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Honshu

or Honshu is the largest island

Island

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of Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido

Hokkaido

, formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island and the largest, northernmost of its 47 prefectures of Japan....
across the Tsugaru Strait

Tsugaru Strait

is a Channel between Honshu and Hokkaido in northern Japan connecting the Sea of Japan with the Pacific Ocean. It was named after the western part of Aomori Prefecture....
, north of Shikoku

Shikoku

is the smallest and least populous of the four main islands of Japan, located south of Honshu and east of Kyushu island. Its ancient names include Iyo-no-futana-shima , Iyo-shima , and Futana-shima ....
across the Inland Sea

Inland Sea

Formally named the , the Inland Sea is the body of water separating Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, three of the main islands of Japan. It serves as an international waterway, connecting the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Japan....
, and northeast of Kyushu

Kyushu

or Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its Japanese Archipelago. Its alternate ancient names include Kyukoku , Chinzei , and Tsukushi-no-shima ....
across the Kanmon Strait. It is the seventh largest island

List of islands by area

This is a list of islands in the world ordered by area. It includes all islands with an area greater than 2,500 km? , and several other islands over 500 km? ....
, and the second most populous island

List of islands by population

This is a list of islands in the world ordered by population. It includes all islands with population greater than 100,000. For comparison, continental landmasses are also shown....
in the world after Java in Indonesia.

The island is roughly 1,300 km long and ranges from 50 to 230 km wide, and its total area is 227,962.59 km², 60% of the total area of Japan.

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or Honshu is the largest island

Island

An island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets....
of Japan

Japan

Hokkaido

, formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island and the largest, northernmost of its 47 prefectures of Japan....
across the Tsugaru Strait

Tsugaru Strait

is a Channel between Honshu and Hokkaido in northern Japan connecting the Sea of Japan with the Pacific Ocean. It was named after the western part of Aomori Prefecture....
, north of Shikoku

Shikoku

Inland Sea

Kyushu

List of islands by area

List of islands by population

Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
, and slightly larger than the state of Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....
. Its area has been expanding with land reclamation

Land reclamation

Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices. One involves creating new land from sea- or riverbeds, the other refers to restoring an area to a more natural state ....
and coastal uplift in the north, but global sea level rise have diminished these effects. Honshu has 5,450 km of coastline.

Mountain

Mountain

A mountain is a landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill....
ous and volcanic

Volcano

A volcano is an opening, or rupture, in a planet's surface or Crust , which allows hot, molten rock, ash, and gases to escape from below the surface....
, Honshu has frequent earthquake

Earthquake

An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes are recorded with a seismometer, also known as a seismograph....
s (the Great Kanto earthquake heavily damaged Tokyo

Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
in September 1923); the highest peak is the active volcano

Volcano

A volcano is an opening, or rupture, in a planet's surface or Crust , which allows hot, molten rock, ash, and gases to escape from below the surface....
Mount Fuji

Mount Fuji

is the highest mountain in Japan at . Along with Mount Tate and Mount Haku, it is one of Japan's "Three Holy Mountains" . An active volcano that last erupted in 1707?08, Mount Fuji straddles the boundary of Shizuoka Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture Prefectures of Japan just west of Tokyo, from which it can be seen on a clear day....
at 3,776 m, which makes it the world's 7th highest island

List of islands by highest point

This is a list of islands in the world ordered by their highest point. It includes all islands with peaks higher than 2,000 m. Non-insular landmasses are included for comparison....
. There are many rivers, including the Shinano River

Shinano River

The Shinano River is the longest river in Japan. It flows from Nagano Prefecture to Niigata Prefecture in Japan. It is 367km long and has 11,900 km? watershed ....
, Japan's longest. The climate is temperate

Temperate

In geography, temperate or tepid latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. The changes in these regions between summer and winter are generally mild, rather than extreme hot or cold....
, 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

Japanese Alps

The is a series of mountain ranges in Japan that bisect the main island of Honshu. The name was coined by William Gowland, the "Father of Japanese Archaeology," and later popularized by Reverend Walter Weston , an English people missionary for whom a memorial plaque is located at Kamikochi, a tourist destination known for its alpine climate....
are features of Honshu.

