While Japan has eight High Courts, their jurisdictions do not correspond to the eight regions below.

From north to south, the traditional regions are:

• Hokkaido (the island of Hokkaido and nearby islands, largest city Sapporo)
• Tohoku region (northern Honshu, largest city Sendai)
• Kanto region (eastern Honshu, largest cities Tokyo and Yokohama)
• Chūbu region (central Honshu, including Mt. Fuji), sometimes divided into:
  • Hokuriku region (northwestern Chūbu)
  • Koshin'etsu region (northeastern Chūbu, largest city Nagano)
  • Tokai region (southern Chūbu, largest city Nagoya,Hamamatsu, and Shizuoka)
  • Chukyo region (southwestern Chūbu, largest city Nagoya, Gifu,and Yokkaichi)
• Kansai or Kinki region (west-central Honshu, largest cities Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto)
• Chugoku region (western Honshu, largest city Hiroshima, and Okayama)
• Shikoku (island, largest city Matsuyama, and Takamatsu)
• Kyushu (island, largest city Fukuoka) and Okinawa

Each contains several prefectures, except the Hokkaido region, which covers only Hokkaido.

See also

• Ecoregions of Japan
• Prefectures of Japan
• Geography of Japan

Regions of Japan | Lists of subnational entities

Regions del Japó | Regionen Japans | Regiones del Japón | Japanaj regionoj | Régions du Japon | Regioni del Giappone | 日本の地域 | Lista de regiões do Japão | Japans regioner