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Chubu Region 中部地方

Mt. Fuji
Mount Fuji

The Chubu region 中部地方 is a region in the middle of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. This region is comprised of Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi, Nagano, Gifu, Shizuoka, and Aichi Prefectures. The Sea of Japan borders this region to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south and east.

 

The cities of the Chubu Region include Nagoya, Niigata, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Kanazawa, Toyota, Toyama, Gifu, Okazaki, and Inchinomiya, among others. Mt. Fuji is located in this region.

Niigata Prefecture 新潟県

Niigata official guide

Endo Minoru Memorial Museum "Jisyokan"

The Furutsu-hachiman-yama Site Archaeological Site

Minatopia: Niigata City History Museum

Niigata official guide

Niigata Prefecture Archaeological Research Center

Nittsu Art Museum

Art Gallery of Michitomo Sayama

NSG Art Museum

Other things to see in Niigata

Egyptian Hieroglyphs Monument

Toyama Prefecture 富山県

Gokayama Official Travel Guide

Nakajima Canal Lock (built 1934)

Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design

Official Toyama Travel Guide

Toyama Castle

薬種商の館 金岡邸 (富山県民会館分館) - Kanaoka Residence Medicine Museum

Toyama Science Museum

Toyama Prefecture Pollution-Related Diseases Museum

Toyama Glass Art Museum

Other things to see in Toyama

猟師ヶ原堰堤竣工碑 - Monument Commemorating the Completion of the Ryushigahara Dam

Yatsuo Owara Museum

Ishikawa Prefecture 石川県

Ishikawa Travel Guide

Rekimachi Hometown Museum

Kitamaebune ship Museum

Kutaniyaki Art Museum

Fukata Kyūya Memorial Museum

Nakaya Ukichiro Museum of Snow and Ice

Kingo Castle Ruins

Komatsu no Mori

Daishoji Castle Ruins

Other things to see in Ishikawa

Ukimido Temple

Yasoyama Masako / Kazuyo Museum

Kushichayaminzoku Museum

Science Hills Komatsu

Fukui Prefecture 福井県

Fukui Prefecture Travel Guide

Tsuruga castle ruins

Kanegasaki Castle Ruins

Monument to Takanaga, First son of Emperor Go-Daigo

Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum

Tsuruga Citizen's Culure Center

Tsuruga Railway Museum(Former Tsuruga Harbor Station Building)

Tsuruga Red Brick Warehouse

Echizen Town Oda Cultural History Museum

Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum

Oita Museum of Culture and History

Other things to see in Fukui

Tsuruga Clocktower

Suzaki Light Beacon

Kanegasaki Park

Tsuruga Promenade

Kamomegasaki Cape

Mihamacho Energy Environment and Environmental Protection Path

Statue of Oda Nobunaga (Nyu District)

Oda clan birthplace monument 織田一族発祥地碑

Yamanashi Prefecture 山梨県

Yamanashi Prefecture Travel Guide

Ichikawamisatocho Hanabi (fireworks) Museum

Fujimi Stone - Oda Nobunaga sat here

Kogane no Sato Smile Museum

Kai Choushizuka Burial Mound

Mt. Fuji World Heritage Centre

Yamanashi Prefecture Archaeological Museum

Other things to see in Yamanashi

Maruyamazuka Burial Mound

岩下学校跡 - Iwashita School Site

寺所の烽火台跡 - Terasho no Beacon Tower Remains​

丸山の石龕 - Maruyama Stone Niche
 

Nagano Prefecture 長野県

Nagano Tourism Guide

CHino City Yatsugatake Museum

Fukuyo Castle Ruins

Kasuga Castle Ruins

Chino City Togariishi Jomon Archaeological Museum

Utsukushigahara Open Air Museum

Matsumoto Castle

Kanyinhara Stone Buddhas

Noguchi Residence Remains

Manmou Kinenkan (Memorial Museum for Agricultural Emigrants to Manchuria)

Tsumago-juku - Station 42 on Nakasendo Road

Minowa Castle Ruins

Asama Castle Ruins

Genshi Kodai Roman Kan

Matsumoto City Archaeological Museum

Matsushima Castle Ruins

Other things to see in Nagano

香炉の物見岩 ​Incense Burner Lookout Rock

Gifu Prefecture 岐阜県

Gifu Travel Guide

Remains of Okamae Castle

Gujohachiman Hakurankan Museum

Nagaragawa Ukai Museum

Sunomata-ichiyajo-Castle (Ogaki City Sunomata Historical Museum)

Statue of Oda Nobunaga

Kokindenju no Sato Field Museum

Gifu Castle

Gujohachiman Hakurankan Museum

Naegi Castle Ruins

Noguchi Castle Ruins

Gujo Hachiman Castle

Sanko Museum

Gifu City Science Museum

Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum

Anenokoji Cemetery

Other things to see in Gifu

Statue of Togo Heihachiro

Kojima Castle Site

地獄穴洞窟遺跡 - Hell Cave Ruins

Kikyo Mount

​Gifu Retro Museum

The Old Townscape of Kawaramachi

Maruyama Castle Ruins

Temple Bell donated by Oda Nobunaga

Oda Nobunaga HQ ruins 織田信長本陣跡

Statues of Tsuchida (Dota) Gozen and Oda Nobunaga

Oda Nobunaga's Resting Stone

Oda Nobunaga Monument (in Tejikarao Shrine)