It has a population of 103,000,000 in 2005, (98,352,000 as of 1990; in 1975 it was 89,101,702), mostly concentrated in the available lowlands, notably in the Kanto plain

Kanto region

The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. The region encompasses seven Prefectures of Japan which overlaps the Greater Tokyo Area: Gunma Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Tokyo, Chiba Prefecture, and Kanagawa Prefecture....
where 25% of the total population reside in the Greater Tokyo Area

Greater Tokyo Area

The Greater Tokyo Area is a large metropolitan area in Japan consisting of most of the Prefectures of Japan of Chiba Prefecture, Kanagawa Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, and Tokyo ....
, which includes Tokyo

Tokyo

Yokohama

is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kanto region of the main island of Honshu. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area....
, Kawasaki

Kawasaki, Kanagawa

is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between 23 special wards and Yokohama. It is the 8th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area....
, Saitama

Saitama, Saitama

is the capital and the most populous cities of Japan of Saitama Prefecture in Japan, situated in the south-east of the prefecture. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Saitama, Omiya-ku, Saitama, Yono, Saitama and Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama....
and Chiba

Chiba, Chiba

is the capital cities of Japan of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is located approximately 40 km east of the center of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. Chiba City became a City designated by government ordinance in 1992....
cities. Most of the nation's industry is located along the belt running from Tokyo along Honshu's southern coastal cities, including Kyoto

Kyoto

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, Osaka

Osaka

is a Cities of Japan in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshu.Osaka is a City designated by government ordinance under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture....
, Nagoya, Kobe

Kobe

is the List of Japanese cities by population in Japan and as the capital city of Hyogo Prefecture and a prominent port city in Japan with a population of about 1.5 million....
, and Hiroshima

Hiroshima

The Japanese city of is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest of Japan's islands....
, part of the Taiheiyo Belt

Taiheiyo Belt

The also known as Tokaido corridor is the name for the megalopolis in Japan extending from Ibaraki Prefecture in the north all the way to Fukuoka Prefecture in the south, running for almost 1,200 km....
.

The economy along the northwestern coast by the Sea of Japan

Sea of Japan

The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, bordered by Japan, South Korea, North Korea and Russia. It is referred to in North Korea as the Korea East Sea and in South Korea as the East Sea....
is largely fishing and agriculture; Niigata

Niigata Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located on Honshu island on the coast of the Sea of Japan. The capital is the city of Niigata, Niigata. The name Niigata literally means "New Lagoon"....
is noted as an important producer of rice. The Kanto and Nobi 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

Nara, Nara

is the capital cities of Japan of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. The city occupies the northern part of Nara Prefecture, directly bordering Kyoto Prefecture....
, and Kamakura

Kamakura, Kanagawa

is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, about south-south-west of Tokyo. It used to be also called . Although Kamakura proper is today rather small, it is sometimes considered a former de facto capital of Japan as the seat of the Shogunate and of the Shikken during the Kamakura Period....
.

The island is nominally divided into five regions and contains 34 prefectures, including metropolitan Tokyo. The regions are Chugoku (western), Kansai

Kansai

The or the lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshu. The region includes the prefectures of Nara Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Osaka Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture, and Shiga Prefecture....
(southern, east of Chugoku), Chubu (central), Kanto (eastern), and Tohoku (northern). Some smaller islands are included within these prefectures, most prominently Ogasawara Islands

Ogasawara Islands

The are an archipelago of over 30 subtropical and tropical islands, some 1,000 km directly south of Tokyo, Japan. Administratively, they form one of the villages of Tokyo....
, Sado Island, Izu Oshima

Izu Oshima

is a volcanic island in the Izu Islands and administered by the Tokyo Metropolitan government, Japan, lies south of Tokyo and east of the Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka prefecture....
and Awaji Island

Awaji Island

is an island in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, in the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea between the islands of Honshu and Shikoku. As a transit between those two islands Awaji originally means "the road to Awa province ", the historic province bordering the Shikoku side of the Naruto strait now part of Tokushima Prefecture....
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The prefectures are:

Chugoku region
Chugoku region

The or is the westernmost region of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It consists of the prefectures of Hiroshima Prefecture, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Shimane Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, and Okayama Prefecture....
— Hiroshima-ken
Hiroshima Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Hiroshima....
, Okayama-ken
Okayama Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Okayama....
, Shimane-ken
Shimane Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island. The capital is Matsue, Shimane. It is the second least populous prefecture in Japan, next to the Tottori Prefecture that is a neighboring prefecture on the east side....
, Tottori-ken
Tottori Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Tottori, Tottori. It is the least populous prefecture in Japan....
, Yamaguchi-ken
Yamaguchi Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi located in the center of the Prefecture: The largest city, by contrast, is Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi....
.
Kansai
Kansai

