Age</a> hunter-gatherers from Northeast Asia, likely following the migration of <a href="/wiki/Ice_age" title="Ice age">ice age</a> <a href="/wiki/Megafauna" title="Megafauna">megafauna</a>. Surviving artifacts from this period include finely-crafted stone blades, similar to those found in <a href="/wiki/Siberia" title="Siberia">Siberia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Meiji_Restoration">Meiji Restoration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Honshu&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Meiji Restoration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Empty_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span"><b>This section is empty.</b> You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Honshu&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Honshu&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Honshu was the target of devastating <a href="/wiki/Air_raids_on_Japan" title="Air raids on Japan">air raids</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_theater_of_World_War_II" title="Pacific Ocean theater of World War II">Pacific War</a> of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The first air raid to strike Honshu and the other home islands was the <a href="/wiki/Doolittle_Raid" title="Doolittle Raid">Doolittle Raid</a>. With the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress">Boeing B-29 Superfortress</a>, the firebombing of Tokyo culminated in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Meetinghouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Meetinghouse">Operation Meetinghouse</a>, the most destructive air raid in human history, which destroyed 16 square miles (41 km<sup>2</sup>; 10,000 acres) of central <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>, leaving an estimated 100,000 civilians dead, and over one million homeless.<sup id="cite_ref-burning_2011_03_wired_com_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burning_2011_03_wired_com-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The war ended with the <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki#Hiroshima" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">atomic bombings of Hiroshima</a> and <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki#Nagasaki" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">Nagasaki</a> shortly before Japan's surrender and signing of the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Instrument_of_Surrender" title="Japanese Instrument of Surrender">Japanese Instrument of Surrender</a> on September 2, 1945, on board the <a href="/wiki/USS_Missouri_(BB-63)" title="USS Missouri (BB-63)">USS <i>Missouri</i> (BB-63)</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Bay" title="Tokyo Bay">Tokyo Bay</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Honshu&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Satellite_View_of_Japan_1999.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Satellite_View_of_Japan_1999.jpg/200px-Satellite_View_of_Japan_1999.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Satellite_View_of_Japan_1999.jpg/300px-Satellite_View_of_Japan_1999.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Satellite_View_of_Japan_1999.jpg/399px-Satellite_View_of_Japan_1999.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1638" data-file-height="2092" /></a><figcaption>Japan as seen from a satellite. Honshu is the largest, middle island.</figcaption></figure> <p>The island is roughly 1,300 km (810 mi) long and ranges from 50 to 230 km (31 to 143 mi) wide, and its total area is 227,960 km<sup>2</sup> (88,020 sq mi),<sup id="cite_ref-honshu_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-honshu-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it slightly larger than the island of <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a>. Its land area has been increasing with <a href="/wiki/Land_reclamation" title="Land reclamation">land reclamation</a> and coastal uplift in the north due to <a href="/wiki/Plate_tectonics" title="Plate tectonics">plate tectonics</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Convergent_boundary" title="Convergent boundary">convergent boundary</a>. Honshu has 10,084 kilometres (6,266 mi) of coastline.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mountainous and volcanic, Honshu experiences frequent earthquakes (such as the <a href="/wiki/1923_Great_Kant%C5%8D_earthquake" title="1923 Great Kantō earthquake">Great Kantō earthquake</a>, which heavily damaged Tokyo in September 1923; and the <a href="/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami">earthquake of March 2011</a>, which moved the northeastern part of the island by varying amounts of as much as 5.3 m (17 ft)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Deutsche_Welle_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deutsche_Welle-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while causing devastating tsunamis). The highest peak is the active volcano <a href="/wiki/Mount_Fuji" title="Mount Fuji">Mount Fuji</a> at 3,776 m (12,388 ft), which makes Honshu the world's <a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_by_highest_point" title="List of islands by highest point">7th highest island</a>. There are many rivers, including the <a href="/wiki/Shinano_River" title="Shinano River">Shinano River</a>, Japan's longest. The <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Alps" title="Japanese Alps">Japanese Alps</a> span the width of Honshu, from the 'Sea of Japan' coast to the Pacific shore. The climate is generally <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical" class="mw-redirect" title="Humid subtropical">humid subtropical</a> in western Japan and <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental" class="mw-redirect" title="Humid continental">humid continental</a> in the north. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population">Population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Honshu&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Honshu has a total population of 104 million people, according to a 2017 estimate, 81.3% of the entire population of Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-honshu2_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-honshu2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The largest city is <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> (population: 13,988,129),<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the capital of Japan and part of the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Tokyo_Area" title="Greater Tokyo Area">Greater Tokyo Area</a>, the most populous <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">metropolitan area</a> in the world. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Extreme_points">Extreme points</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Honshu&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Extreme points"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bridges_and_tunnels">Bridges and tunnels</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Honshu&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Bridges and tunnels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Honshu is connected to the islands of Hokkaidō, <a href="/wiki/Kyushu" title="Kyushu">Kyūshū</a> and Shikoku by tunnels and bridges. Three bridge systems have been built across the islands of the Inland Sea between Honshu and Shikoku (<a href="/wiki/Akashi_Kaikyo_Bridge" title="Akashi Kaikyo Bridge">Akashi Kaikyo Bridge</a> and the <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cnaruto_Bridge" title="Ōnaruto Bridge">Ōnaruto Bridge</a>; <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shin-Onomichi_Bridge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shin-Onomichi Bridge (page does not exist)">Shin-Onomichi Bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Innoshima_Bridge" title="Innoshima Bridge">Innoshima Bridge</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ikuchi_Bridge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ikuchi Bridge (page does not exist)">Ikuchi Bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tatara_Bridge" title="Tatara Bridge">Tatara Bridge</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%8Cmishima_Bridge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ōmishima Bridge (page does not exist)">Ōmishima Bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hakata%E2%80%93%C5%8Cshima_Bridge" title="Hakata–Ōshima Bridge">Hakata–Ōshima Bridge</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Kurushima_Kaiky%C5%8D_Bridge" title="Kurushima Kaikyō Bridge">Kurushima Kaikyō Bridge</a>; <a href="/wiki/Shimotsui-Seto_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Shimotsui-Seto Bridge">Shimotsui-Seto Bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hitsuishijima_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Hitsuishijima Bridge">Hitsuishijima Bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iwakurojima_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Iwakurojima Bridge">Iwakurojima Bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yoshima_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoshima Bridge">Yoshima Bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kita_Bisan-Seto_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Kita Bisan-Seto Bridge">Kita Bisan-Seto Bridge</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Minami_Bisan-Seto_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge">Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Seikan_Tunnel" title="Seikan Tunnel">Seikan Tunnel</a> connects Honshu with Hokkaidō, and the <a href="/wiki/Kanmonkyo_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanmonkyo Bridge">Kanmonkyo Bridge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kanmon_Railway_Tunnel" title="Kanmon Railway Tunnel">Kanmon Tunnel</a> connect Honshu with <a href="/wiki/Kyushu" title="Kyushu">Kyūshū</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flora_and_fauna">Flora and fauna</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Honshu&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Flora and fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These are notable flora and fauna of Honshu. </p> <dl><dd><table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Notable flora and fauna<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Type </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Japanese_black_bear" title="Japanese black bear">Japanese black bear</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>A subspecies of the <a href="/wiki/Asian_black_bear" title="Asian black bear">Asian black bear</a>. It is typically <a href="/wiki/Herbivorous" class="mw-redirect" title="Herbivorous">herbivorous</a> and lives in Honshu and Kyushu. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Japanese_macaque" title="Japanese macaque">Japanese macaque</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>(<i>Macaca fuscata</i> or snow monkey), is a terrestrial <a href="/wiki/Old_World_monkey" title="Old World monkey">Old World monkey</a> species that is native to <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Japanese_golden_eagle" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese golden eagle">Japanese golden eagle</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>(<i>Aquila chrysaetos japonica</i>), a subspecies of the <a href="/wiki/Golden_eagle" title="Golden eagle">golden eagle</a>, inhabits Honshu and Hokkaido all year round. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Japanese_wolf" title="Japanese wolf">Japanese wolf</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>Aka Honshu Wolf is an extinct subspecies of the wolf. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sika_deer" title="Sika deer">Sika Deer</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td><i>Cervus nippon</i> (Japanese deer), is overabundant in Honshu. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Japanese_dwarf_flying_squirrel" title="Japanese dwarf flying squirrel">Japanese dwarf flying squirrel</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>(<i>Nihon momonga</i>) is one of two species of Old World <a href="/wiki/Flying_squirrel" title="Flying squirrel">flying squirrels</a> in the genus <i>Pteromys</i>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Japanese_raccoon_dog" title="Japanese raccoon dog">Japanese raccoon dog</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>(<i>Nyctereutes viverrinus,</i> also called <i>tanuki)</i>, is a species of <a href="/wiki/Canidae" title="Canidae">canid</a> <a href="/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism">endemic</a> to <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Japanese_giant_salamander" title="Japanese giant salamander">Japanese giant salamander</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>(<i>Andrias japonicus</i>) this fully aquatic salamander is <a href="/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism">endemic</a> to <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> and called <i>Ōsanshōuo (Giant Salamander)</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Takydromus_tachydromoides" title="Takydromus tachydromoides">Takydromus tachydromoides</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>The Japanese grass lizard, is a wall lizard species of the genus <i><a href="/wiki/Takydromus" title="Takydromus">Takydromus</a></i>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Japanese_serow" title="Japanese serow">Japanese serow</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td><i>(kamoshika</i>, lit. "coarse pelt deer"): (<i>Capricornis crispus</i>) is a Japanese <a href="/wiki/Caprinae" title="Caprinae">goat-antelope</a> found in dense <a href="/wiki/Woodland" title="Woodland">woodland</a> primarily in northern and central Honshu. