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nounthe central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland
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- kyoto a city in central Japan on southern Honshu; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of Japan
- hiroshima a port city on the southwestern coast of Honshu in Japan; on August 6, 1945 Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area
- osaka port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay; a commercial and industrial center of Japan
- fuji an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages
- kobe a port city in Japan on Osaka Bay in southern Honshu; was damaged by an earthquake in 1995
- hokkaido the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; to the north of Honshu
- toyota an industrial city of Japan in southern Honshu
- yokohama port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan
- nagoya an industrial city in southern Honshu
- nagano a city in central Honshu to the northwest of Tokyo; site of a Buddhist shrine