The or the lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshu. The region includes the prefectures of Nara Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Osaka Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture, and Shiga Prefecture....
— Hyogo-ken
Hyogo Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Kinki region on Honshu island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo....
, Kyoto-fu
Kyoto Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Kinki region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Kyoto....
, Mie-ken
Mie Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan which is part of the Kinki and Chubu regions on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Tsu, Mie....
, Nara-ken
Nara Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan in the Kansai region on Honshu Island, Japan. The capital is the city of Nara, Nara....
, Osaka-fu
Osaka Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan located in the Kinki region on Honshu, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Osaka, Osaka. It is the center of Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area....
, Shiga-ken
Shiga Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan which is part of the Kansai region on Honshu Island. The capital is the city of Otsu, Shiga....
, Wakayama-ken
Wakayama Prefecture

File:WakayamaMapCurrent.png is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located on the Kii Peninsula in the Kansai region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Wakayama, Wakayama....
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Chubu
Chubu region

The is the central region of Honshu, Japan's main island. Chubu has a population estimate of 21,886,324 as of 2008.Chubu, which means "central region", encompasses nine prefectures: Aichi Prefecture, Fukui Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture, Niigata Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, Toyama Prefecture, Yamanashi...
— Aichi-ken
Aichi Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Tokai region of the Chubu region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chukyo Metropolitan Area....
, Fukui-ken
Fukui Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chubu region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Fukui, Fukui....
, Gifu-ken
Gifu Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan located in the Chubu region list of regions in Japan of central Japan. Its capital is the city of Gifu, Gifu. Located in the center of Japan, it has long played an important part as the crossroads of Japan, connecting the east to the west through such routes as the Nakasendo....
, Ishikawa-ken
Ishikawa Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chubu region on Honshu island. The capital is Kanazawa, Ishikawa....
, Nagano-ken
Nagano Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chubu region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Nagano, Nagano....
, Niigata-ken
Niigata Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located on Honshu island on the coast of the Sea of Japan. The capital is the city of Niigata, Niigata. The name Niigata literally means "New Lagoon"....
, Toyama-ken
Toyama Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chubu region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Toyama, Toyama.Toyama is the leading industrial prefecture on the Japan Sea coast, and has the industrial advantage of cheap electricity due to abundant water resources....
, Shizuoka-ken
Shizuoka Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chubu region on Honshu. The capital is the city of Shizuoka, Shizuoka....
, Yamanashi-ken
Yamanashi Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chubu region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Kofu....
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Kanto
Kanto region

The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. The region encompasses seven Prefectures of Japan which overlaps the Greater Tokyo Area: Gunma Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Tokyo, Chiba Prefecture, and Kanagawa Prefecture....
— Chiba-ken
Chiba Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Greater Tokyo Area. Its capital is Chiba, Chiba....
, Gunma-ken
Gunma Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the northwest corner of the Kanto region on Honshu island. Its capital is Maebashi....
, Ibaraki-ken
Ibaraki Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Kanto region on Honshu island. The capital is Mito, Ibaraki....
, Kanagawa-ken
Kanagawa Prefecture

is a prefectures of Japan located in the southern Kanto region of Honshu, Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area....
, Saitama-ken
Saitama Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located on the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Saitama, Saitama.This prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, and most of Saitama's cities can be described as suburbs of Tokyo, to which floods of residents commute each day....
, Tochigi-ken
Tochigi Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan located in the Kanto region on the island of Honshu, Japan. The capital is the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi. Utsunomiya is famous for its many Jiaozi specialist shops....
, Tokyo-to
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
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Tohoku
Tohoku region

The is a geographical area of Japan. Tohoku is Japanese language for "northeast," and the Tohoku region occupies the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan....
— Akita-ken
Akita Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Tohoku Region of northern Honshu, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Akita, Akita....
, Aomori-ken
Aomori Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Tohoku Region. The capital is the city of Aomori, Aomori....
, Fukushima-ken
Fukushima Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Tohoku region on the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Fukushima, Fukushima....
, Iwate-ken
Iwate Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Tohoku region on Honshu island. The capital is Morioka, Iwate....
, Miyagi-ken
Miyagi Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Tohoku Region on Honshu island. The capital is Sendai, Miyagi....
, Yamagata-ken
Yamagata Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Tohoku region on Honshu island. Its capital is Yamagata, Yamagata....
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Honshu is connected to the islands of Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku by tunnel

Tunnel

A tunnel is an underground passageway. The definition of what constitutes a tunnel is not universally agreed upon. However, in general tunnels are at least twice as long as they are wide....
s or bridge

Bridge

A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, Rail tracks, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle....
s. Three new bridge systems have been built across the islands of the Inland Sea between Honshu and Shikoku

