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Exploring Western Honshu

Western Honshu includes the region called Kansai (or
sometimes Kinki), centered on the major city of Osaka. Kyoto
is also part of Kansai but has a separate chapter in this book
(see pp158–89). The area west of Osaka is called Chugoku,
“Middle Country,” and, despite being the historic heartland
of Japan, it is now less densely
populated than Kansai and Tokyo
to the east. A spine of mountains
runs through the middle of
Western Honshu, and the two Hikone Castle garden, Lake Biwa
coasts are quite different in
character, with the San-in coast Sea of J apan Kyoga-misaki
rugged and more remote. (East Sea) Kyotango
Iwami AMANOHASHIDATE Tsuruga Fukui
Shimane-hanto TOTTORI
Sakaiminato SAND DUNES Toyooka SAND BAR
MATSUE Miyazu Obama
Shinji-ko Nakano-umi Kurayoshi Tottori Hidaka Maizuru Nagahama
Taisha Yonago FUKUI Imazu
Yasugi Dai-sen TOTTORI Hyono-sen
1,729 m 1,510 m Fukuchiyama Ayabe LAKE BIWA
IZUMO Kisuki Asago
Kofu KYOTO Hikone
Chizu
Yokota Tamba Omihachiman MEISHIN EXPRESSWAY
Oda Sanbe-san Katsuyama
1,126 m HYOGO MAIZURU EXPRESSWAY Otsu Kusatsu
KYOTO
Gotsu Tombara Dogo-yama CHUGOKU EXPRESSWAY Yamazaki (see pp158-89) Tokyo
1,269 m
SHIMANE Tsuyama Nishiwaki SHIGA
Hamada C h u goku- sanc hi Tojo Niimi OKAYAMA Tatsuno Kasai Ono Takatsuki Uji Kameyama
Kobe tower Misumi HAMADA EXPRESSWAY Miyoshi Shobara FUKIYA HIMEJI CASTLE Miki Takarazuka Hirakata IGA-UENO Suzuka
Masuda Garyu-san CHUGOKU EXPRESSWAY Soja Bizen Ako Kakogawa Suita Tsu
1,223 m
Susa Kake HIROSHIMA Ibara INBE Akashi NARA EXPRESSWAY Matsusaka
Fuchu OKAYAMA KOBE OSAKA HORYU-JI TEMPLE ISE
Abu TSUWANO Kanmuri-yama SANYO EXPRESSWAY KURASHIKI Ise Toba
Higashi-
1,339m Hiroshima Tamano Kishiwada Kashihara ASUKA PLAIN
Nagato HAGI Ato Fukuyama Tokushima OSAKA ISE PENINSULA
HIROSHIMA SANYO SHINKANSEN Mihara Sakaide Gojo YOSHINO TOUR
AKIYOSHI-DAI YAMAGUCHI Otake Kure Takehara Innoshima Hashimoto MIE Ago
TABLELANDS Wakayama NARA
Toyoura YAMAGUCHI MIYAJIMA ISLAND Imabari MOUNT Hakken-zan Kii-Nagashima
Ogori Shinnanyo Arida Kainan KOYA 1,915 m Owase
Shimonoseki Tokuyama IWAKUNI Gomadan-zan
Onoda Hofu Yuasa 1,372 m
Fukuoka Ube Hikari Yanai
Yashiro-jima Gobo Hongu Kumano
Naga-shima Doro Valley
WAKAYAMA
Tanabe Shingu
Sights at a Glance y Lake Biwa KII Katsuura
1 Nara pp194–9 u Amanohashidate Sand Bar PENINSULA Taiji
2 Horyu-ji Temple i Tottori Sand Dunes Susami
3 Asuka Plain o Matsue 0 kilometers 50 Kushimoto Oshima
4 Yoshino p Izumo 0 miles 30
5 Iga-Ueno a Hiroshima pp218–19
7 Kii Peninsula s Miyajima Island pp220–21
8 Mount Koya d Iwakuni
9 Osaka pp204–7 f Yamaguchi Key
0 Kobe pp208–9 g Akiyoshi-dai Tablelands
q Himeji Castle pp210–13 h Hagi Expressway
w Inbe j Tsuwano Major road
e Okayama Other road
r Kurashiki Tour Main Railway
t Fukiya 6 Ise Peninsula Tour Minor Railway
For hotels and restaurants see pp304–5 and pp331–3
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