Example sentences for: honshu

How can you use “honshu” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The central region of Honshu (Japan’s main island), Chubu stretches northeast from Kansai across the Hida, Kiso, and Akaishi mountains — known collectively as the Japan Alps — to the plains of the north coast and the Sea of Japan.

  • If you can afford the “bullet train” just once, this is your chance, as — in one exhilarating sweep — you pass through almost all the major cities of Central and Western Honshu on the way.

  • In 1863, the daimyo of Choshu (in western Honshu) fired on foreign ships in the Shimonoseki Straits.

  • But both northern Honshu — which is more commonly known as “Tohoku” — and the northernmost island of Hokkaido offer the advantage of unspoiled countryside and friendly down-to-earth villagers still imbued with something of a frontier spirit.

  • Western Honshu and Shikoku


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