Statue of Young Oda Nobunaga (in Gifu park)

Shizuoka Prefecture 静岡県

Kakegawa Castle

Miho Shirube (Shizuoka City Miho no Matsubara Culture & Creativity Center)

Kōkokuji Castle Ruins

Shizuoka City Serizawa Keisuke Art Museum

Shizuoka Travel Guide

Site of Yokosuka Castle

Marine Science Center, Social Education Center, Tokai University

Toro Archaeological Site

振武薹記念館(旧陸軍士官学校皇族舎 - Military Academy Royal Family Residence

Takatenjin Castle Ruins

Toi Gold Mine

Takeda Shingen's Rock

JGSDF Public Information Center (Rikkun Land)

Statue of Zen Master Eisai, Father of Tea 茶祖 栄西禅師像

Other things to see in Shizuoka

Tetsushuji

Emperor Yamato Takeru Statue

小鹿古墳群 - Ojika Burial Mounds

Site of Kitagange

えびどう池 - Ebido Pond

見付宿跡(元吉原) - Remains of Mitsuke-juku

The Crown Prince's Wedding Memorial Monument

Aichi Prefecture 愛知県

Aichi Tourism Guide

Inazawa City Oguiss Memorial Art Museum

Ichinomiya City Migishi Setsuko Memorial Art Museum

Museum Meiji-Mura

Okazaki Castle and Park

Okehazama Battlefield Site

Kiyosu city Haruhi Museum of Art

Mikawakogei Glass Museum

JERA Museum Hekinan

Ichinomiya City Museum

Mikawa Warriors and Ieyasu Museum

Aichi Asahi Site Museum

Shell Midden Center

Aichi Sewer Science Museum

Statue of Tokugawa Ieyasu

Okazaki City Museum of Art

Other things to see in Aichi

Kiyosu Castle Ruins

Kiyosu Castle

Statues of Oda Nobunaga and Nohime - Kiyosu Park

Kiyosu Honjin Site - Stopover for Shogun and retinue between Edo and Kyoto

Hiraiwa Castle Ruins 平岩城跡(明大寺古屋敷跡)

Statues of Oda Nobunaga and Imagawa Yoshimoto

Ruins of the Oda Nobunaga Battlefront Encampment Site

Asano Nagamasa Birthplace Marker 浅野長政生誕地

Tsushima Harbor Ruins

Grave of Oda Ise no Kami Nobuyasu and his Wife

Legend Place of Okehazama Old Battlefield

Nagoya City 名古屋市

Aichi Tourism Guide

Atsuta-jingu Shrine

Brother Museum

SCMaglev and Railway Park

Birthplace of Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Hideyoshi Kiyomasa Memorial Museum

Shobata Castle Ruins

Kinshachi Yokocho

Nagoya Castle

Josenji Temple (Hideyoshi's birth bath well)

Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology

Nobunaga Wall

Nagoya City Archives and Museum

Ōdaka Castle Ruins

Fuji Antarctic Museum Ship

Statue of the Three Great Unifiers

Shobata Castle Ruins

Other things to see in Nagoya City

Statue of Admiral Togo Heihachiro in Aichi Ike Athletic Park

Statues of Oda Nobunaga and Nohime (Kiyosu Park)

Oda Nobunaga Kosha (Kiyosu Park)

Statue of Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣秀吉像 (Nishi Ward 4-Chome)

Statue of Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣秀吉像 (Nishi Ward 1-Chome)

​Statue of Oda Nobunaga 織田信長像 (Nishi Ward 1-Chome)

Statue of Oda Nobunaga 織田信長像 (Kiyosu 1-Chome)

Statue of Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊太閤之像 (Nakamura Ward)

Remains of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's mother 伝豊臣秀吉母宅趾

Katsubata Castle Model 勝幡城 推定復元模型

Oda Nobuhide, Tsuchida (Dota) Gozen, and Kippōshi (Young Oda Nobunaga) Statue

Poetry Monument 織田信長公 桶狭間出陣乃歌碑

​Oda Nobuhide Tombstone

Oda Nobunaga Castle Ruins 右大臣 織田信長公 古城跡碑

Furuwatari Castle Ruins

Oda Nobunaga's Residence Ruins

Oda Nobunaga's Armour Display Ruins

Niwa Nagahide's Residence Ruins

Site of Inōhara Battlefield

Hirate Masahide's residence 平手政秀宅跡

Old Nagoya Castle (Ruins)

Okehazama Battlefield Marker 武路釜ケ谷

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This website was made possible thanks to the efforts of 

Rita J. King, Yuki Hayashi Bibb, Michael Ryan, and Daniel S. Parker

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