以い北ほく

noun, used as a suffix

north of ...; ... and northward

Suffix attached to a place name to indicate the area north of that place, or the region including and to the north of it.

• 東とう京きょう以い北ほくの地ち域いきでは雪ゆきが降ふりやすい。

  In areas north of Tokyo, snow tends to fall easily.

• この列れっ車しゃは仙せん台だい以い北ほくには行いきません。

  This train does not go north of Sendai.