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Japanese_giant_flying_squirrel" title="Japanese giant flying squirrel">Japanese giant flying squirrel</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>(<i>musasabi</i>, <i>Petaurista leucogenys</i>) is native to Japan where it inhabits sub-alpine forests and boreal evergreen forests on Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Japanese_boar" title="Japanese boar">Japanese boar</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>(<i>Sus scrofa leucomystax,</i> aka white-moustached pig, <i>Nihon-inoshishi</i> (ニホンイノシシ)), is a <a href="/wiki/Subspecies" title="Subspecies">subspecies</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wild_boar" title="Wild boar">wild boar</a> native to all of <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, save for <a href="/wiki/Hokkaido" title="Hokkaido">Hokkaido</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ryukyu_Islands" title="Ryukyu Islands">Ryukyu Islands</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Japanese_bush_warbler" title="Japanese bush warbler">Japanese bush warbler</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td><i>(uguisu</i> (鶯), is an Asian <a href="/wiki/Passerine" title="Passerine">passerine</a> bird more often heard than seen. It is a year-round resident of Japan (except Hokkaido where it is only in summer). </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sasakia_charonda" title="Sasakia charonda">Sasakia charonda</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>National butterfly of Japan (<i>ō-murasaki</i>, "great purple") </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Copper_pheasant" title="Copper pheasant">Copper pheasant</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>(<i>Syrmaticus soemmerringii</i>) a large <a href="/wiki/Pheasant" title="Pheasant">pheasant</a> with a rich coppery chestnut plumage is <a href="/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism">endemic</a> to Japan. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Green_pheasant" title="Green pheasant">Green pheasant</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>(<i>Phasianus versicolor</i>), aka Japanese green pheasant, is an <a href="/wiki/Omnivore#Other_species" title="Omnivore">omnivorous bird</a> native to the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_archipelago" title="Japanese archipelago">Japanese archipelago</a>, to which it is <a href="/wiki/Endemism_in_birds" class="mw-redirect" title="Endemism in birds">endemic</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grey_heron" title="Grey heron">Grey Heron</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>(Ardea cinerea) Long legged wading bird. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Japanese_scops_owl" title="Japanese scops owl">Japanese scops owl</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>(<i>Otus semitorques</i>) is a resident breeder in <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> and found in other countries in East Asia. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Doryrhamphus_japonicus" title="Doryrhamphus japonicus">Doryrhamphus japonicus</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td><i>Doryrhamphus japonicus</i>, or the Honshu pipefish, is a species of <a href="/wiki/Flagtail_pipefish" title="Flagtail pipefish">flagtail pipefish</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brahmaea_japonica" title="Brahmaea japonica">Brahmaea japonica</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td><i>(Japanese owl moth)</i> a species of <a href="/wiki/Moth" title="Moth">moth</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Brahmaeidae" title="Brahmaeidae">Brahmaeidae</a> family native to <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Japanese_spider_crab" title="Japanese spider crab">Japanese spider crab</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>(<i>Macrocheira kaempferi</i>) a <a href="/wiki/Marine_biology" title="Marine biology">marine</a> <a href="/wiki/Crab" title="Crab">crab</a> with the largest leg-span of any <a href="/wiki/Arthropod" title="Arthropod">arthropod</a>. They live off the southern coasts of <a href="/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Honshū">Honshū</a> from <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Bay" title="Tokyo Bay">Tokyo Bay</a> to <a href="/wiki/Kagoshima_Prefecture" title="Kagoshima Prefecture">Kagoshima Prefecture</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chum_salmon" title="Chum salmon">Chum salmon</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>(aka white salmon (白鮭シロサケ) is native to middle and northern Honshu, <a href="/wiki/Hokkaido" title="Hokkaido">Hokkaido</a> and the <a href="/wiki/North_Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="North Pacific">North Pacific</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Silurus_biwaensis" title="Silurus biwaensis">Silurus biwaensis</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>The giant Lake Biwa catfish or <i>Biwako-o'namazu,</i> endemic to <a href="/wiki/Lake_Biwa" title="Lake Biwa">Lake Biwa</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oncorhynchus_kawamurae" title="Oncorhynchus kawamurae">Oncorhynchus kawamurae</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>A species of landlocked <a href="/wiki/Oncorhynchus" title="Oncorhynchus">Pacific trout</a> in <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. It is <a href="/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism">endemic</a> to <a href="/wiki/Lake_Tazawa" title="Lake Tazawa">Lake Tazawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Akita_Prefecture" title="Akita Prefecture">Akita Prefecture</a>, but was <a href="/wiki/Species_translocation" title="Species translocation">translocated</a> to <a href="/wiki/Lake_Saiko" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Saiko">Lake Saiko</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Akita_(dog)" class="mw-redirect" title="Akita (dog)">Akita Inu</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>(秋田犬, <i>Akita-inu</i>) is a historic <a href="/wiki/Breed_of_dog" class="mw-redirect" title="Breed of dog">dog breed</a> of large size originating from the mountains in <a href="/wiki/Akita_Prefecture" title="Akita Prefecture">Akita Prefecture</a> (northern Honshu). </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kai_Ken" title="Kai Ken">Kai Ken</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>The Kai Ken (甲斐犬) is a rare <a href="/wiki/Dog_breed" title="Dog breed">breed</a> of <a href="/wiki/Dog" title="Dog">dog</a> native to <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. It is originally from <a href="/wiki/Kai_Province" title="Kai Province">Kai Province</a> in <a href="/wiki/Yamanashi_Prefecture" title="Yamanashi Prefecture">Yamanashi Prefecture</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kishu" title="Kishu">Kishu</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>Kishu Ken are a rare dog breed that was selectively bred for the hunting of wild boar and deer in the mountainous <a href="/wiki/Mie_prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Mie prefecture">Mie prefecture</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wakayama_prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Wakayama prefecture">Wakayama prefecture</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shiba_Inu" title="Shiba Inu">Shiba Inu</a> </td> <td>Fauna </td> <td>The Shiba Inu (柴犬), is an original and distinct <a href="/wiki/Spitz" title="Spitz">spitz</a> breed <a href="/wiki/Hunting_dog" title="Hunting dog">hunting dog</a>, native to Japan. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rosa_rugosa" title="Rosa rugosa">Japanese rose</a> </td> <td>Flora </td> <td>(<i><a href="/wiki/Rosa_rugosa" title="Rosa rugosa">Rosa rugosa</a></i>), a species of <a href="/wiki/Rose" title="Rose">rose</a> native to eastern <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> and Japan. