Taichū Prefecture (台中州, Taichū-shū) was one of the administrative divisions of Japanese Taiwan.

The prefecture consisted of modern-day Taichung City, Changhua County and Nantou County.

The Taichū Prefecture was the scene of the 1930 Musha Incident, the last major uprising against colonial Japanese forces in Japanese Taiwan.

[1] Population statistics of permanent residents in Taichū Prefecture in 1941: In 1945 (Shōwa 20), there were 2 cities and 11 districts.

The districts are divided into towns (街) and villages (庄)