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The Template:Nihongo is a geographical region of Honshu, the largest island of Japan.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kanto" in Template:Google books</ref> In a common definition, the region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures: Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Saitama, Tochigi, and Tokyo. Slightly more than 45 percent of the land area within its boundaries is the Kantō Plain. The rest consists of the hills and mountains that form land borders with other regions of Japan.
As the Kantō region contains Tokyo, the capital and largest city of Japan, the region is considered the center of Japan's politics and economy. According to the official census on October 1, 2010 by the Statistics Bureau of Japan, the population was 42,607,376,<ref name="statb1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> amounting to approximately one third of the total population of Japan.
Other definitionsEdit
The Template:Nihongo assembles the prefectural governors of Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano, and Shizuoka.<ref name="auto">Saitama prefectural government: Kantō regional governors' association (in Japanese)</ref><ref name="auto3">Chiba prefectural government: Kantō regional governors' association (in Japanese)</ref>
The Template:Nihongo of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in the national government is responsible for eight prefectures generally (Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi) and parts of the waterways in two others (Nagano and Shizuoka).<ref name="auto2">MLIT: Kanto Regional Development Bureau (in Japanese)</ref>
The Template:Nihongo is responsible for eleven prefectures: Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano and Shizuoka.<ref name="auto1">METI: Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, Organizational overview Template:Webarchive (in Japanese)</ref>
In the police organization of Japan, the Template:Nihongo is responsible for the Prefectural police departments of Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano and Shizuoka.<ref>National Police Agency: Kantō regional police supervision office, Jurisdiction (in Japanese)</ref> Tokyo is not part of Kantō or any NPA region, its police has a dedicated liaison office with the national agency of its own.Template:Citation needed
GeographyEdit
The surface geology of the Kantō Plain is the Quaternary alluvium and diluvium. The low mountain vegetation at an altitude of about 500 to 900 m in and around the plain is an evergreen broad-leaved forest zone. The distribution height range of laurel forests is 900 m in Hakone, about 800 m in Tanzawa and Takao, about 700 m in Okutama, Oku Musashi and Oku Chichibu, about 600 m in Nishijoshu, Akagiyama, Ashio Mountains and Tsukuba Mountains and about 500 m in Kitage and Nasu Mountains.
Over the evergreen broad-leaved forest are deciduous broad-leaved forests such as beech, birch, and Quercus crispula. In addition, coniferous forests such as Abies veitchii and Betula ermanii spread above the deciduous broad-leaved forest from an altitude of about 1100 m higher than the lower limit of the deciduous broad-leaved forest.
Mountains are spread out such as the Taishaku Mountains, Mt. Takahara, Mt. Nasu, and Mt. Yamizo. The Kantō Plain, which is the largest plain in Japan. Just north of the Enna Hills is Japan's largest alluvial fan Nasuno at the foot of Mt. The Kujukuri Plain. The southern part of Chiba Prefecture is the Boso hills. The area around Kasumigaura in Ibaraki Prefecture is the Joso plateau and Hitachi plateau. Gunma Prefecture and the Chichibu region of Saitama Prefecture are basins. Rivers such as the Arakawa and Edo rivers pour into Tokyo Bay, and the Kinugawa and Tone rivers flow into the Pacific Ocean in Inubōsaki.
Tokyo Bay is surrounded by the Boso Peninsula and the Miura Peninsula, facing the west side of Chiba Prefecture, a part of Tokyo and the east side of Kanagawa Prefecture, and borders the Pacific Ocean from Uraga Suido. The coastal area is an industrial area. The south side of Kanagawa Prefecture faces Sagami Bay and Sagami Nada. The southern coast of Ibaraki Prefecture faces Kashima Nada. The Sagami Trough, which was the epicenter of the two Kanto earthquakes, passes through Sagami Bay. Efforts are being made to take safety measures against earthquakes in various places.