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hydrangea_hirta" title="Hydrangea hirta">Hydrangea hirta</a> </td> <td>Flora </td> <td>A species of <a href="/wiki/Flowering_plant" title="Flowering plant">flowering plant</a> in the family <a href="/wiki/Hydrangeaceae" title="Hydrangeaceae">Hydrangeaceae</a> that is native to <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">East Asia</a> and common in the Pacific side of Honshu. </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Tsuga_sieboldii" title="Tsuga sieboldii">Tsuga sieboldii</a></i> </td> <td>Flora </td> <td><i>(Tsuga sieboldii or simply tsuga (栂))</i>, is a <a href="/wiki/Conifer" title="Conifer">conifer</a> native to the <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japanese</a> islands of <a href="/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Honshū">Honshū</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%ABsh%C5%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyūshū">Kyūshū</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shikoku" title="Shikoku">Shikoku</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yakushima" title="Yakushima">Yakushima</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geologic_activity">Geologic activity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Honshu&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Geologic activity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Volcanoes_of_Honshu" title="Category:Volcanoes of Honshu">Category:Volcanoes of Honshu</a></div> <p>Being on the <a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Fire" title="Ring of Fire">Ring of Fire</a>, the island of Honshu is seismically active, and is home to 40 active volcanoes. </p><p>In 2011, an <a href="/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami">earthquake of magnitude 9.0–9.1</a> occurred off the coast of Honshu, generating tsunami waves up to 40.5 meters (133 ft) high and killing 19,747. It was the most powerful <a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Japan" title="List of earthquakes in Japan">earthquake ever recorded in Japan</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Largest_earthquakes_by_magnitude" class="mw-redirect" title="Largest earthquakes by magnitude">fourth most powerful earthquake in the world</a> since modern record-keeping began in 1900.<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3news_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3news-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tsunami subsequently led to the meltdown of 3 nuclear reactors at the <a href="/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_Nuclear_Power_Plant" title="Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant">Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant</a>, leading to the <a href="/wiki/Fukushima_nuclear_disaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Fukushima nuclear disaster">Fukushima nuclear disaster</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parks">Parks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Honshu&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Parks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_Motosu03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Lake_Motosu03.jpg/320px-Lake_Motosu03.jpg" decoding="async" width="320" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Lake_Motosu03.jpg/480px-Lake_Motosu03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Lake_Motosu03.jpg/640px-Lake_Motosu03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1264" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mount_Fuji" title="Mount Fuji">Mount Fuji</a> seen from <a href="/wiki/Lake_Motosu" title="Lake Motosu">Lake Motosu</a> in <a href="/wiki/Fuji-Hakone-Izu_National_Park" title="Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park">Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park</a></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>National parks (国立公園) </caption> <tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minami_Alps_National_Park" title="Minami Alps National Park">Minami Alps National Park</a></td> <td>南アルプス </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%ABbu-Sangaku_National_Park" title="Chūbu-Sangaku National Park">Chūbu-Sangaku National Park</a></td> <td>中部山岳 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hakusan_National_Park" title="Hakusan National Park">Hakusan National Park</a></td> <td>白山 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/My%C5%8Dk%C5%8D-Togakushi_Renzan_National_Park" title="Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan National Park">Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan National Park</a></td> <td>妙高戸隠連山 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Daisen-Oki_National_Park" title="Daisen-Oki National Park">Daisen-Oki National Park</a></td> <td>大山隠岐 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chichibu_Tama_Kai_National_Park" title="Chichibu Tama Kai National Park">Chichibu Tama Kai National Park</a></td> <td>秩父多摩甲斐 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fuji-Hakone-Izu_National_Park" title="Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park">Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park</a></td> <td>富士箱根伊豆 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dshin%27etsu-k%C5%8Dgen_National_Park" title="Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park">Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park</a></td> <td>上信越高原 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nikk%C5%8D_National_Park" title="Nikkō National Park">Nikkō National Park</a></td> <td>日光国立公園 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ogasawara_National_Park" title="Ogasawara National Park">Ogasawara National Park</a></td> <td>小笠原 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ise-Shima_National_Park" title="Ise-Shima National Park">Ise-Shima National Park</a></td> <td>伊勢志摩 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sanin_Kaigan_National_Park" title="Sanin Kaigan National Park">Sanin Kaigan National Park</a></td> <td>山陰海岸 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yoshino-Kumano_National_Park" title="Yoshino-Kumano National Park">Yoshino-Kumano National Park</a></td> <td>吉野熊野 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Setonaikai_National_Park" title="Setonaikai National Park">Setonaikai National Park</a></td> <td>瀬戸内海 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bandai-Asahi_National_Park" title="Bandai-Asahi National Park">Bandai-Asahi National Park</a></td> <td>磐梯朝日 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sanriku_Fukk%C5%8D_National_Park" title="Sanriku Fukkō National Park">Sanriku Fukkō National Park</a></td> <td>三陸復興 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Towada-Hachimantai_National_Park" title="Towada-Hachimantai National Park">Towada-Hachimantai National Park</a></td> <td>十和田八幡平 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oze_National_Park" title="Oze National Park">Oze National Park</a></td> <td>尾瀬 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Region</th> <th>List