Chūgoku region

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geographical region region of Japan

The Chūgoku region is a western part of Japan’s main island Honshu, known for cities like Hiroshima and Okayama and a mix of industrial centers, historic sites, and rural landscapes.

Aliases (4)
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region →
region of Japan →
bordersBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean →
Sea of Japan →
Seto Inland Sea →
bordersRegion Kansai region →
Shikoku region →
containsAdministrativeDivision Hiroshima Prefecture NERFINISHED →
Okayama Prefecture NERFINISHED →
Shimane Prefecture NERFINISHED →
Tottori Prefecture NERFINISHED →
Yamaguchi Prefecture NERFINISHED →
country Japan →
hasClimate humid subtropical climate →
hasDialect Chūgoku dialects of Japanese →
hasEconomicActivity agriculture →
automobile industry →
fishing →
manufacturing →
shipbuilding →
hasMajorCity Fukuyama →
Hiroshima →
Kurashiki NERFINISHED →
Matsue NERFINISHED →
Okayama NERFINISHED →
Shimonoseki →
Tottori NERFINISHED →
Yamaguchi NERFINISHED →
hasSubregion San’in region →
San’yō region →
hasTransportHub Hiroshima Airport →
Okayama Airport →
knownFor Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park →
Itsukushima Shrine →
Izumo Taisha Shrine →
Okayama Korakuen Garden →
Tottori Sand Dunes →
coastal scenery →
historic sites →
industrial centers →
rural landscapes →
language Japanese →
locatedIn western Honshu →
western Japan →
locatedOn Honshu →
partOf Japan →
timeZone Japan Standard Time →
traversedBy Sanyō Shinkansen →
Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Hiroshima →
Hiroshima 1st district →
locatedIn
Kansai region →
borders
Western Japan ("Chūgoku culture area") →
hasCulturalRegion
Honshu ("Chugoku") →
hasRegion
Chūgoku region ("San’yō region") →
hasSubregion
Hiroshima High Court ("Chugoku region") →
jurisdiction
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