Kyūshū
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Map of Japan showing Kyūshū in brown
Kyūshū (九州) is the third largest island of Japan. The word kyushu originally meant "nine countries/provinces".
The original 9 provinces in Kyushu were Chikuzen, Chikugo, Hizen, Higo, Buzen, Bungo, Hyuga, Osumi, and Satsuma.
Today, Kyushu is made up of 7 prefectures.
- Fukuoka Prefecture
- Saga Prefecture
- Kumamoto Prefecture
- Ohita Prefecture
- Nagasaki Prefecture
- Miyazaki Prefecture
- Kagoshima Prefecture
As of 2003, 14,779,000 people lived in Kyūshū.