Kantō region
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Summary
Kantō region is a region of Japan[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of region of japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,695 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Japan[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Instance of: industrial region[5], heptad[6]
- Shares border with: Tōhoku region[7], Chūbu region[8]
- Named after: Kantō[9]
- Part of: Kantō Kōshin region[10]
- Commons category: Kantō region[11]
- Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[12], Japan Standard Time[13]
- Has part(s): Chiba Prefecture[14], Gunma Prefecture[15], Ibaraki Prefecture[16], Tokyo[17], Tochigi Prefecture[18], Saitama Prefecture[19], Kanagawa Prefecture[20]
- Located in/on physical feature: Honshu[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kantō region[22]
- Population: 43,653,441[23]
- Partially coincident with: Kantō[24]
- Native label: 関東地方[25]
- Area: 32423.90 km²[26]
- Revised Hepburn romanization: Kantō-chihō[27]
- Transliteration or transcription: Kantō-chihō[28]
- Language used: Kantō dialect[29]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Kantō region[30]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Kantō region include 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake[31], a Kantō earthquakes[32], in Japan[33]; Kantō Railway[34], a rail company (Japan)[35], in Japan[36], founded in 1922[37], headquartered in Manabe[38]; Kanto[39], a Pokémon region[40]; and Kanto Mountains[41], a mountain range[42], in Japan[43].
Why It Matters
Kantō region has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]
Entities named for it include 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake[31], a Kantō earthquakes[32], in Japan[33]; Kantō Railway[34], a rail company (Japan)[35], in Japan[36], founded in 1922[37], headquartered in Manabe[38]; Kanto[39], a Pokémon region[40]; and Kanto Mountains[41], a mountain range[42], in Japan[43].