Chubu
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Geography
The region is the widest part of Honshū and the central part is characterized by high, rocky mountains.It is in middle of Japanese Archipelago. The east side is surrounded by the Tohoku region and the Kanto region, the west is by the Kinki region, the south by the Pacific Ocean, and the north by the Sea of Japan.
It is located directly between the Kantō region and the Kansai region and includes the major city of Nagoya as well as long Pacific and Sea of Japan coastlines, extensive mountain resorts, and Mount Fuji.
Climate
Nigata prefecture,Tohoku region, Nagano and Gifu prefecture, the area of heavy snow, is the Sea of Japan side climate and in the mountains area, even to see from the world, it is very unusual to live in such a heavy snow area. Nagano prefecture, excluding the Yamanashi prefecture and the Sea of Japan side climate Areas, every where the Central Highland type of climate that the gap of the cold and warm is severe, it the region for Japan Alps.
Economy
Prefectures
【Subregions】
Tokai region - Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu, Mie
Central Highlands(Koshin'etsu) region - Yamanashi, Nagano, Niigata
Hokuriku region - Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui
Major cities and towns
Hida-Takayama - attractively preserved town and a good starting point for trips to the Japan Alps
Kanazawa - stylish historic city
Nagano - Japan's winter sports capital
Nagoya - Chubu's largest city by far
Niigata - Major port city on the northern coast
Toyama - many festivals can be enjoyed
Other destinations
Japan Alps - the largest and tallest mountain chain in Japan
Mount Fuji - the most tallest, famous mountain in Japan
Oku-Hida Onsen Villages - 5 remote villages full of fabulous landscape and some of Japan's best hot springs
Ono - historic castle town in Fukui prefecture
Sado Island - place of exile home to gold mines and the yearly Earth Celebration
Sekigahara - the site of the famous battle that ushered in the Tokugawa Shogunate
Yuzawa - popular ski and hot spring resort, the setting of Yasunari Kawabata's Nobel Prize-winning Snow Country
Things to do
Nagoya Castle
Gero Onsen - one of Japan's Three Famous Hot Springs
Tokugawa Art Museum
Okazaki Castle
Rokusho Shrine
The Old Mikasa Hotel - was to be a gathering place for aristocrats
Shiraito Falls
Jigokudani Wild Monkey Park
Matsumoto-jo Castle
Lake Suwa-ko
Higashi Chaya-gai District
Specialties
Kaburazushi - Yellowtail, herring, malted rice, konbu , carrots are sandwiched in pickled radish or turnip.
Shinshu apples
Shinshu soba (buckwheat noodles)
Nagoya Cochin -
Kishimen Noodles
Uiro - a rice dumpling made by rice flour with a little sugar.
Tenmusu - a rice ball wrapped with tempura in the center.
Red Miso Dishes - The red miso is the speciality of Nagoya which has a mild taste. There are many dishes, such as miso katsu (pork covered with red miso), miso nikomi udon (Japanese noodles boiled in thick miso soup), and dote nabe (hot soup of miso and vegetables).
Places to stay
Okura Hotel and Resorts
Nigata Washington Hotel
Nigata Tokyu Inn
Yours Hotel Fukui
Hotel New Yours
Hotel Riverge Akebono
Ryokan Inaba
Mihama-kan
Penshon Cruise Bay
Meitetsu Hotel
Toyama Dai-ichi Hotel
Toyama Station Hotel
Hotel Metropolitan Nagano
The Saihokukan Hotel
Hotel Sunroute Nagano
Hotel Nikko Kanazawa
Kanazawa ANA Hotel
Hotel Inn Kanazawa
Getting in
By plane, Chubu Centrair International Airport, Japan's third major international gateway, is located on an artificial island 30 minutes south from Nagoya. Most larger cities around the region have airports, but they generally only serve domestic flights.
By train, the Tokaido Shinkansen bisects the southern Tokai region, connecting to Tokyo in the east and Osaka and Kyoto in the west. Access to the northern parts is harder: Nagano can be reached from Tokyo on the Nagano Shinkansen, but the Hokuriku Shinkansen onward to Kanazawa remains under construction.
Getting around
Keifuku Denki Tetsudo
Hokuriku Tetsudo
JR Shinonoi-sen
Tokkyu line
See also
Links
Some content adapted from Wikipedia.org.
