Honshu (Japanese: 本州, Hepburn: Honshū, pronounced [hoꜜɰ̃ɕɯː] ; lit. 'main island'), historically known as Akitsushima (秋津島, lit. 'dragonfly island'),...
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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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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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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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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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(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 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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shore, and around Mt. Aso in central Kyūshū. The island is separated from Honshu by the Kanmon Straits. Being the nearest island to the Asian continent,...
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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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Limenitis glorifica (redirect from Honshu white admiral)
commonly known as the Honshu White Admiral, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. L. glorifica is endemic to the island of Honshu, in Japan, where it...
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Doryrhamphus japonicus (redirect from Honshu pipefish)
Doryrhamphus japonicus, or the Honshu pipefish, is a species of flagtail pipefish from the genus Doryrhamphus that occurs in the Western Pacific Ocean...
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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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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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period 1978–1988, 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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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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suspension bridge which links the city of Kobe on the Japanese island of Honshu and Iwaya, Awaji [ja] on Awaji Island. It is part of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto...
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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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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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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. They are also...
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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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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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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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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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an average of 2.6 typhoons reached the main islands of Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu and Hokkaido per year. Okinawa is, due to its geographic location, most...
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The Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company Limited (本州四国連絡高速道路株式会社, Honshū-shikoku-renraku-kōsoku-dōro-kabushikigaisha), abbreviated as JB本四高速 (JB honshi-kōsoku...
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sub-national jurisdiction in the Greater Tokyo Area on the eastern coast of Honshū Port of Chiba, Chiba Prefecture Chiba (musician), American rapper Chiba...
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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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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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