Common Place Names (Level 3)

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東京(とうきょう) Tokyo (City)

Located: Tokyo Prefecture

京都(きょうと) Kyoto (City)

Located: Kyoto Prefecture

東京(とうきょう) Tokyo (City)

Located: Tokyo Prefecture

京都(きょうと) Kyoto (City)

Located: Kyoto Prefecture

大阪 (おおさか) Osaka (City)

Located: Osaka Prefecture

名古屋 (なごや) Nagoya (City)

Located: Aichi Prefecture

本州 (ほんしゅう) Honshu (Island)

Largest Main Island of Japan

四国 (しこく) Shikoku (Island)

Direct South to Honshu Island

九州 (きゅうしゅう) Kyushu (Island)

South West to Honshu Island

北海道(ほっかいどう) Hokkaido (Island)

Direct North to Honshu Island

沖縄 (おきなわ) Okinawa (Island)

Most South West Island of Japan

太平洋 (たいへいよう) Taiheiyo (Belt)

Extends from Ibaraki Prefecture in the northeast to Fukuoka Prefecture in the southwest

日本海 (にほんかい) Sea of Japan

Between the Japanese archipelago, the Korean Peninsula, Sakhalin Island, and the Russian mainland

東海道 (とうかいどう) Tokaido (Road)

The most important of the Five Routes of the Edo period in Japan; connecting Kyoto to modern-day Tokyo

大阪府 (おおさかふ) Osaka (Entire Prefecture)

Located in the Kansai region of Honshu.

兵庫 (ひょうご) Hyogo Prefecture

Located in the Kansai region of Honshu

和歌山 (わかやま) Wakayama Prefecture

Located in the Kansai region of Honshu

東北 (とうほく) Tohoku Region

It is the northeastern portion of Honshu

関東 (かんとう) Kanto Region

It is the east-central portion of Honshu

中部 (ちゅうぶ) Chubu Region

It is the very middle portion of Honshu

北陸 (ほくりく) Hokuriku Region

It is the northwestern portion of Honshu

関西 (かんさい) Kansai Region

It is the southern-central portion of Honshu

中国 (ちゅうごく) Chugoku Region

It is the westernmost portion of Honshu