Coordinates | 39°46′5.88″N86°9′29.52″N |
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name | Honshu |
image name | Japan_honshu_map_small.png |
image caption | Honshu |
locator map | |
native name | |
native name link | Japanese language |
location | East Asia |
archipelago | Japanese Archipelago |
area km2 | 227,962.59 |
length km | 1300 |
width min km | 50 |
width max km | 230 |
coastline km | 5450 |
rank | 7th |
highest mount | Mount Fuji |
elevation m | 3776 |
country | Japan |
country admin divisions title | Prefectures |
country admin divisions | Hiroshima, Okayama, Shimane, Tottori, Yamaguchi, Hyōgo, Kyoto, Mie, Nara, Osaka, Shiga, Wakayama, Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Saitama, Tochigi, Tokyo, Akita, Aomori, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi, Yamagata, Aichi |
country largest city | Tokyo |
country largest city population | 12,570,000 |
population | 103,000,000 |
population as of | 2005 Census |
ethnic groups | Japanese }} |
It has a population of 103 million in 2005, (98,352,000 as of 1990; in 1975 it was 89,101,702), mostly concentrated in the available lowlands, notably in the Kantō plain where 25% of the total population reside in the Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and Yokohama, Kawasaki, Saitama and Chiba cities. Most of the nation's industry is located along the belt running from Tokyo along Honshu's southern coastal cities, including Kyoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Kobe, and Hiroshima, part of the Taiheiyo Belt.
The economy along the northwestern coast by the Sea of Japan is largely fishing and agriculture; Niigata is noted as an important producer of rice. The Kantō and Nōbi plains produce rice and vegetables. Yamanashi is a major fruit-growing area, and Aomori is famous for its apples.
Eminent historical centers include Kyoto, Nara, and Kamakura.
Mountainous and volcanic, Honshu has frequent earthquakes (the Great Kantō earthquake heavily damaged Tokyo in September 1923, and the earthquake of March 2011 moved the whole island by while causing devastating tsunamis); the highest peak is the active volcano Mount Fuji at , which makes it the world's 7th highest island. There are many rivers, including the Shinano River, Japan's longest. The climate is temperate, but has marked difference between the eastern or southern (Pacific or Inland Sea coast) side, and the western or northern (Sea of Japan coast) side. A mountain range runs along the length of Honshu from end to end. In addition to Mt. Fuji, the Japanese Alps are a feature of Honshu.
Honshu is connected to the islands of Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku by tunnels or bridges. Three new bridge systems have been built across the islands of the Inland Sea between Honshu and Shikoku (Akashi Kaikyō Bridge and the Ōnaruto Bridge; Shin-Onomichi Bridge, Innoshima Bridge, Ikuchi Bridge, Tatara Bridge, Ōmishima Bridge, Hakata-Ōshima Bridges, and the Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge; Shimotsui-Seto Bridge, Hitsuishijima Bridge, Iwakurojima Bridge, Yoshima Bridge, Kita Bisan-Seto Bridge, and the Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge), and the Seikan Tunnel connects Honshu with Hokkaido.
The prefectures are:
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