San'yō region

The San'yō Region (山陽 地方 "San'yō-chihō") is an area in the south of Honshū, the main island of Japan. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du japon,' p. 65.] It consist of the southern part of the Chūgoku region, facing the Seto Inland Sea. The name "San'yo" means "southern, sunny ("yō") side of the mountains" and contrasts with the "San'in" or "northern, shady ("in") side of the mountains".

The region is generally considered to include the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima and Yamaguchi. Occasionally, Harima area in Hyōgo is included, too.

The "San'in" encompasses the pre-Meiji provincial areas of Harima, Mimasaka, Bizen, Bitchu, Bingo, Aki, Suō and Nagato. [Titsingh, p. 65 n3.]

Transport

The region is served by the Sanyō Main Line and Sanyō Shinkansen.

References

* Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652] , "Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth." Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran ... Click link to digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)]

ee also

* Gokishichidō
* Tōkaidō
* Tōsandō
* Hokurikudō
* San'indō
* San'yōdō
* Nankaidō
* Saikaidō

External links

* [http://www.japan-guide.com/list/e1106.html japan-guide.com]