What does Chugoku mean in English?

In Japanese, the characters 中国 and the reading Chūgoku began to be used to mean “China” after the founding of the Republic of China. The same characters are used in Chinese to refer to China, but pronounced Zhōngguó, lit. “Middle Kingdom” or “Middle Country” (Wade Giles: Chung1-kuo2).

What do Japanese call China?

Shina
Shina (支那, pronounced [ɕiꜜna]) is a largely archaic Japanese name for China.

Where is the Chugoku Japan?

Honshu
The Chugoku Region, located in the western part of Honshu, comprises the five prefectures Tottori Prefecture, Shimane Prefecture, Okayama Prefecture, Hiroshima Prefecture, and Yamaguchi Prefecture.

What is Chuugoku?

The Chugoku Region (中国地方, Chūgoku Chihō, literally “central country”) makes up the western part of Japan’s main island Honshu. It is commonly subdivided into the heavily urbanized and industrialized Sanyo Region along the Seto Inland Sea coast and the much more rural Sanin Region along the Sea of Japan coast.

What is Chugoku known for?

Chugoku is most famous for Hiroshima which, together with Okayama, are the most visited prefectures. The other three prefectures belonging to Chugoku, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi are a bit more off the beaten path and are among the least visited prefectures of Japan.

How do you write Chugoku in Japanese?

Proper noun

  • 中 ちゅう 国 ごく 語 ご (Chūgoku-go, “Chinese language”)
  • 中 ちゅう 国 ごく 人 じん (Chūgoku-jin, “Chinese person/people”)
  • 中 ちゅう 国 ごく 料 りょう 理 り (Chūgoku ryōri, “Chinese cuisine”)

Why isn’t Japan called Nippon?

The origin of the name Japan is not certain, but researchers say it probably came from the Malayan ″Japung″ or the Chinese ″Riben,″ meaning roughly land of the rising sun. Historians say the Japanese called their country Yamato in its early history, and they began using Nippon around the seventh century.

Is Hiroshima in Chugoku?

Hiroshima – is the largest city in the Chugoku region and the first city in the world to be attacked with nuclear weapons. It is one of the 3 most popular towns visited by foreign tourists to Japan along with Kyoto and Tokyo.

What is Doitsu in Japanese?

From Japanese ドイツ (Doitsu, “Germany”) with influence from the anime Hetalia: Axis Powers.

What is the population of Chugoku?

7.7 million
The Chugoku region is located at the southwestern part of Honshu Island and occupies 32,000 km of the total land area of Japan), with a population of 7.7 million (6.1% of the total). The Chugoku region can be easily accessed from most major cities of the world.

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