Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Chugoku region (中国地方; Chūgoku-chihō) is located within the western region of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It consists of following prefectures: Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Shimane, Tottori. Okayama is sometimes included or excluded for some reason. In Japanese, the word "Chugoku" is is also used to mean "China", which sometimes leads to confusion. See also: Geography of Japan, List of regions in Japan, Kyushu region, Kinki region This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.