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Tōhoku region, Japan
Tōhoku region, Japan
This article is about the region in Japan. Tohoku is also a town in Aomori Prefecture

The Tōhoku region (東北地方 Tōhoku-chihō?) is a geographical area of Japan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Tōhoku is Japanese for "northeast," and the Tōhoku region occupies the northeastern portion of Honshū, the largest island of Japan. is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities or Honshu is the largest Island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant The area is also known as Michinoku (みちのく?).

The region consists of six prefectures: Akita, Aomori, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi and Yamagata Prefectures. The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national Jurisdictions one "metropolis" (都 to) Tokyo; one " circuit WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region of northern Japan WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region on the island of WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region on Honshū island WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines--> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region on Honshū island WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines--> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tohoku region on Honshū island

The last stronghold of the indigenous Ainu on Honshū and the site of many battles, Tōhoku retains a reputation as a remote region, offering breathtaking scenery but a harsh climate. The term Indigenous Peoples or autochthonous peoples can be used to describe any Ethnic group who inhabit a geographic region with which they have the earliest historical ʔáinu (also called Ezo in historical texts are an ethnic group indigenous to Hokkaidō, the Kuril Islands, and much of Sakhalin. Climate encompasses the temperatures humidity rainfall atmospheric particle count and numerous other meteorogical factors in a given region over long periods of The haiku poet Matsuo Bashō wrote Oku no Hosomichi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North) during his travels through Tōhoku. is a form of Japanese poetry. Previously called A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan During his lifetime Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form today meaning "Narrow road to/of the interior" translated alternately as The Narrow Road to the Deep North and The Narrow Road to the Interior

Tōhoku, like most of Japan, is hilly or mountainous, with the Ōu Mountains running north-south. The are a Mountain range in the Tōhoku region of Honshū, Japan. Its 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 7th century is the period from 601 to 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. The 9th century is the period from 801 to 900 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. This is summary of two more detailed articles Kofun period and Asuka period. The culture of Japan has evolved greatly over millenia from the country's prehistoric Jomon culture to its contemporary hybrid culture which combines influences from Asia Although iron, steel, cement, chemical, pulp, and petroleum-refining industries began developing in the 1960s, Tōhoku was traditionally considered the granary of Japan because it supplied Sendai and the Tokyo-Yokohama market with rice and other farm commodities. Iron (ˈаɪɚn is a Chemical element with the symbol Fe (ferrum and Atomic number 26 Steel is an Alloy consisting mostly of Iron, with a Carbon content between 0 In the most general sense of the word a cement is a binder a substance which sets and hardens independently and can bind other materials together A chemical substance is a Material with a definite chemical composition. Wood pulp is a dry fibrous material prepared by chemically or mechanically separating the fibers which make up Wood. Petroleum ( L petroleum, from Greek πετρέλαιον, lit A granary is a storehouse for threshed grain or Animal feed. In ancient or primitive granaries Pottery is the most is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and the largest city in the Tōhoku (northeast region officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, located in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshū and is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area Rice is a Cereal foodstuff which forms an important part of the diet of many people worldwide and as such it is a staple food for many Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture A commodity is anything for which there is demand but which is supplied without qualitative differentiation across a market Tōhoku provided 20 percent of the nation's rice crop. The climate, however, is harsher than in other parts of Honshū and permits only one crop a year on paddy fields. A paddy field is a flooded parcel of Arable land used for growing Rice and other semiaquatic crops.

Cast iron teapots like this one sit atop stoves during the long winters in Tōhoku.
Cast iron teapots like this one sit atop stoves during the long winters in Tōhoku. Cast iron usually refers to grey cast iron, but identifies a large group of Ferrous Alloys which solidify with a Eutectic. Tea refers to the cured agricultural product of the leaves leaf buds and internodes of Camellia sinensis, which have been prepared and cured for the market A teapot is a vessel used for steeping Tea leaves or an herbal mix in near-boiling Water. A stove is an enclosed heated space The term is commonly taken to mean an enclosed space in which fuel is burned to provide heating either to heat the space in which the stove is situated Winter is one of the four Seasons of Temperate zones Calculated astronomically, it begins on the Solstice and ends on the Equinox

The inland location of many of the region's lowlands has led to a concentration of much of the population there. In physical Geography, a lowland is any broad expanse of land with a general low level Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Coupled with coastlines that do not favor seaport development, this settlement pattern resulted in a much greater than usual dependence on land and railroad transportation. The coast is defined as the part of the land adjoining or near the Ocean. ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} A port is a facility for receiving Ships and transferring cargo Road transport ( British English) or road transportation ( American English) is Transport on Roads of passengers or goods "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another Low points in the central mountain range fortunately make communications between lowlands on either side of the range moderately easy. Communication is the process of conveying information from a sender to a receiver with the use of a medium in which the communicated information is understood the same way Tourism became a major industry in the Tōhoku region, with points of interest including

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Coordinates: 38°54′N 140°41′E / 38.9, 140.683

A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system.
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