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The is the central region of Honshū, Japan's main island. Chūbu has a population of 21,715,822 as of 2010.〔 Chūbu, which means "central region", encompasses nine prefectures (''ken''): Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Ishikawa, Nagano, Niigata, Shizuoka, Toyama, Yamanashi,〔Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Chūbu" in 〕 and often Mie.〔(Mie Prefecture homepage: About Mie (pdf) )〕 It is located directly between the Kantō region and the Kansai region and includes the major city of Nagoya as well as along Pacific and Sea of Japan coastlines, extensive mountain resorts, and Mount Fuji. The region is the widest part of Honshū and the central part is characterized by high, rugged mountains. The Japanese Alps divide the country into the Pacific side, sunny in winter, and the Sea of Japan side, snowy in winter. ==Subregions== The Chūbu region covers a large and geographically diverse area of Honshū which leads to it generally being divided into three distinct subregions: Tōkai, Kōshin'etsu, and Hokuriku. There is also another subregion occasionally referred to in business circles called Chūkyō. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chūbu region」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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