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46-567: It is located directly between the Kantō region and the Kansai region and includes the major city of Nagoya as well as Pacific Ocean and Sea of Japan coastlines, extensive mountain resorts , and Mount Fuji . The region is the widest part of Honshū and the central part is characterized by high, rugged mountains. The Japanese Alps divide the country into the Pacific side, sunny in winter, and

92-573: A broad sense, it often refers to the eight regional divisions and similar ranges. In a narrow sense it may refer to a range similar to the Tōkai region . The terrain is mainly rugged and mountainous except for the Nōbi Plain and coastal areas. The steep Japanese Alps rise in the central area. It is located between Tokyo and Osaka , which are the east–west centers of the Japanese economy and culture. Thus

138-669: 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. The Kantō region largely corresponds to

184-526: A time when Japan was still reeling from the economic recession in reaction to the high-flying years during World War I . 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

230-518: Is a geographical region of Honshu , the largest island of Japan . In a common definition, the region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures : Gunma , Tochigi , Ibaraki , Saitama , Tokyo , Chiba , and Kanagawa . 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

276-630: Is called the Ise Plain and this plain lies on the western shore of Ise Bay. Prior to the Meiji Period , Ise Province consisted of most of modern Mie Prefecture. From ancient times, Ise Bay has provided the people of the surrounding regions with a rich abundance of natural resources as well as providing easy transport. As a result, unique communities developed around the bay and fishing (including Ise Ebi ), pearl farming , rice crops, and manufacturing industries flourished. Nagoya Port , located on

322-636: Is extensive, especially in the cities in Niigata and Toyama ; Fukui and Ishikawa prefectures also have large manufacturing industries. Historically, Hokuriku's development is owed to markets in the Kansai region , however recently the urban areas at the heart of the Kantō region and Tōkai region are having a heavy an influence as well. Hokuriku has port facilities which are mainly to facilitate trade with Russia, Korea and China. Transportation between Niigata and Toyama used to be geographically limited and so Niigata has seen especially strong influence from

368-453: Is out of the Kantō region in the orthodox definition). Keirin 's South Kantō ( 南関東 , Minami-Kantō ) consists of Chiba, Kanagawa, and Shizuoka prefectures. This division is not often but sometimes used. This division is sometimes used in economics and geography. The border can be modified if the topography is taken for prefectural boundaries. The Japanese national government defines

414-610: Is responsible for the Prefectural police departments of Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano and Shizuoka. Tokyo is not part of Kantō or any NPA region, its police has a dedicated liaison office with the national agency of its own. 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

460-573: 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. In between January 1918 and April 1920, Japan was afflicted by Spanish flu pandemic, which claimed more than 400,000 Japanese lives. 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

506-984: 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

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552-573: 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 ). The heartland of feudal power during the Kamakura period . 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

598-843: 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

644-591: The Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction . The Japanese House of Representatives ' divides it into the North Kantō ( 北関東 , Kita-Kantō ) electorate which consists of Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, and Saitama prefectures, Tokyo electorate, and the South Kantō ( 南関東 , Minami-Kantō ) electorate which consists of Chiba, Kanagawa, and Yamanashi prefectures (note that Yamanashi

690-591: 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. 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. The most often used subdivision of

736-475: The National Capital Region ( 首都圏 , Shuto-ken ) as the Kantō region plus Yamanashi Prefecture. Japan's national public broadcaster NHK uses Kantō-kō-shin-etsu ( 関東甲信越 ) involving Yamanashi, Nagano, and Niigata prefectures for regional programming and administration. The Kantō region is the most highly developed, urbanized, and industrialized part of Japan. Tokyo and Yokohama form

782-581: The Pacific Ocean , is a narrow corridor interrupted in places by mountains that descend into the sea. Since the Tokugawa period (1600–1867), this corridor has been critical in linking Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka. One of old Japan's most important ancient roadways, the Tōkaidō , ran through it connecting Tokyo (at that time called Edo ) and Kyoto, the old imperial capital. In the twentieth century, it became

828-517: The Sea of Japan coastline, northwest of the massive mountains that comprise Kōshin'etsu. Hokuriku includes the four prefectures of Ishikawa , Fukui , most of Niigata and Toyama , The district has very heavy snowfall (sometimes enough to block major roads) and strong winds in winter, and its turbulent rivers are the source of abundant hydroelectric power . Niigata Prefecture is the site of domestic gas and oil production as well. Industrial development