of Quasi-National Parks </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_region" title="Tōhoku region">Tōhoku</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shimokita_Hant%C5%8D_Quasi-National_Park" title="Shimokita Hantō Quasi-National Park">Shimokita Hantō</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Quasi-National_Park" title="Tsugaru Quasi-National Park">Tsugaru</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hayachine_Quasi-National_Park" title="Hayachine Quasi-National Park">Hayachine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurikoma_Quasi-National_Park" title="Kurikoma Quasi-National Park">Kurikoma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minami_Sanriku_Kinkasan_Quasi-National_Park" title="Minami Sanriku Kinkasan Quasi-National Park">Minami Sanriku Kinkasan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Za%C5%8D_Quasi-National_Park" title="Zaō Quasi-National Park">Zaō</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oga_Quasi-National_Park" title="Oga Quasi-National Park">Oga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dkai_Quasi-National_Park" title="Chōkai Quasi-National Park">Chōkai</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kant%C5%8D_region" title="Kantō region">Kantō</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suig%C5%8D-Tsukuba_Quasi-National_Park" title="Suigō-Tsukuba Quasi-National Park">Suigō-Tsukuba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minami_B%C5%8Ds%C5%8D_Quasi-National_Park" title="Minami Bōsō Quasi-National Park">Minami Bōsō</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meiji_no_Mori_Takao_Quasi-National_Park" title="Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi-National Park">Meiji no Mori Takao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tanzawa-%C5%8Cyama_Quasi-National_Park" title="Tanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National Park">Tanzawa-Ōyama</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%ABbu_region" title="Chūbu region">Chūbu</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Echigo_Sanzan-Tadami_Quasi-National_Park" title="Echigo Sanzan-Tadami Quasi-National Park">Echigo Sanzan-Tadami</a>, <a href="/wiki/My%C5%8Dgi-Arafune-Saku_K%C5%8Dgen_Quasi-National_Park" title="Myōgi-Arafune-Saku Kōgen Quasi-National Park">Myōgi-Arafune-Saku Kōgen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sado-Yahiko-Yoneyama_Quasi-National_Park" title="Sado-Yahiko-Yoneyama Quasi-National Park">Sado-Yahiko-Yoneyama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Noto_Hant%C5%8D_Quasi-National_Park" title="Noto Hantō Quasi-National Park">Noto Hantō</a>, <a href="/wiki/Echizen-Kaga_Kaigan_Quasi-National_Park" title="Echizen-Kaga Kaigan Quasi-National Park">Echizen-Kaga Kaigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yatsugatake-Ch%C5%ABshin_K%C5%8Dgen_Quasi-National_Park" title="Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Park">Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tenry%C5%AB-Okumikawa_Quasi-National_Park" title="Tenryū-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park">Tenryū-Okumikawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D_Alps_Quasi-National_Park" title="Chūō Alps Quasi-National Park">Chūō Alps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ibi-Sekigahara-Y%C5%8Dr%C5%8D_Quasi-National_Park" title="Ibi-Sekigahara-Yōrō Quasi-National Park">Ibi-Sekigahara-Yōrō</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hida-Kisogawa_Quasi-National_Park" title="Hida-Kisogawa Quasi-National Park">Hida-Kisogawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aichi_K%C5%8Dgen_Quasi-National_Park" title="Aichi Kōgen Quasi-National Park">Aichi Kōgen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mikawa-wan_Quasi-National_Park" title="Mikawa-wan Quasi-National Park">Mikawa-wan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansai_region" title="Kansai region">Kansai</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suzuka_Quasi-National_Park" title="Suzuka Quasi-National Park">Suzuka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wakasa_Wan_Quasi-National_Park" title="Wakasa Wan Quasi-National Park">Wakasa Wan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tango-Amanohashidate-%C5%8Ceyama_Quasi-National_Park" title="Tango-Amanohashidate-Ōeyama Quasi-National Park">Tango-Amanohashidate-Ōeyama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biwako_Quasi-National_Park" title="Biwako Quasi-National Park">Biwako</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mur%C5%8D-Akame-Aoyama_Quasi-National_Park" title="Murō-Akame-Aoyama Quasi-National Park">Murō-Akame-Aoyama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kong%C5%8D-Ikoma-Kisen_Quasi-National_Park" title="Kongō-Ikoma-Kisen Quasi-National Park">Kongō-Ikoma-Kisen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yamato-Aogaki_Quasi-National_Park" title="Yamato-Aogaki Quasi-National Park">Yamato-Aogaki</a>, <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dya-Ry%C5%ABjin_Quasi-National_Park" title="Kōya-Ryūjin Quasi-National Park">Kōya-Ryūjin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meiji_no_Mori_Min%C5%8D_Quasi-National_Park" title="Meiji no Mori Minō Quasi-National Park">Meiji no Mori Minō</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_Tamba_Kogen_Quasi-National_Park" title="Kyoto Tamba Kogen Quasi-National Park">Kyoto Tamba Kogen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%ABgoku_region" title="Chūgoku region">Chūgoku</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hy%C5%8Dnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan_Quasi-National_Park" title="Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park">Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hiba-Dogo-Taishaku_Quasi-National_Park" title="Hiba-Dogo-Taishaku Quasi-National Park">Hiba-Dōgo-Taishaku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nishi-Chugoku_Sanchi_Quasi-National_Park" title="Nishi-Chugoku Sanchi Quasi-National Park">Nishi-Chūgoku Sanchi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kita-Nagato_Kaigan_Quasi-National_Park" title="Kita-Nagato Kaigan Quasi-National Park">Kita-Nagato Kaigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Akiyoshidai_Quasi-National_Park" title="Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park">Akiyoshidai</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Honshu&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Honshu island generates around <a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a>3.5 trillion or more than 80% of Japan's <a href="/wiki/GDP" class="mw-redirect" title="GDP">GDP</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Honshu&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fruit, vegetables, grains, rice and cotton make up the main produce grown in Honshu.<sup id="cite_ref-Hoshu_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hoshu-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_region" title="Tōhoku region">Tohoku</a> region, spanning the north-eastern part of the island, is notable for its rice production, with 65% of cultivated land being rice paddy fields – almost a quarter of all paddy fields in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Chiba_Prefecture" title="Chiba Prefecture">Chiba Prefecture</a> is famous for its peanuts, also being the largest producer in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rare species of the lichen genus <a href="/wiki/Menegazzia_caviisidia" title="Menegazzia caviisidia">Menegazzia</a> are found only in Honshu.