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Historical sites of the Chubu Region
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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
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
Other things to see in Fukui
Tsuruga Clocktower
Suzaki Light Beacon
Kanegasaki Park
Tsuruga Promenade
Kamomegasaki Cape
Mihamacho Energy Environment and Environmental Protection Path
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
Matsushima Castle Ruins
Kanyinhara Stone Buddhas
Noguchi Residence Remains
Manmou Kinenkan (Memorial Museum for Agricultural Emigrants to Manchuria)
Minowa Castle Ruins
Asama Castle Ruins
Genshi Kodai Roman Kan
Matsumoto City Archaeological Museum
Utsukushigahara Open Air Museum
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)
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
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
Kiyosu city Haruhi Museum of Art
Mikawakogei Glass Museum
JERA Museum Hekinan
Aichi Asahi Site Museum
Shell Midden Center
Aichi Sewer Science Museum
Ichinomiya City Museum
Other things to see in Aichi
Kiyosu Castle Ruins
Statues of Oda Nobunaga and Nohime - Kiyosu Park
Kiyosu Honjin Site - Stopover for Shogun and retinue between Edo and Kyoto
Nagoya City 名古屋市
Aichi Tourism Guide
Atsuta-jingu Shrine
Brother Museum
SCMaglev and Railway Park
Kinshachi Yokocho
Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
Nagoya Castle
Nagoya City Archives and Museum
Ōdaka Castle Ruins
Fuji Antarctic Museum Ship
Other things to see in Nagoya City
Statue of Admiral Togo Heihachiro in Aichi Ike Athletic Park