The highest point is the summit of Mt. Nikko-Shirane (Mt. Oku-Shirane) on the border between Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture and Katashina Village, Gunma Prefecture. It is the eighth highest point in Japan's prefectures. It is also the highest point north of Kanto (Kanto, Tohoku, Hokkaido). The highest points of the prefectures are Mt. Sanpo (2,483 m) in Saitama, Mt. Kumotori (2,017 m) in Tokyo, Mt. Hiru (1,673 m) in Kanagawa, Mt. Yamizo (1,022 m) in Ibaraki, and Mt. Atago (408 m) in Chiba. Atagoyama in Chiba Prefecture is the lowest among the highest peaks in each prefecture.
The region experiences a humid subtropical climate with a summer to fall precipitation maximum (Cfa/Cwa).
HistoryEdit
The heartland of feudal power during the Kamakura period.Template:Citation needed
Kamakura is the political capital and it served as the seat of the Kamakura shogunate from 1185 to 1333, established by Minamoto no Yoritomo.
It was the first military government in Japan's history. Kamakura flourished until the fall of the Kamakura Shogunate, and its political functions returned to Kyoto in 1392.
In 1591, Tokugawa Ieyasu gave up control of his five provinces (Mikawa, Tōtōmi, Suruga, Shinano, and Kai) and moved all his soldiers and vassals to his new eight provinces in the Kantō region. The proclamation of this decision happened on the same day Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the de facto ruler of Japan at that time, entered Odawara castle following the surrender of the Hōjō clan after the Siege of Odawara (1590).<ref name="Ando Yuichiro; Tokugawa Kanto" /> The moment Ieyasu appointed to rule Kantō, he immediately assign his premier vassals such as Ii Naomasa, Honda Tadakatsu, Sakakibara Yasumasa, and Sakai Ietsugu, son of Sakai Tadatsugu, each to control large area of the former Hōjō clan territories in Kantō. Historian such as Kawamura saw this step was meant to bring order the newly subdued population of the area, while also to guard the eastern domains from the influence or threat from the Satomi clan which was not yet submit to the rule of Toyotomi at that time.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The governors of Kantō region under Ieyasu rule:
| Province | Territory | Koku | Daimyo | Notes | |
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| Kōzuke Province | Minowa (later Takasaki Domain) | 120,000 | Ii Naomasa<ref name="高崎市史 Volume 1; Naomasa Odawara">Template:Cite book</ref> | ||
| Tatebayashi Domain | 100,000 | Sakakibara Yasumasa<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |||
| Maebashi Domain | 33,000 | Hiraiwa Chikayoshi<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |||
| Shiroi Domain | 20,000 | Honda Yasushige<ref name="shibukawa_p000291">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref>||The total domain revenue was 33,000. However, the 13,000 of its koku revenue were controlled by the father of Yasushige instead, Honda Hirotaka. | ||
| Miyazaki (Obata Domain) | 30,000 | Okudaira Nobumasa<ref name="p47">Papinot, Edmond. (2003). Nobiliare du Japon -- Okudaira, p. 47; Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon. (in French/German).</ref> | |||
| Fujioka | 30,000 | Yoda Yasukatsu (依田康勝)<ref>Template:Citation</ref> | |||
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| Yoshii Domain | 20,000 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Sōja Domain | 12,000 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Naba Domain | 10,000 | Matsudaira Ienobu<ref name="Kanto, Yorimizu Ienobu" /> | |||
| Shimotsuke Province | Minagawa Domain | 10,000 | Minagawa Hiroteru<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | ||
| Shimōsa Province | Yūki Domain & Tsuchiura Castle | 101,000 | Yuki Hideyasu<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | ||
| Yahagi Domain | 40,000 | Torii Mototada<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |||
| Usui Domain | 30,000 | Sakai Ietsugu<ref name="p50">Papinot, p. 50.</ref> | |||
| Koga Domain | 30,000 | Ogasawara HidemasaTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn | |||
| Sekiyado Domain | 20,000 koku | Matsudaira Yasumoto<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |||
| Yamasaki Domain | 12,000 | Okabe Nagamori<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |||
| Ashido Domain | 10,000 | Kiso Yoshimasa<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |||
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| Tako Domain | 10,000 | Hoshina Masamitsu<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |||
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| Iwatomi Domain | 10,000 | Hōjō Ujikatsu | |||
| Musashi Province | Iwatsuki Domain | 20,000 | Kōriki Kiyonaga | ||
