The Chūbu region , Central region, or Central Japan is a region in the middle of Honshū, Japan's main island. In a wide, classical definition, it encompasses nine prefectures (ken): Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Ishikawa, Nagano, Niigata, Shizuoka, Toyama, and Yamanashi.
Mount Fuji is the Chūbu region's most famous landmark.
Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama in Chūbu
Central Nagoya
Nagoya City
Honshu , historically called Akitsushima , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island separates the Sea of Japan, which lies to its north and west, from the North Pacific Ocean to the south and east. It is the seventh-largest island in the world, and the second-most populous after the Indonesian island of Java.
Japan as seen from a satellite. Honshu is the largest, middle island.
Mount Fuji seen from Lake Motosu in Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park
Mt. Fuji and the Tokaido Shinkansen