<sup id="cite_ref-BJERKE2004_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BJERKE2004-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Industry">Industry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Honshu&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most of Japan's tea and silk is from Honshu.<sup id="cite_ref-Hoshu_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hoshu-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Japan's three largest industrial regions are all located on Honshu: the <a href="/wiki/Keihin_region" title="Keihin region">Keihin region</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Hanshin_Industrial_Region" title="Hanshin Industrial Region">Hanshin Industrial Region</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%ABky%C5%8D_Industrial_Area" title="Chūkyō Industrial Area">Chūkyō Industrial Area</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minerals_and_fuels">Minerals and fuels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Honshu&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Minerals and fuels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Honshu is home to a large portion<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of Japan's minimal mineral reserves,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including small oil and coal deposits. Several coal deposits are located in the northern part of the island,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> concentrated in <a href="/wiki/Fukushima_Prefecture" title="Fukushima Prefecture">Fukushima Prefecture</a> and <a href="/wiki/Niigata_Prefecture" title="Niigata Prefecture">Niigata Prefecture</a>, though Honshu's coal production is negligible in comparison to <a href="/wiki/Hokkaido" title="Hokkaido">Hokkaido</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kyushu" title="Kyushu">Kyushu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of Japan's oil reserves are also located in northern Honshu, along the west coast, spanning Niigata, <a href="/wiki/Yamagata_Prefecture" title="Yamagata Prefecture">Yamagata</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Akita_Prefecture" title="Akita Prefecture">Akita</a> Prefectures.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most of Japan's copper, lead, zinc and chromite is located on Honshu, along with smaller, scattered deposits of gold, silver, arsenic, sulfur and <a href="/wiki/Pyrite" title="Pyrite">pyrite</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Honshu&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Tokaido_Shinkansen" title="Tokaido Shinkansen">Tokaido Shinkansen</a>, opened in 1964 between <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Station" title="Tokyo Station">Tokyo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shin-%C5%8Csaka_Station" title="Shin-Ōsaka Station">Shin-Ōsaka</a>, is Japan's first high-speed rail line.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the world's oldest high-speed rail line and one of the most heavily used.<sup id="cite_ref-envoy_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-envoy-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2012report_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012report-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/San%27y%C5%8D_Shinkansen" title="San'yō Shinkansen">San'yō Shinkansen</a>, connects the two largest cities in western Japan, <a href="/wiki/Shin-%C5%8Csaka_Station" title="Shin-Ōsaka Station">Shin-Osaka</a> in <a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a> with <a href="/wiki/Hakata_Station" title="Hakata Station">Hakata Station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka" title="Fukuoka">Fukuoka</a>. Both the Tokaido Shinkansen and the Sanyo Shinkansen help form a continuous high-speed railway through the <a href="/wiki/Taiheiy%C5%8D_Belt" title="Taiheiyō Belt">Taiheiyō Belt</a> megalopolis. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Series-N700a-Mt.Fuji.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Series-N700a-Mt.Fuji.jpg/220px-Series-N700a-Mt.Fuji.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Series-N700a-Mt.Fuji.jpg/330px-Series-N700a-Mt.Fuji.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Series-N700a-Mt.Fuji.jpg/440px-Series-N700a-Mt.Fuji.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5215" data-file-height="3477" /></a><figcaption>Mt. Fuji and the Tokaido Shinkansen</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_regions_and_prefectures">Administrative regions and prefectures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Honshu&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Administrative regions and prefectures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The island is divided into five nominal regions and contains 34 prefectures, including metropolitan Tokyo. Administratively, some smaller islands are included within these prefectures, notably including the <a href="/wiki/Ogasawara_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Ogasawara Islands">Ogasawara Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sado_Island" title="Sado Island">Sado Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Izu_%C5%8Cshima" title="Izu Ōshima">Izu Ōshima</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Awaji_Island" title="Awaji Island">Awaji Island</a>. </p><p>The regions and their prefectures are: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_region" title="Tōhoku region">Tōhoku region</a></b> consists of six prefectures. <ul><li><span data-sort-value="Akita Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Akita_Prefecture.svg/22px-Flag_of_Akita_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Akita_Prefecture.svg/33px-Flag_of_Akita_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Akita_Prefecture.svg/43px-Flag_of_Akita_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Akita_Prefecture" title="Akita Prefecture">Akita Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Aomori Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Aomori_Prefecture.svg/22px-Flag_of_Aomori_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Aomori_Prefecture.svg/33px-Flag_of_Aomori_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Aomori_Prefecture.svg/43px-Flag_of_Aomori_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="280" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Prefecture" title="Aomori Prefecture">Aomori Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Fukushima Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Fukushima_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fukushima_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Fukushima_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fukushima_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Fukushima_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Fukushima_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Fukushima_Prefecture" title="Fukushima