Honshu (本州, Honshū, pronounced [hoꜜɰ̃ɕɯː] ; lit. 'main island'), historically called Akitsushima (秋津島, lit. 'Dragonfly island'), is the largest and most...
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Japanese wolf (redirect from Honshu Wolf)
hodophilax), also known as the Honshū wolf, is an extinct subspecies of the gray wolf that was once endemic to the islands of Honshū, Shikoku and Kyūshū in the...
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The Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Project (本州四国連絡橋, Honshū-Shikoku Renraku-kyō) is a system of bridges connecting the islands of Honshu and Shikoku across the...
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Tokyo (redirect from Tokyo, Honshu)
of Tokyo Bay, Tokyo is part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and the...
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8 million, the least populated of Japan's four main islands. It is south of Honshu and northeast of Kyushu. Shikoku's ancient names include Iyo-no-futana-shima...
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Northeastern Japan Arc (redirect from Northeastern Honshu Arc)
also Northeastern Honshū Arc, is an island arc on the Pacific Ring of Fire. The arc runs north to south along the Tōhoku region of Honshū, Japan. It is the...
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The HVDC Hokkaidō–Honshū or Hokkaidō–Honshū HVDC Link (北海道・本州間電力連系設備, Hokkaidō-Honshū-kan Denryoku Renkei Setsubi), Kitahon HVDC Link (北本連系, Kitahon Renkei)...
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shore, and around Mt. Aso in central Kyushu. The island is separated from Honshu by the Kanmon Straits. Being the nearest island to the Asian continent,...
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Limenitis glorifica (redirect from Honshu white admiral)
Limenitis glorifica, the Honshu white admiral, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. L. glorifica is endemic to the island of Honshu, in Japan, where it...
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(Makino) Koidz – southern Honshu Sasaella caudiceps (Koidz.) Koidz. – Honshu Sasaella hidaensis (Makino) Makino, Hishu zasa – Honshu, Shikoku Sasaella kogasensis...
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The Honshū alpine conifer forests ecoregion covers 4,400 square miles (11,000 km2) in the high-elevation mountains of central Honshū and the Oshima Peninsula...
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List of foreshocks and aftershocks of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake (redirect from 2011 East Honshu earthquake)
been reached among the researchers. Magnitude 7.2 – NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN Archived 2011-03-10 at the Wayback Machine. Earthquake.usgs.gov....
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List of volcanoes in Japan (redirect from List of volcanoes in Honshu)
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is...
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suspension bridge which links the city of Kobe on the Japanese island of Honshu to Iwaya, Awaji [ja] on Awaji Island. It is part of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto...
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the remote, smaller islands; it refers to the main islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku. From 1943 until the end of the Pacific War, Karafuto...
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prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The...
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2009 Shizuoka earthquake (redirect from 2009 Honshu earthquake)
occurred with a magnitude of 6.4, hitting Shizuoka Prefecture in the south of Honshū, Japan, on August 11 at 05:07 local time (August 10, 20:07 UTC). The seismic...
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Akaishi Mountains (redirect from Southern Alps, Honshu)
Akaishi Mountains (赤石山脈, Akaishi Sanmyaku) are a mountain range in central Honshū, Japan, bordering Nagano, Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures. It is also...
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code Aichi 愛知県 Nagoya 名古屋市 Chūbu Honshū 7,475,630 5,173.07 1,458 7 54 JP-23 052 Akita 秋田県 Akita 秋田市 Tōhoku Honshū 918,811 11,637.52 82.4 6 25 JP-05...
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Hokkaido Honshu Kyushu Shikoku The four main islands of Japan are: Hokkaido – the northernmost and second largest main island, third most populous. Honshu –...
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south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—and thousands of smaller islands, covering 377,975...
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Northeast Japan (東北日本, Tōhoku Nihon) consists of the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. This traditional region consists of six prefectures...
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strait near the tip of Honshu. South of that point Japan's Inland Sea mingles its waters through the narrow Kanmon Strait between Honshu and Kyushu, with those...
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the latter also containing the Satsunan Islands, while the largest island Honshū is divided into five regions. Okinawa Prefecture is usually included in...
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period 1978–88, it is one of the three routes of the Honshū–Shikoku Bridge Project connecting Honshū and Shikoku islands and the only one to carry rail...
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Dragonriders of Pern (redirect from Honshu Hold)
Dragonriders of Pern is a science fantasy series written primarily by American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey, who initiated it in 1967. Beginning in 2003...
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(also called Ebisu and Ezo), were a people who lived in parts of northern Honshū in present-day Japan, especially in the Tōhoku region. The first mention...
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April 2011 Miyagi earthquake (redirect from 2011 Honshu earthquake)
2011. Several tsunami warnings were issued for the northeastern coast of Honshu; however, they were all canceled 90 minutes later. Over 3 million households...
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Amurian Plate (part of the Eurasian Plate), which dips beneath southwestern Honshu, Japan. The fault is divided into five segments in three zones, which rupture...
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manufacturing city in the Chūgoku region of Honshū Kobe, a major port on the Inland Sea, located in the center of Honshū near Osaka Kitakyūshū, a city of just...
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