Chubu

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Chūbu (中部) is the central region of Japan's Honshu island.

This area is located at the border between West Japan and East Japan and there are many high-altitude mountains such as Mount Fuji and the Japanese Alps.

Food culture is different for each region.

Chubu Halal Travel Guide

Chubu means "middle region", accurately reflecting its position straddling the two Japanese poles of Kansai and Kanto. Often ignored by foreign tourists, many of Chubu's best attractions are in the mountains, particularly Mount Fuji and the Japan Alps|Japanese Alps.

Prefectures

The Chūbu region covers a large and geographically diverse area of Honshū which leads to it generally being divided into three distinct subregions: Tōkai, Kōshin'etsu, and Hokuriku.

Tōkai(東海)

Located the southern Pacific coast.

Chubu Region

Aichi
mostly urban sprawl around Nagoya

Gifu (prefecture)
home to the northern Japan Alps and many thermal spas (Muslim Friendly)

Shizuoka (prefecture)
- home to the famous Mount Fuji and the scenic Izu Peninsula

Hokuriku(北陸)

Located northwest of the Chubu region.

Fukui (prefecture)

Ishikawa
Home to the historic city of Kanazawa

Toyama (prefecture)
===Kōshin'etsu(甲信越)===

Located east of the Chubu region.

Niigata (prefecture)
famous for Koshihikari Rice and sake

Nagano (prefecture)
Prefecture famous for its winter skiing and the Olympics, and Matsumoto

Yamanashi (prefecture)
at the foothills of Mount Fuji

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Cities

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Higashi Chayamachi2 - Kanazawa's historic Higashi-Chayamachi teahouse neighborhood

Hida-Takayama - attractively preserved town and a good starting point for trips to the Japan Alps Inuyama Matsumoto Kanazawa - stylish historic city Nagano - Japan's winter sports capital Nagoya - Chubu's largest city by far Niigata - Major port city on the northern coast Shizuoka Toyama

More Destinations

Okuhida_Bath_Kodakara2 - Hot springs in the Oku-Hida Onsen Villages

Gero Onsen - one of Japan's Three Famous Hot Springs
Japan Alps - the largest and tallest mountain chain in Japan
Mount Fuji - the world's most photographed mountain with great views from the Fuji Five Lakes
Oku-Hida Onsen Villages - 5 remote hamlets full of stunning scenery and some of Japan's best thermal spas (Muslim Friendly)
Ono - historic castle town in Fukui prefecture
Sado Island - place of exile home to Gold mines and the yearly Earth Celebration
Shirakawa-go - a impeccably maintained historic village and World Heritage Site
Sekigahara - the site of the famous battle that ushered in the Tokugawa Shogunate
Yuzawa (Niigata) | Yuzawa - popular ski and hot spring resort and the setting of Yasunari Kawabata's Nobel Prize-winning Snow Country

Local Language in Chubu

There are many Muslim who speak in each dialect in this area. For example, some Niigata people use ra instead of standard copula da such as ～raro instead of ～daro ("isn't it?"). Shizuoka people use ～dara instead of ～daro. In Ishikawa and Toyama, people use dara as an abuse word meaning "idiot".

How to travel to Chubu

Fly to Chubu

Chubu Centrair International Airport, Japan's third major international gateway and is located on an artificial island 30 minutes south from Nagoya. Most larger city's around the region have airports, but they generally only serve domestic flights.

Travel by train to Chubu

True to the name and the Tokaido Shinkansen bisects the southern Tokai region, connecting to Tokyo in the east and Osaka and Kyoto in the west. Northern parts, Nagano, Toyama and Kanazawa, can be visited from Tokyo by the Hokuriku Shinkansen. The Hokuriku region is accessible from Kansai via the Thunderbird.

How to get around in Chubu

What to see in Chubu

World Heritage Sites

Nirayama Reverberatory Furnace - Part of the Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining, Izunokuni
Shirakawa-go and Gokayama - old farmouses that have been preserved, Shirakawa-go is the largest of the villages. Gokayama actually consists of two separate villages, Ainokura and Suganuma in Nanto, Toyama (prefecture) | Toyama
Mount Fuji While the Mount Fuji|mountain itself is included and the site is actually registered as a "cultural" listing consisting of more than 20 sites, including each of the Sengen Shrines around the mountain.

Castles

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Original Castles

The Chubu region is home to 3 of the 12 original castles remaining in the nation.

Inuyama Castle Designated a National Treasure and one of the oldest castles in the nation
Maruoka Castle Located in Sakai (Fukui) | Sakai, it's a famous cherry blossom spot
Matsumoto Castle An impressive black castle that sits in Matsumoto to the backdrop of the Japan Alps

Reconstructed Castles

Nagoya Castle, Nagoya
Okazaki Castle, Okazaki
Kakegawa Castle, Kakegawa
Hamamatsu Castle, Hamamatsu
Gifu Castle, Gifu
Ogaki Castle, Ogaki
Gujo Hachiman Castle, Gujo
Echizen Ono Castle, Ono
Toyama Castle, Toyama
Shibata Castle, Shibata

Castle Ruins

Iwamura Castle, Ena
Fukui Castle, Fukui
Takaoka Castle, Takaoka
Takato Castle, Ina (Nagano) | Ina

Gardens

Kenrokuen Garden - One of the official Japan's Top 3|Top 3 gardens in the nation, it has been a favorite for decades. (Kanazawa)
Yokokan Garden - Part of the Matsudaira Clan's second home (Fukui)
Shimizuen Garden (Shibata)
Shiratori Garden - An oft-forgotten gem in the region's largest city (Nagoya)

Temples

Zenkōji National Treasure, Nagano
Eiheiji a quiet mountain temple where visitors can meditate Eiheiji
Natadera a secluded temple in Komatsu
Eihoji A National Treasure with a scenic garden (Tajimi)

Shrines

Sengen Shrines are shrines associated with Mount Fuji, and although there are Sengen Shrines outside of the Chubu area and the top are only here in Shizuoka Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture around the mountain.

Atsuta Shrine, home to one of Japan's three Imperial Regalia Nagoya
Togakushi Shrine in Nagano
Toyokawa Inari Shrine, one of that top Inari shrines Toyokawa
Kunozan Toshogu Shrine, Shizuoka

Top Muslim Travel Tips for Chubu

Winter sports - in the winter, cold, dry air from the Asian continent meets moist Pacific air and the result is a large amount of snow that falls in the Koshin'etsu neighborhood, commonly called Snow Country (雪国 Yukiguni), since it receives some of the heaviest snowfall in Japan. This makes Chubu Japan's undisputed winter sports capital with attractions like Nagano, site of the 1998 Winter Olympics, and Yuzawa (Niigata) | Yuzawa, easily reached from Tokyo.
Hiking - the Japan Alps have some great hiking. Mount Fuji in Shizuoka is a symbol of Japan and a popular tourism attraction, both for viewing and climbing.

Halal Restaurants

Hathomisonikomi-Udon-1 - Hatchō miso Udon|Udon

Chubu's regions all have their local specialities. Some include:

Hotaru ika (蛍烏賊. lit. "firefly squid") in Toyama
Tempura shrimp（海老天） in Nagoya
Hatchō miso (八丁味噌) in Okazaki

Chubu is sake country and Niigata, renowned for its koshihikari Rice, produces some of the best in the nation including famous labels like Kubota (久保田), Koshinokanbai (越乃寒梅) and Hakkaisan (八海山).

Shizuoka is famous for green tea and Aichi specializes in, oddly enough, oranges.