Chubu Region Information
Chubu is famous for Temples and Shrines:
The Chubu region produced many military commanders, and many famous castles and sites of former castles known throughout Japan remain in the area even now. Also extant are numerous well-known temples and shrines with connections to these military commanders. Visiting them affords you the opportunity to encounter history.
The 1998 Winter Olympics were held in Nagano, a major city in Chubu region:
The Nagano Olympic stadium was used for the opening and closing ceremonies for the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Japan received 10 metals in all: 5 gold, 1 silver, and 4 bronzes.
The Nagano 1998 Olympics emblem represents a flower, with each petal representing an athlete practicing a different winter sport.
Nagoya Castle:
During the Edo period, Nagoya Castle was the center of one of the most important castle towns in Japan.
During WWII, the castle was used as the District army headquarters and as a POW camp. During the bombing of Japan, by the USAF air raid, the castle was burned down, but has been rebuilt today with some reserved artifacts.
Chubu Region is best known for these three top agricultures:
Tea, Mandarin Oranges, and Rice.
Chubu is also known as Snow Country since it receives some of the heaviest snowfall in Japan. This makes Chubu, Japan’s undisputed winter sports capital with main attractions in Nagano.
Chubu is sake country and Niigata. Which produces rice and some of the most famous beer and sake labels, like Kubota.
It also specializes in green tea.
It’s also known as the handle region, accurately reflecting its two Japanese poles of Kansai. The ‘poles’ of Kansai, are visited by many foreign tourists, and have temples in the mountains.
Three well-known Samurai, celebrated not only in Chubu region as well as the rest of Japan, because they helped shape Japan into one unified country.
Uesugi Kenshin: “God of War” The most powerful lord of his time.
Uesugi Kenshin arranged to put fourth a grand army to defeat all who opposed him, but he died rather suddenly before he could accomplish that.
Uesugi Kenshin’s death was disastrous for his clan. He never had any sons, but adopted two different sons who would be his heirs. Upon their adopted father’s death, the two immediately entered in a power struggle, which cost them everything when they were shortly defeated by another shogun.
Oda Nobunaga: “Spread the militarism over the whole land”
Nobunaga lived a life of continuous military conquest conquering most of Japan before his death in 1582.
Nobunaga was the first of three unifiers, who’s goal was the unity all of Japan.
Militarily, Nobunaga’s revolutionary vision not only changed the way war fought in Japan, but also in turn made one of the most modernized forces in the world at that time.
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Second most powerful leader of all time.
In 1603, Ieyasu received the title of shogun. Ieyasu was 60 years old. This man reformed the Kanto provinces, controlled and pacified the Hojo samurai and improved the underlying economic infrastructure of the lands.
Following a well-established Japanese pattern, Ieyasu abdicated his official position as shogun in 1605. His successor was his son.
Chubu is famous for Temples and Shrines:
The Chubu region produced many military commanders, and many famous castles and sites of former castles known throughout Japan remain in the area even now. Also extant are numerous well-known temples and shrines with connections to these military commanders. Visiting them affords you the opportunity to encounter history.
The 1998 Winter Olympics were held in Nagano, a major city in Chubu region:
The Nagano Olympic stadium was used for the opening and closing ceremonies for the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Japan received 10 metals in all: 5 gold, 1 silver, and 4 bronzes.
The Nagano 1998 Olympics emblem represents a flower, with each petal representing an athlete practicing a different winter sport.
Nagoya Castle:
During the Edo period, Nagoya Castle was the center of one of the most important castle towns in Japan.
During WWII, the castle was used as the District army headquarters and as a POW camp. During the bombing of Japan, by the USAF air raid, the castle was burned down, but has been rebuilt today with some reserved artifacts.
Chubu Region is best known for these three top agricultures:
Tea, Mandarin Oranges, and Rice.
Chubu is also known as Snow Country since it receives some of the heaviest snowfall in Japan. This makes Chubu, Japan’s undisputed winter sports capital with main attractions in Nagano.
Chubu is sake country and Niigata. Which produces rice and some of the most famous beer and sake labels, like Kubota.
It also specializes in green tea.
It’s also known as the handle region, accurately reflecting its two Japanese poles of Kansai. The ‘poles’ of Kansai, are visited by many foreign tourists, and have temples in the mountains.
Three well-known Samurai, celebrated not only in Chubu region as well as the rest of Japan, because they helped shape Japan into one unified country.
Uesugi Kenshin: “God of War” The most powerful lord of his time.
Uesugi Kenshin arranged to put fourth a grand army to defeat all who opposed him, but he died rather suddenly before he could accomplish that.
Uesugi Kenshin’s death was disastrous for his clan. He never had any sons, but adopted two different sons who would be his heirs. Upon their adopted father’s death, the two immediately entered in a power struggle, which cost them everything when they were shortly defeated by another shogun.
Oda Nobunaga: “Spread the militarism over the whole land”
Nobunaga lived a life of continuous military conquest conquering most of Japan before his death in 1582.
Nobunaga was the first of three unifiers, who’s goal was the unity all of Japan.
Militarily, Nobunaga’s revolutionary vision not only changed the way war fought in Japan, but also in turn made one of the most modernized forces in the world at that time.
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Second most powerful leader of all time.
In 1603, Ieyasu received the title of shogun. Ieyasu was 60 years old. This man reformed the Kanto provinces, controlled and pacified the Hojo samurai and improved the underlying economic infrastructure of the lands.
Following a well-established Japanese pattern, Ieyasu abdicated his official position as shogun in 1605. His successor was his son.
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