Honshu

//ˈhɑnʃu//

"Honshu" in a Sentence (8 examples)

Are you aware that Okinawa is closer to China than to Honshu?

The main islands of Japan are Hokkaido, Shikoku, Honshu and Kyushu.

Hokkaido is to the north of Honshu.

Honshu is Japan's largest island.

Tokyo, the largest city and capital of Japan, is located on the eastern coast of Honshu, the largest of the four main islands of the Japanese archipelago.

The Japanese city of Toyama is on the island of Honshu.

A fascination with Hokkaido's wild country first drew the veterinarian to Abashiri, and he is a leading expert on the Ezo red fox. Like much of Hokkaido's wildlife, this fox is not found on Honshu.

In the past, the Ainu (their selfname meaning 'person'), traditionally huntergatherers, occupied not only Hokkaido but also a considerable part of the island of Honshu until the middle the eighteenth century, […]

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