874-459: The Sea of Japan side, snowy in winter. Although Mie is part of Kinki/Kansai/Western Japan in traditional geographical regional divisions, Northern Mie is part of the metropolitan area around Nagoya, and Mie is in many practical contexts considered to be part of Tōkai/Chūbu/Central Japan. Including Mie, Chūbu had a population of 23,010,276 as of 1 June 2019. In the MLIT of the central government,

920-457: The Chubu region has various differences between the eastern side and the western side. The Chūbu region covers a large and geographically diverse area of Honshū which leads to it generally being divided into three distinct subregions: Tōkai, Kōshin'etsu, and Hokuriku. There is also another subregion occasionally referred to in business circles called Chūkyō . The Tōkai region, mostly bordering

966-626: The Chūbu area governors' association (中部圏知事会, Chūbuken chijikai ) unites the governors of Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Nagano, Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie and Shiga and the mayor of Nagoya City in Aichi. Located in the center of the Japanese archipelago . It refers to the area between the Kanto , Tohoku and Kansai regions. It began to be used in the late Meiji era as a tentative name for unclassified areas. In

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1012-499: 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, amounting to approximately one third of the total population of Japan. The Kantō regional governors' association ( 関東地方知事会 , Kantō chihō chijikai ) assembles

1058-693: The Kantō region, because of this Niigata Prefecture is often classified as being part of the Kōshin'etsu region with Nagano and Yamanashi Prefectures. The three most dense areas of Chūbu region are Chūkyō metropolitan area (greater Nagoya), Niigata - Toyama area at Hokuriku subregion, and Nagano at the mountains ( Chūō-kōchi ). Per Japanese census data, and, Chūbu region has had positive population growth. 35°53′N 137°57′E  /  35.883°N 137.950°E  / 35.883; 137.950 Kant%C5%8D region The Kantō region ( 関東地方 , Kantō-chihō , IPA: [ka(ꜜ)ntoː tɕiꜜhoː] )

1104-609: The Shiroko-noma fault. Faults near the bay are believed to be responsible for the 1586 Tenshō earthquake . On September 26, 1959, the Ise-wan Typhoon (Typhoon Vera) devastated the Ise Bay area. Rising tidal levels and pounding surf collapsed banks and inundated low-lying areas of the coast. 5,041 people were killed or missing, 38,921 were injured, and 149,187 houses were totally or partially destroyed. Estimates place

1150-587: 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. Source The agglomeration of Tokyo is the world's largest economy, with the largest gross metropolitan product at purchasing power parity (PPP) in

1196-693: The bay is 9 kilometers (5.6 mi) and is connected to the smaller Mikawa Bay by two channels: the Nakayama Channel and the Morosaki Channel. Mikawa Bay is subsequently joined to the Pacific Ocean by the Irako Channel, which ranges from 50–100 meters (160–330 ft) in depth. Ise Bay derives its name from the region surrounding Ise Grand Shrine and the city of Ise , where the shrine stands. The flat coastal plain that stretches from Kuwana in northern Mie Prefecture to Ise

1242-466: 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

1288-562: 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, Mt. Yamizo, and Mt. 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

1334-466: The economy in the area strengthens, this name may become more well-known country-wide. Kōshin'etsu is an area of complex and high rugged mountains—often called the "roof of Japan"—that include the Japanese Alps . The population is chiefly concentrated in six elevated basins connected by narrow valleys. It was long a main silk-producing area, although output declined after World War II . Much of

1380-575: 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

1426-509: The growing of mandarin oranges and tea. Nagoya, which faces Ise Bay , is a center for heavy industry , including iron and steel and machinery manufacturing. The corridor also has a number of small but important industrial centers. The western part of Tōkai includes the Nōbi Plain, where rice was being grown by the seventh century. The three Tōkai prefectures centered on Nagoya (Aichi, Gifu, and Mie) have particularly strong economic ties, and

