中部地方 ちゅうぶちほう Meanings Noun Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures) Kanji 中 middle. Read as チュウ. 部 part 地 land 方 direction. Read as ホウ. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists