Chūgoku region
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"Chugoku" redirects here. For the country named "Chugoku" in Japanese, see China.
The Chūgoku region (Japanese: 中国地方, Hepburn: Chūgoku-chihō, IPA: [tɕɯːɡokɯ̥ tɕiꜜhoː]), also known as the San'in-San'yō (山陰山陽地方, San'in-San'yō-chihō) region, is the westernmost region of Honshū, the largest island of Japan. It consists of the prefectures of Hiroshima, Okayama, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi.[3] In 2010, it had a population of 7,563,428.[1]