左京区 (Sakyo Ku): A ward in kyoto. Relative to the Kyoto Imperial Palace (and the Emperor who sat facing south), this ward would lie on his left.īONUS: To ask a cab driver to turn right or left, you can say, “右折してください” ( U-setsu shite kudasai, “Please turn right.”) or “左折してください” ( Sa-setsu shite kudasai, “Please turn left.”). Relative to the Kyoto Imperial Palace (and the Emperor who sat facing south), this ward would lie on his right. A popular hot spring resort destination in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture. 宮之下温泉 (Miya No Shita Onsen): Literally “hot springs under the palace”. Known for its many fashion retailers, cafes, theaters, bars and live music venues. 下北沢 (Shimo Kitazawa): A commercial and industrial neighborhood in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo. An upscale residential neighborhood in central Tokyo. A neighborhood and train station in eastern Tokyo, known as a cherry blossom viewing destination and for its art galleries, museums and universities. 西日暮里駅 (Nishi Nippori): West Nippori Station is located on the Yamanote, Tokyo Metro Chiyoda, and Nippori-Toneri Liner in Tokyo. It includes the prefectures of Mie, Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, and Shiga A region in the south-central area of Japan’s main island. The population of Kanto amounts to about a third of the population of Japan. A geographic area including the Greater Tokyo area and includes seven prefectures: Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, and Kanagawa. Runs between Nakano Station in Tokyo’s Nakano Ward to Nish-Funabashi Station in Chiba at the eastern terminus. 東西線 (Tōzai Sen): Literally “East-West” Line. Tokyo is the eastern capital of Japan because it is east of Kyoto, which was the country’s capital until 1868 when Emperor Meiji moved the capital to Edo and renamed it Tokyo. 南北線 (Namboku-sen): Literally “South-North” Line, a subway line operated by Tokyo Metro that runs north-south through Tokyo, from Akabane Iwabuchi Station in Kita Ward to Meguro in Shinagawa Ward at the southern terminus. 南区 (Minami-ku ): South Ward, one of Yokohama’s 18 wards. It is the third-busiest station on the Tokyo Metro network. 北千住 (Kita-Sen Jyu): Literally “North Thousand Living”. Kita-Senju Station is a railway station in Adachi Ward, Tokyo. The northernmost city in Kyushu (Japan’s third largest island). ![]() ![]() 北九州 (Kita Kyushu): Literally “North Nine Provinces”. 北海道 (Hokkaido): Literally “North Sea Road”. 中目黒 (Naka Meguro ): Central Meguro, a popular residential area in central Tokyo. 中央線 (JR Chūō Line): The Central Line that runs east-west through Tokyo and the western suburbs. 中区 (Naka-ku): Central Ward in Yokohama and Nagoya. 中央区 (Chuo-ku): Central Ward, one of the central wards in Tokyo and Osaka. The examples given below are by no means exhaustive! Directions 中央 (Chūō) or 中 (Naka): Central Here we’ll cover how directions and geographic relationships and attributes are read in place names. This is the first chapter in a multipart guide to reading Japanese place names.
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