| Kisai Domain | 20,000 | Matsudaira Yasushige<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |||
| Kawagoe Domain | 10,000 koku | Sakai Shigetada<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |||
| Musashi Komuro Domain | 10,000 | Ina Tadatsugu <ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |||
| Musashi Matsuyama Domain | 10,000 | Matsudaira Iehiro (松平家広)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |||
| Oshi Domain | 10,000 | Matsudaira Ietada | |||
| Hanyu Domain | 20,000 | Ōkubo Tadachika<ref name=OkuboTadachika>Template:Cite book</ref> | |||
| Fukaya Domain | 10,000 | Matsudaira Yasutada<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |||
| Tōhō Domain | 10,000 | Matsudaira Yasunaga<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |||
| Honjō Domain | 10,000 | Ogasawara Nobumine (小笠原信嶺) | |||
| Aho Domain | 10,000 | Suganuma Sadamitsu<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |||
| Hachimanyama Domain | 10,000 | Matsudaira Kiyomune (松平清宗) | |||
| Kazusa Province | Ōtaki Domain | 100,000 | Honda Tadakatsu | Initially the capital of Domain were in Mangi castle | |
| Kururi Domain | 30,000 | Ōsuga Tadamasa | |||
| Sanuki Domain | 20,000 | Naitō Ienaga | |||
| Naruto Domain | 20,000 | Ishikawa Yasumichi | |||
| Sagami Province | Odawara Domain | 45,000 | Ōkubo Tadayo | ||
| Tamanawa Domain | 10,000 | Honda Masanobu | |||
| Izu Province | Nirayama Domain | 10,000 | Naitō Nobunari |
Meanwhile, Ieyasu himself establish his personal new seat of power on Edo town, which at that time was an underdeveloped town in Kantō.Template:SfnTemplate:Efn
In the Edo period, Kanto became the center of modern development. Within the Greater Tokyo Area and especially the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area, Kanto houses not only Japan's seat of government but also the nation's largest group of universities and cultural institutions, the greatest population and a large industrial zone. Although most of the Kanto plain is used for residential, commercial or industrial construction, it is still farmed. Rice is the principal crop, although the zone around Tokyo and Yokohama has been landscaped to grow garden produce for the metropolitan market.Template:Citation needed
In between January 1918 and April 1920, Japan was afflicted by Spanish flu pandemic, which claimed more than 400,000 Japanese lives.Template:Citation needed
A watershed moment of Japan's modern history took place in the late Taishō period: the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923. The quake, which claimed more than 100,000 lives and ravaged Greater Tokyo area, occurred at a time when Japan was still reeling from the economic recession in reaction to the high-flying years during World War I.Template:Citation needed
Operation Coronet, part of Operation Downfall, the proposed Allied invasion of Japan during World War II, was scheduled to land on the Kantō Plain.
The name Kanto literally means "East of the Barrier". The name Kanto is nowadays generally considered to mean the region east (東) of the Hakone Barrier (箱根関). An antonym of Kanto, "West of the Barrier" means the Kansai region, which lies western Honshu and was the center of feudal Japan.Template:Citation needed
After the Great Kanto earthquake (1923), many people in Kanto started creating art with different varieties of colors. They made art of earthquake and small towns to symbolize the small towns destroyed in the quake.Template:Citation needed
SubdivisionsEdit
North and southEdit
The most often used subdivision of the region is dividing it to Template:Nihongo, consisting of Ibaraki, Tochigi, and Gunma prefectures, and Template:Nihongo, consisting of Saitama (sometimes classified North),Template:Citation neededTemplate:By whom Chiba, Tokyo Metropolis (sometimes singulated),Template:Citation needed and Kanagawa prefectures.Template:Citation needed South Kantō is often regarded as synonymous with the Greater Tokyo Area. As part of Japan's attempts to predict earthquakes, an area roughly corresponding to South Kantō has been designated an 'Area of Intensified Observation' by the Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction.<ref>Avances en prevención de desastres sísmicos en Japón. Outline of countermeasures for the Tōkai earthquake (Section B) Template:Webarchive N Honda, published March 1994, accessed 2011-03-25</ref>
The Japanese House of Representatives' divides it into the Template:Nihongo electorate which consists of Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, and Saitama prefectures, Tokyo electorate, and the Template:Nihongo electorate which consists of Chiba, Kanagawa, and Yamanashi prefectures (note that Yamanashi is out of the Kantō region in the orthodox definition).
