Kantō(Japanese: 関 東 地方, Kantō-chihō) is a region in Japan, in the east of the main island Honshu. Japan's capital stretches across the Kanto plain Tokyo, Yokohama and its suburbs, Kanto stretches from the Pacific and the Bay of Tokyo to high in the mountains of the Japanese Alps.
Regions
Tōkyō, Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama are part of the city’s immediate catchment area Tokyo(東京 23 区). However, employees also commute to Tōkyō every day from Ibaraki, Gumma, Tochigi and Yamanashi Prefecture, which is part of the Chūbū region.
places
- Atami(熱 海)
- Chiba
- Kamakura(鎌倉)
- Kawasaki(川 崎)
- Maebashi(前 橋)
- Mito(水 戸)
- Nikko
- Saitama(さ い た ま)
- Tokyo - the largest city in the world.
- Utsunomiya(宇 都 宮)
- Yokohama(横 浜)
Other goals
background
The name Kantō derives from the old trade route Tōkaidō. It connected the old imperial city Kyoto With Tokyo. In Hakone was the control station at Lake Ashi Seki-sho. The Tokyo area is east of the lock, hence the name Kantō, in contrast, the area is around Kyoto, Kobe and Osaka west of it, was accordingly Kansai called.
The largest industrial area in Kantō is the Keihin Industrial Zone. Keihin (京 浜) is made up of the second characters from Tōkyō and Yokohama(横 浜), the capital of Kanagawa. The Keihin Industrial Zone is part of the "Pacific Belt" (太平洋 ベ ル ト), a belt of several industrial zones that extends from Tōkyō to the city Kitakyushu on the southernmost main island Kyushu on the Pacific and the Japanese Inland Sea Setonai-kai(瀬 戸 内海) pulls along. The name became internationally known through its reception in the books, films and computer games of the Pokémon franchise.
getting there
International airports: Narita and Haneda.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
Tokyo
Kanagawa
Chiba
Saitama
Gunma
Tochigi
Ibaraki