Prefecture">Fukushima Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Iwate Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Iwate_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iwate_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Iwate_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iwate_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, 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Prefecture">Miyagi Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Yamagata Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_Yamagata_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yamagata_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_Yamagata_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yamagata_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_Yamagata_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Yamagata_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Yamagata_Prefecture" title="Yamagata Prefecture">Yamagata Prefecture</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kant%C5%8D_region" title="Kantō region">Kantō region</a></b> consists of seven prefectures, including the capital of Japan which is the Tokyo Metropolis. <ul><li><span data-sort-value="Chiba Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Chiba_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chiba_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Chiba_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chiba_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Chiba_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chiba_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chiba_Prefecture" title="Chiba Prefecture">Chiba Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Gunma Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Gunma_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Gunma_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Gunma_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Gunma_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Gunma_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Gunma_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Gunma_Prefecture" title="Gunma Prefecture">Gunma Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Ibaraki Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Flag_of_Ibaraki_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ibaraki_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Flag_of_Ibaraki_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ibaraki_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Flag_of_Ibaraki_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ibaraki_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ibaraki_Prefecture" title="Ibaraki Prefecture">Ibaraki Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Kanagawa Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_Kanagawa_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kanagawa_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_Kanagawa_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kanagawa_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_Kanagawa_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Kanagawa_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kanagawa_Prefecture" title="Kanagawa Prefecture">Kanagawa Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Saitama Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flag_of_Saitama_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saitama_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flag_of_Saitama_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saitama_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flag_of_Saitama_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saitama_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saitama_Prefecture" title="Saitama Prefecture">Saitama Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Tochigi Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_Tochigi_Prefecture.svg/22px-Flag_of_Tochigi_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_Tochigi_Prefecture.svg/33px-Flag_of_Tochigi_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_Tochigi_Prefecture.svg/43px-Flag_of_Tochigi_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="630" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tochigi_Prefecture" title="Tochigi Prefecture">Tochigi Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Tokyo"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Flag_of_Tokyo_Metropolis.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tokyo_Metropolis.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Flag_of_Tokyo_Metropolis.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tokyo_Metropolis.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Flag_of_Tokyo_Metropolis.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tokyo_Metropolis.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%ABbu_region" title="Chūbu region">Chūbu region</a></b> consists of nine prefectures. <ul><li><span data-sort-value="Aichi Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Aichi_Prefecture.svg/22px-Flag_of_Aichi_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Aichi_Prefecture.svg/33px-Flag_of_Aichi_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Aichi_Prefecture.svg/43px-Flag_of_Aichi_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Aichi_Prefecture" title="Aichi Prefecture">Aichi Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Fukui Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Fukui_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fukui_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Fukui_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fukui_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Fukui_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Fukui_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Fukui_Prefecture" title="Fukui Prefecture">Fukui Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Gifu Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Gifu_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Gifu_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Gifu_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Gifu_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Gifu_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Gifu_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Gifu_Prefecture" title="Gifu Prefecture">Gifu Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Ishikawa Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Ishikawa_Prefecture.svg/21px-Flag_of_Ishikawa_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Ishikawa_Prefecture.svg/33px-Flag_of_Ishikawa_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Ishikawa_Prefecture.svg/43px-Flag_of_Ishikawa_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="440" data-file-height="310" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ishikawa_Prefecture" title="Ishikawa Prefecture">Ishikawa Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Nagano Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Nagano_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nagano_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Nagano_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nagano_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Nagano_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Nagano_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nagano_Prefecture" title="Nagano