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1472-635: The jurisdiction of the Chūbu regional development bureau (中部地方整備局, Chūbu-chihō seibi-kyoku ; (ja) ) extends to five prefectures: Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie and the Southern part of Nagano. In the National Police Agency , the Chūbu Regional Police Bureau (中部管区警察局, Chūbu kanku keisatsu-kyoku ; (ja) ) is responsible for six prefectural police forces: Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Gifu, Aichi and Mie. In local government,

1518-533: The labor formerly required in silk production was absorbed by the district's diversified manufacturing industry, which included precision instruments, machinery, textiles, food processing, and other light manufacturing. Kōshin'etsu means Yamanashi , Nagano , and Niigata prefectures; Niigata is also included to the Hokuriku region. Yamanashi, Nagano and northern Gifu Prefecture are sometimes referred to as Chūō-kōchi or Tōsan region. The Hokuriku region lies on

1564-526: 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. The governors of Kantō region under Ieyasu rule: Meanwhile, Ieyasu himself establish his personal new seat of power on Edo town, which at that time was an underdeveloped town in Kantō. In the Edo period , Kanto became

1610-487: The northern shore of Ise Bay, is the largest trading port in Japan. Chubu Centrair International Airport , built on an artificial island in the bay, was opened in 2005 to serve the region. After the end of the Second World War, the Ise Bay region contributed greatly to the rapid recovery of the post-war Japanese economy. This rapid expansion of large industry has come at a cost, though, with pollution affecting

1656-508: The parts of these prefectures that are closest to the city comprise the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area . This area boasts the third strongest economy in Japan and this influence can sometimes extend into the more remote parts of these prefectures that are farther away from Nagoya. Thus, these three prefectures are sometimes called the "Chūkyō region" in a business sense. This name does not see widespread usage throughout Japan; however, as

1702-827: 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

1748-478: The population growth rate has slowed since early 1992. The Kantō region at the 2020 census had a population of 43.65 million people. Ise Bay Ise Bay ( 伊勢湾 , Ise-wan ) is a bay located at the mouth of the Kiso Three Rivers between Mie and Aichi Prefectures in Japan. Ise Bay has an average depth of 19.5 meters (64 ft) and a maximum depth of 30 meters (98 ft). The mouth of

1794-482: The prefectural governors of Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano, and Shizuoka. The Kantō Regional Development Bureau ( 関東地方整備局 , Kantō chihō seibi-kyoku ) 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

1840-541: The region is dividing it to "North Kantō" ( 北関東 , Kita-Kantō ) , consisting of Ibaraki, Tochigi, and Gunma prefectures, and "South Kantō" ( 南関東 , Minami-Kantō ) , consisting of Saitama (sometimes classified North), Chiba, Tokyo Metropolis (sometimes singulated), and Kanagawa prefectures. 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

1886-508: The route for new super-express highways and high-speed railroad lines ( shinkansen ). The area consists of Aichi , Mie , Shizuoka , and southern Gifu prefectures. A number of small alluvial plains are found in the corridor section. A mild climate, favorable location relatively close to the great metropolitan complexes, and availability of fast transportation have made this area a center for truck-gardening and out-of-season vegetables. Upland areas of rolling hills are extensively given over to

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1932-499: The surrender of the Hōjō clan after the Siege of Odawara (1590) . 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

1978-403: The water quality and with landfills and the like reducing the number of tidelands, seaweed beds, and other areas vital in preserving the habitat of local flora and fauna. Sea walls built to protect human habitation, particularly after the 1959 Ise-wan Typhoon , have left more and more areas virtually cut off from the sea. Ise Bay also has three active faults : Ise Bay fault, Suzuka-oki fault and

2024-434: The waterways in two others (Nagano and Shizuoka). The Kantō Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry ( 関東経済産業局 , Kantō keizai-sangyō-kyoku ) is responsible for eleven prefectures: Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano and Shizuoka. In the police organization of Japan, the National Police Agency 's supervisory office for Kantō ( 関東管区警察局 , Kantō kanku keisatsu-kyoku )

2070-519: 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

2116-492: The world according to a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers . Sources:, Conversion rates - Exchange rates - OECD Data The population of Kantō region is very similar to that of the Greater Tokyo Area except that it does not contain Yamanashi Prefecture and contains the rural populations throughout the region. Per Japanese census data, and the Kantō region's data, population has continuously grown but

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