The Taiheiyō Belt (太平洋ベルト Taiheiyō beruto, lit. "Pacific Belt"), also known as Tokaido corridor, is the name for the megalopolis in Japan extending from Ibaraki Prefecture in the north all the way to Fukuoka Prefecture in the south, running for almost 1,200 km (750 mi).
The urbanization zone runs mainly along the Pacific coast (hence the name) of Japan from Kantō region to Osaka, and the Inland Sea (on both sides) to Fukuoka, and is concentrated along the Tōkaidō-Sanyō
rail corridor.
A view of Japan at night clearly shows a rather dense
and continuous strip of light (demarcating urban zones) that delineates
the region.[1]
Although it contains the majority of Japan's population, references to it in Japanese are mainly economic or regional in nature.
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