Prefecture">Nagano Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Niigata Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Niigata_Prefecture.svg/21px-Flag_of_Niigata_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Niigata_Prefecture.svg/32px-Flag_of_Niigata_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Niigata_Prefecture.svg/42px-Flag_of_Niigata_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="720" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Niigata_Prefecture" title="Niigata Prefecture">Niigata Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Shizuoka Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Shizuoka_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Shizuoka_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Shizuoka_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Shizuoka_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Shizuoka_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Shizuoka_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Shizuoka_Prefecture" title="Shizuoka Prefecture">Shizuoka Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Toyama Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Flag_of_Toyama_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Toyama_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Flag_of_Toyama_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Toyama_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Flag_of_Toyama_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Toyama_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="533" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Toyama_Prefecture" title="Toyama Prefecture">Toyama Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Yamanashi Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Yamanashi_Prefecture.svg/22px-Flag_of_Yamanashi_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Yamanashi_Prefecture.svg/33px-Flag_of_Yamanashi_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Yamanashi_Prefecture.svg/43px-Flag_of_Yamanashi_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Yamanashi_Prefecture" title="Yamanashi Prefecture">Yamanashi Prefecture</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kansai_region" title="Kansai region">Kansai region</a></b> consists of seven prefectures. <ul><li><span data-sort-value="Hyōgo Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Hyogo_Prefecture.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hyogo_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Hyogo_Prefecture.svg/33px-Flag_of_Hyogo_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Hyogo_Prefecture.svg/43px-Flag_of_Hyogo_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="646" data-file-height="454" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hy%C5%8Dgo_Prefecture" title="Hyōgo Prefecture">Hyōgo Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Kyoto Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Kyoto_Prefecture.svg/21px-Flag_of_Kyoto_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Kyoto_Prefecture.svg/32px-Flag_of_Kyoto_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Kyoto_Prefecture.svg/42px-Flag_of_Kyoto_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="924" data-file-height="660" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kyoto_Prefecture" title="Kyoto Prefecture">Kyoto Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Mie Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Mie_Prefecture.svg/21px-Flag_of_Mie_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Mie_Prefecture.svg/33px-Flag_of_Mie_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Mie_Prefecture.svg/43px-Flag_of_Mie_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="728" data-file-height="515" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mie_Prefecture" title="Mie Prefecture">Mie Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Nara Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Nara_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nara_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Nara_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nara_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Nara_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Nara_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nara_Prefecture" title="Nara Prefecture">Nara Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Osaka Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_Osaka_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Osaka_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_Osaka_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Osaka_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_Osaka_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Osaka_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Osaka_Prefecture" title="Osaka Prefecture">Osaka Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Shiga Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_Shiga_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Shiga_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_Shiga_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Shiga_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_Shiga_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Shiga_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Shiga_Prefecture" title="Shiga Prefecture">Shiga Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Wakayama Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Wakayama_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wakayama_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Wakayama_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wakayama_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Wakayama_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Wakayama_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Wakayama_Prefecture" title="Wakayama Prefecture">Wakayama Prefecture</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%ABgoku_region" title="Chūgoku region">Chūgoku region</a></b> consists of five prefectures. <ul><li><span data-sort-value="Hiroshima Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Hiroshima_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hiroshima_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Hiroshima_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hiroshima_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Hiroshima_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Hiroshima_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Prefecture" title="Hiroshima Prefecture">Hiroshima Prefecture</a></span></li> <li><span data-sort-value="Okayama Prefecture"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Okayama_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Okayama_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Okayama_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Okayama_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Okayama_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Okayama_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Okayama_Prefecture" 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