Shikoku

Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge

The , also known as the Pearl Bridge, is the world's longest suspension bridge . It is located in Japan and was completed in 1998. The bridge links the city of Kobe on the mainland of Honshu to Iwaya on Awaji Island by crossing the busy Akashi Strait....
and the Ohnaruto Bridge

Ohnaruto Bridge

The is a suspension bridge on the route connecting Kobe with Naruto, Tokushima, Japan. Completed in 1985, it has a main span of . Although it is one of the List of largest suspension bridges, it is dwarfed by the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, which is on the same route....
; Shin-Onomichi Bridge, Innoshima Bridge

Innoshima Bridge

The is a Japanese suspension bridge, part of the 59 kilometer Nishi-Seto Expressway linking the islands of Honshu and Shikoku. Completed in 1983, it has a main span of and connects Mukaishima, Hiroshima with Innoshima, Hiroshima....
, Ikuchi Bridge, Tatara Bridge

Tatara Bridge

The is a cable-stayed bridge that is part of the Nishiseto Expressway, commonly known as the Shimanami Kaido ??????. The bridge has a center span of ....
, Ohmishima Bridge, Hakata-Ohshima Bridge

Hakata-Ohshima Bridge

The is a Japanese suspension bridge, part of the 59 kilometer Nishiseto Expressway connecting the islands of Honshu and Shikoku. Completed in 1988, it has a main span of 560 meters and connects Hakatajima with Oshima, Ehime....
s, and the Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge

Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge

The , which connects the island of Oshima, Ehime to the main part of Shikoku, is the world's longest suspension bridge structure and was completed in 1999....
; Shimotsui-Seto Bridge

Shimotsui-Seto Bridge

The is a suspension bridge with a center span of which connects Honshu with the island of Hitsuishijima. It is the 22nd List of largest suspension bridges....
, Hitsuishijima Bridge

Hitsuishijima Bridge

The is a cable-stayed bridge with a center span of . The span carries roadway and the Seto-Ohashi Line railway tracks. It is immediately north of the identical ....
, Iwakurojima Bridge

Iwakurojima Bridge

The is a cable-stayed bridge with a center span of . The span carries roadway and the Seto-Ohashi Line railway tracks. It is immediately south of the identical ....
, Yoshima Bridge

Yoshima Bridge

The is a truss bridge with a main span of and a total of 5 spans. The span carries roadway and the Seto-Ohashi Line railway tracks. It is immediately south of the and ....
, Kita Bisan-Seto Bridge

Kita Bisan-Seto Bridge

The is a suspension bridge with a center span of . It is the 19th List of largest suspension bridges. The span carries roadway and the Seto-Ohashi Line railway tracks....
, and the Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge

Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge

The is a suspension bridge with a center span of . It is the 13th List of longest suspension bridge spans. The span carries roadway and the Seto-Ohashi Line railway tracks....
), and the Seikan Tunnel

Seikan Tunnel

The Seikan Tunnel is a 53.85 km railway tunnel in Japan, with a 23.3 km portion under the seabed. It is the longest undersea tunnel in the world, although the Channel Tunnel between England and France has a longer under-sea portion....
connects Honshu with Hokkaido

Hokkaido

, formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island and the largest, northernmost of its 47 prefectures of Japan....
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Extreme points

The northernmost point on Honshu is the tip of the Shimokita Peninsula

Shimokita Peninsula

The Shimokita Peninsula is the remote northeastern cape of the Japanese island of Honshu, stretching out towards Hokkaido. Administratively the area is a part of Aomori Prefecture....
in Oma, Aomori

Oma, Aomori

is a towns of Japan located in Shimokita District, Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is the site of the northern-most point on Honshu, the largest island of Japan....
. At the southern extreme lies Cape Kure in Kushimoto, Wakayama

Kushimoto, Wakayama

is a coastal towns of Japan located in the Higashimuro District, Wakayama of Wakayama Prefecture in western Japan. The town has the distinction of being the southernmost point of the Japan's main island, Honshu....
. The island is bounded on the east by Todogasaki in Miyako, Iwate

Miyako, Iwate

Miyako is a cities of Japan located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.On June 6, 2005, the old Miyako absorbed the town of Taro, Iwate and village of Niisato, Iwate from Shimohei District, Iwate to form the new city of Miyako, more than doubling the old city's size....
and on the west by Bishanohana in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi

is a cities of Japan located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is at the southwestern tip of Honshu, facing the Tsushima Strait and also Kitakyushu across the Kanmon Straits....
. It spans more than eight degrees of latitude and 11 degrees of longitude.