Chūkyō region

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Chūkyō region (中京地方 Chūkyō-chihō) lies in the middle of Japan's main island, Honshu.

The Chūkyō region encompasses the areas which there is an influrence of Nagoya. In a wide sense, Chūkyō district is interpreted three prefectures, Aichi, Gifu and Mie.

Greater Nagoya is called Chūkyō Metropolitan Area (中京圏), and Nagoya is sometimes called ("Chūkyō") or "middle capital", because it is the largest city in the area between Tokyo, the "eastern capital", and Kyoto, the western capital (and formerly the only one), though it is a misnomer as it has never been a national capital.

[edit] Universities

Nagoya University	名古屋大学 (Nagoya Daigaku)
Nagoya Institute of Technology	名古屋工業大学 (Nagoya Kōgyō Daigaku)
Gifu University	岐阜大学 (Gifu Daigaku)
Mie University	三重大学 (Mie Daigaku)
Chukyo University	中京大学 (Chūkyō-daigaku)

[edit] Airports

The region has two airports:

Chubu Centrair International Airport	中部国際空港 (Chūbu Kokusai Kūkō)
Nagoya Airport	名古屋飛行場 (Nagoya Hikōjō)

[edit] See also

List of regions in Japan
Nagoya	名古屋
Chūkyō Industrial Area	中京工業地帯 (Chūkyō-kōgyō-chitai)
Chūkyō Metropolitan Area	中京大都市圏 (Chūkyō-daitoshi-ken)
Chūkyō Television Broadcasting	中京テレビ放送株式会社 (Chūkyō Terebi-hōsō Kabushiki Gaisha)