TŌHOKU 東北

The Tōhoku region consists of the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan and its capital is Sendai.

Like most of Japan Tōhoku is hilly or mountainous and was traditionally considered the granary of Japan because it supplied Sendai and the Tokyo-Yokohama market with rice and other farming commodities. The climate is colder than in other parts of Honshū due to the stronger effect of the Siberian High.

The 2011  Great East Japan Earthquake struck in the open sea of the Pacific Ocean close to Tōhoku with a magnitude of 9.0. The combination of the strong earthquake and the tsunami created an enormous disaster that the area is still recovering from.