Kanto, which places in Japan do you refer to?

It usually refers to the Kanto region of Honshu, centered on Tokyo and Yokohama.

Region: Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama.

Ibaraki Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture.

Located in the Japanese archipelago**, it is the political, economic and cultural center.

Location & History.

The Kanto region is roughly located in the first place in Japan, and has developed with Tokyo as the center. Compared to the Kansai and Kyushu regions, it has a relatively short history of development. It was not until the end of the 12th century that the Kamakura shogunate was opened and became a political center, and it became a major city in the Edo period.

After the Meiji era, Edo changed its name to Tokyo and became the capital of Japan. With the development of modern industry, the entire Kanto region has developed rapidly.

Topographic features. The Kanto Plain accounts for most of it, and it is extremely developed in terms of industry, culture, and transportation.

Climatic characteristics. It generally has a Pacific coast climate, and can be divided into three types of climate regions.

The characteristics of the city.

Tokyo is the capital of Japan, a global metropolis, and has close ties with countries around the world.

Characteristics of the industry.

There is the Keihin Industrial Zone, the largest industrial zone in Japan, and the industrial zone has been expanded to the surrounding coastal areas.

A customary name that has been passed down in the history of Japan. It usually refers to the region of Honshu, centered on Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe. See also "Kanto region".

In Japan, Sekigahara is a basin of four kilometers from east to west and two kilometers from north to south bounded by Mt. Ibuki in the north, Mt. Sasao and Mt. Tenman in the west, Mt. Matsuo in the southwest, and Mt. Nangong in the southeast. It is an important road connecting Hokuriku Province in the northwest and Ise in the southeast, and it is an excellent venue for field battles.

In fact, Sekihara is broadly defined, and it can be said that it is divided along the Ibuki Mountains, Sekigahara, Suzuka Mountains, the Ueno Basin, and the Kasaki Mountains all the way to the Kii Mountains. The east is Kanto, and the west is Kansai.

KansaiIt refers to the area west of Sekigahara centered on Osaka and Kyoto prefectures, as opposed to the Kanto region.

The Kansai region of Japan (2 prefectures and 7 prefectures) is basically located in the first part of Japan, bordering the Sea of Japan to the north, the Seto Inland Sea to the west, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. In addition, the Kansai region is home to Lake Biwa, Japan's largest freshwater lake, which is an abundant source of water in the region. The climate is generally warm, with the Nanki and Setouchi areas being warm and humid all year round, and the Sea of Japan side having deep snow in winter.

The terrain of the region is also varied, with four seasons and excellent natural conditions that are unique to Japan.

Setting in Kansai.

The Kansai region is a conventional concept. Geographically, it refers to the region, which includes Osaka, Kyoto, Shiga, Mie, Nara, Wakayama, and Hyogo 2 prefectures and 5 prefectures, located in the bee waist of Honshu, the largest island in Japan, bordering the Chubu and Tokai regions in the northeast, the Chugoku region of Japan in the west, and the Seto Inland Sea and Shikoku in the south.

The area around Nara, Osaka, and Kyoto has a history of more than 1,000 years of establishing the capital, and it is customary to call it "Kami" according to the ancient ritual of the capital as the upper and the local area as the lower.

The Kansai region, i.e., the Kansai region, as opposed to the Kanto region (Tokyo, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba), refers to the area west of Sekigahara and includes: Osaka Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, and Mie Prefecture.

As an island nation, Japan is made up of the four major islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, and a number of other islands, large and small, and the Kanto and Kansai islands that we often hear about are Honshu Islands.

1. The Kanto region mainly includes one capital and six prefectures

They refer to Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki, Gunma, and Tochigi. Centered on the capital Tokyo, the Kanto region is the most densely populated region in Japan, with more than one-third of the Japanese population living here. The central area of Tokyo consists of five wards: Chiyoda-ku, **-ku, Senshimina-ku, Shinjuku-ku, and Shibuya-ku, and is also the main area for tourists in the Kanto region.

Tokyo became the capital of Japan only after the Meiji Restoration, formerly known as Edo, which was founded by the Tokugawa shogunate. For more than 1,000 years before the Meiji Restoration, Kyoto and Nara were the capitals of Japan, so even now, older Kyotoites feel that they are the "capitalists".

2. The Kansai region of Japan includes Osaka Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, and Mie Prefecture (two prefectures and five prefectures), with a total area of 10,000 square kilometers, accounting for Japan's land area.

The Kansai region is home to the Osaka metropolitan area, one of the three largest metropolitan areas in Japan. The Kansai region is an important economic center in western Japan, with more than 30,000 small and medium-sized enterprises in the region, many of which have unique technologies and play an important role in the economic development of the region.