Talk:List of regions of Japan

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japan is made of 4 huge islands and 6,000 little 1 ones. This is a list and should be so designated. Would List of Japan regions, List of Japanese regions or List of regions in Japan be the best title? --mav


 * I think I prefer List of Japanese regions, although perhaps List of regions in Japan would be a better general format. Whichever you think is best is fine with me.


 * I guess the same is true of similar lists? I based this one on Regions of France and there are other similar pages listed at region . I'm working on removing links to that disambiguation page, which is why I started this page. -- sannse 10:56 Mar 29, 2003 (UTC)


 * I kinda like List of regions in Japan as a general format too. That way you don't need to know what the adjectives are for each nation. --mav


 * heh, yeah I don't want to get into an argument about List of American regions ;) OK, I'll do the move -- sannse


 * Oye! Good point - I don't want to go through that again. :) --mav

In some references, Okinawa Prefecture is part of a separate region by itself as Okinawa region or Ryukyu region. Johnluisocasio (talk) 22:13, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

8 / 14 groups
As discussed at the talk page of Japanese Wikipedia, there is no single official definition of the regions of Japan. Different organs use different groupings. In addition to the traditional 8 regions, the 14 groups defined by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may be worth mentioning although I have never heard of the maritime/interior division of Kantō and Kinki (Kansai). As for groupings of municipalities, the notion of "Ryukyu Islands" is non-existent. The term of "Satsunan Islands" seems geography-specific too. The Kyushu-Okinawa division is more popular. --Nanshu (talk) 08:03, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Hokushin region
The Hokushin region of Japan is composed of the Hokuriku region (Fukui, Ishikawa, and Toyama prefectures) and Nagano prefecture.

So where does this fit in on this page? --evrik (talk) 23:45, 7 May 2024 (UTC)