Keirin's Template:Nihongo consists of Chiba, Kanagawa, and Shizuoka prefectures.
East and westEdit
This division is not often but sometimes used.
- Template:Nihongo: Ibaraki, Tochigi, and Chiba prefectures.
- Template:Nihongo: Gunma, Saitama, Tokyo, Kanagawa (and sometimes Yamanashi) prefectures.
Inland and coastalEdit
This division is sometimes used in economics and geography. The border can be modified if the topography is taken for prefectural boundaries.
- Template:Nihongo: Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama (and sometimes Yamanashi) prefectures.
- Template:Nihongo: Ibaraki, Chiba, Tokyo, and Kanagawa prefectures.
Greater KantōEdit
The Japanese national government defines the Template:Nihongo as the Kantō region plus Yamanashi Prefecture. Japan's national public broadcaster NHK uses Template:Nihongo involving Yamanashi, Nagano, and Niigata prefectures for regional programming and administration.
CitiesEdit
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The Kantō region is the most highly developed, urbanized, and industrialized part of Japan. Tokyo and Yokohama form a single industrial complex with a concentration of light and heavy industry along Tokyo Bay. Other major cities in the area include Kawasaki (in Kanagawa Prefecture); Saitama (in Saitama Prefecture); and Chiba (in Chiba Prefecture). Smaller cities, farther away from the coast, house substantial light and automotive industries. The average population density reached 1,192 persons per square kilometer in 1991.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
EconomyEdit
The Kantō region largely corresponds to the Tokyo Metropolitan Area with the exception that it does not contain Yamanashi prefecture.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Area has the largest city economy in the world and is one of the major global center of trade and commerce along with New York City, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Paris, Seoul, and London.
Greater Tokyo Area 2005Edit
- 2005 average exchange rate (1 U.S. Dollar = 110.22 Yen)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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| Prefecture | Gross Prefecture Product (in billion Yen) |
Gross Prefecture Product (in billion US$) |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | 92,269 | 837 |
| Kanagawa | 31,184 | 282 |
| Saitama | 20,650 | 187 |
| Chiba | 19,917 | 180 |
| Ibaraki | 10,955 | 99 |
| Tochigi | 8,195 | 74 |
| Gunma | 7,550 | 68 |
Source<ref name="都道府県 平成 92,269,424'">平成19年度県民経済計算 Template:Webarchive</ref>
GDP (purchasing power parity)Edit
The agglomeration of Tokyo is the world's largest economy, with the largest gross metropolitan product at purchasing power parity (PPP) in the world according to a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Kanto Region Metropolitan Employment AreaEdit
| Year | 2010 | 1995 | 1980 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employed Persons 000's | 16,234 | 16,381 | 12,760 |
| Production (billion USD) | 1,797 | 1,491 | 358 |
| Production Manufacturing (billion USD) | 216 | 476 | 159 |
| Private Capital Stock (billion USD) | 3,618 | 2,631 | 368 |
| Social Overhead Capital (billion USD) | 1,607 | 1,417 | 310 |
| 1 U.S. Dollar (Japanese yen) | 87.780 | 94.060 | 226.741 |
Sources:,<ref name="UEA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Conversion rates - Exchange rates - OECD Data
PopulationEdit
Template:Historical populations The population of Kantō region is very similar to that of the Greater Tokyo Area<ref>Tokyo MEA</ref>Template:Better source needed except that it does not contain Yamanashi Prefecture and contains the rural populations throughout the region.
Per Japanese census data,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the Kantō region's data,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> population has continuously grown but the population growth rate has slowed since early 1992.
The Kantō region at the 2020 census had a population of 43.65 million people.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
See alsoEdit
- Geography of Japan
- Kanto, a fictional region in the Pokémon franchise which is based on Kantō
- Kantō dialect
- Kantō Fureai Trail, aka Capital Region Nature Trail, a collection of hiking trails circumnavigating the entire Kantō region
- Kantō Plain
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BibliographyEdit
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- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Template:ISBN; OCLC 58053128
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