(とうかい)

とうかい
noun (proper)
Tokai region
geographyproper-nounplace-name
1. Tokai region
A region of central Japan facing the Pacific, generally covering Aichi, Gifu, Shizuoka, and Mie prefectures. Centered on Nagoya and named for the historic Tokaido coastal route.
東海(とうかい)地方(ちほう)()
I live in the Tokai region.
The center of the Tokai region is Nagoya.
The Tokaido Shinkansen connects Tokyo and Osaka.

東海(とうかい) covers 愛知(あいち), 岐阜(ぎふ), 静岡(しずおか), and 三重(みえ) prefectures, centered on 名古屋(なごや). The name comes from the 東海道(とうかいどう), the historic coastal highway linking 江戸(えど) and 京都(きょうと), and today names the corridor followed by the original 東海道(とうかいどう)新幹線(しんかんせん).

Common collocations

  • 東海(とうかい)地方(ちほう): the Tokai region
  • 東海(とうかい)(どう): the Tokaido (historic route; also the Shinkansen line)
  • 東海(とうかい)地震(じしん): a Tokai-region earthquake (a long-anticipated major quake)