Tōhoku東北

Tōhoku. A region (地方, chihō) of Japan.

The six prefectures of northern Honshū. Sendai is the region's largest city and its transport hub.

A region has no assembly, no governor, and no budget. It is a grouping used in weather forecasts, school textbooks, and business planning, and its borders are a convention, not a law. Each prefecture in it is a government.

Open Tōhoku on the map

Facts

Japanese name: 東北
Prefectures: 6
Population: 8,611,195 (2020 census)
Area: 66,948 km²
Density: 129 people per km²
Municipalities: 227
Most populous prefecture: Miyagi 2,301,996
Designated cities: Sendai City

The 6 prefectures in Tōhoku都道府県

Prefecture	Capital	Population	km²	Municipalities
Aomori青森県	Aomori青森市	1,237,984	9,646	40
Iwate岩手県	Morioka盛岡市	1,210,534	15,275	33
Miyagi宮城県	Sendai仙台市	2,301,996	7,282	35
Akita秋田県	Akita秋田市	959,502	11,638	25
Yamagata山形県	Yamagata山形市	1,068,027	9,323	35
Fukushima福島県	Fukushima福島市	1,833,152	13,784	59

Designated cities in Tōhoku政令指定都市

A designated city is divided into wards and takes over some services from its prefecture. Each has a page with its wards.

Sendai City仙台市(Miyagi)

Population: 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査), the prefectures added up. Area: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (全国都道府県市区町村別面積調, 2020). Municipality counts are from the boundary data on the map.