Kantō - Kantō

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Kantō
Residents
43.284.547 (2017)
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32,423.9 km²
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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

Map of Kanto
Tokyo (東京): 
Flag of Tokyo Metropolis.svg The capital region
Kanagawa (神奈川): 
Flag of Kanagawa Prefecture.svg The prefecture is located south of the capital. Well-known travel destinations are the old capital Kamakura and the island Enoshima as Hakone at Lake Ashi in Fuji Hakone Izu National Park. Also Yokohama has a lot to offer in terms of tourism.
Chiba (千葉): 
Flag of Chiba Prefecture.svg
Saitama (埼 玉): 
Flag of Saitama Prefecture.svg
Gunma (群 馬): 
Flag of Gunma Prefecture.svg
Tochigi (栃 木): 
Flag of Tochigi Prefecture.svg
Ibaraki (茨城): 
Flag of Ibaraki Prefecture.svg


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.

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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

activities

kitchen

nightlife

security

climate

trips

literature

Web links

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