Honshu
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Honshu, historically known as Akitsushima or Hondo, is the largest of Japan's four main islands. It lies between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan. It is the seventh-largest island in the world,
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
Tōhoku region
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The Tōhoku region, Northeast region, Ōu region, or Northeast Japan consists of the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It consists of six prefectures : Akita, Aomori, Fukushim
Mōtsū-ji portrait of three generations of the Northern Fujiwara. The top is Fujiwara no Kiyohira, the right is Fujiwara no Motohira, the left figure is Fujiwara no Hidehira.
Cast iron teapots like this one sit atop stoves during the long winters in Tōhoku.
Aizuwakamatsu Castle after the Battle of Aizu, 1868 photograph
Mount Iwate dominates the city of Morioka