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The consists of the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. This traditional region consists of six prefectures (''ken''): Akita, Aomori, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi and Yamagata.〔Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tōhoku" in 〕 Tōhoku retains a reputation as a remote, scenic region with a harsh climate. In the 20th century, tourism became a major industry in the Tōhoku region. ==History== (詳細はMichinoku region.〔Hanihara, Kazuro. ("Emishi, Ezo and Ainu: An Anthropological Perspective," ) ''Japan Review'', 1990, 1:37 (PDF p. 3).〕 a term first recorded in (654). There is some variation in modern usage of the term "Michinoku".〔McCullough, Helen Craig. (1988). ; excerpt, "Furthermore, in the old days, the two famous eastern provinces, Dewa and Michinoku, were a single province made up of sixty-six districts, of which twelve were split off to create Dewa."〕 Tōhoku's initial historical settlement occurred between the seventh and ninth centuries, well after Japanese civilization and culture had become firmly established in central and southwestern Japan. The last stronghold of the indigenous Emishi on Honshu and the site of many battles, the region has maintained a degree of autonomy from Kyoto at various times throughout history. The haiku poet Matsuo Bashō wrote ''Oku no Hosomichi'' (''The Narrow Road to the Deep North'') during his travels through Tōhoku. The region is traditionally known as a less developed area of Japan.〔Dentsu. (1970). ( ''Industrial Japan, '' Issues 18-26, p. 58 ); retrieved 2013-4-17.〕 The catastrophic 9.0-Magnitude earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011 inflicted massive damage along the east coast of this region, killed 20,000 people and was the costliest natural disaster ever which left 500,000 people homeless along with radioactive fallout from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. 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「Tōhoku region」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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