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    Kantō Kantō dialect Kantō Fureai Trail, aka Capital Region Nature Trail, a collection of hiking trails circumnavigating the entire Kantō region Kantō...
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    south east, and Tōhoku region to its north east. The name for this geographic area is usually combined with Kantō region (as in "Kantō-Kōshin'etsu"); and...
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    000°N 140.000°E / 36.000; 140.000 The Kantō Plain (Japanese: 関東平野, Hepburn: Kantō heiya), in the Kantō region of central Honshu, is the largest plain...
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    The Great Kantō earthquake (関東大地震, Kantō dai-jishin, Kantō ō-jishin) also known in Japanese as Kantō daishinsai (関東大震災) struck the Kantō Plain on the main...
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    Toyama, and Yamanashi. It is located directly between the Kantō region and the Kansai region and includes the major city of Nagoya as well as Pacific Ocean...
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    Yokohama, 浜, which can be read hin or hama. The Keihin region is part of the larger Kantō region. Keihanshin Keihin Electric Express Railway Keihin-Tōhoku...
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    Kantō dialects (関東方言 kantō hōgen, 関東弁 kantō-ben) are a group of Japanese dialects spoken in the Kantō region (except for the Izu Islands). The Kantō dialects...
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    densely populated than Greater Tokyo.[citation needed] The South Kantō region (南関東, Minami Kantō) is a potentially ambiguous term. Informally, it may mean the...
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    Kansai region is often compared with the Kantō region, which lies to its east and consists primarily of Tokyo and the surrounding area. Whereas the Kantō region...
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  • the diacritics. Kantō may refer to: Kantō Plain Kantō region Kantō-kai, organized crime group Kanto (Pokémon), a geographical region in the Pokémon media...
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  • (JR九州)) Freight Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) (日本貨物鉄道 (JR貨物)) Kantō region Keikyu Corporation 京浜急行電鉄 (京急) Keio Corporation 京王電鉄 Keisei Electric...
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    The Kantō Massacre (關東大虐殺, Korean: 간토 대학살) was a mass murder in the Kantō region of Japan committed in the aftermath of the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake...
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    charge of the Kanto region, killed Uesugi Noritada of Kantō kanrei (関東管領), Kantō kubō's assistant. The various forces in the Kanto region divided and fought...
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    Store (東急百貨店, Tōkyū Hyakkaten) 109 (Ichi-maru-kyū) (fashion oriented, Kantō region) Tokyu Hands (東急ハンズ, Tōkyū Hanzu) (hobby oriented, nationwide) Daiwa...
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  • one commercial FM station. Heavily populated areas, such as Kantō region or Kansai region, have more stations. There are also an increasing number of...
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    Russo-Japanese War Late Modern Taishō era Japan during World War I 1923 Great Kantō earthquake Shōwa era Japan during World War II Mukden Incident Second Sino-Japanese...
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    Kantō Mountains or Kantō Range (Japanese: 関東山地) is a mountain range on the west side of the Kanto Plain in central Japan. It stretches from the western...
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    of 3.7 million in 2023. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural...
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    Tochigi Prefecture (category Kantō region)
    (栃木県, Tochigi-ken) is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Tochigi Prefecture has a population of 1,897,649 (1 June 2023)...
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  • The first dailies were established in Japan in 1870. In 2018 the number of the newspapers was 103 in the country. Below is a list of newspapers published...
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  • negotiated. Ashikaga Shigeuji was appointed to the post of Kantō kubō (shōgun's deputy in the Kantō region) in 1449, the first Ashikaga to hold the post since...
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    simply "monja") is a type of Japanese pan-fried batter, popular in the Kantō region, similar to okonomiyaki, but using different liquid ingredients. Like...
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    Kantō Soccer League (関東サッカーリーグ, Kantō Sakkā Rīgu), abbreviated as KSL, is the Japanese fifth tier of league football, which is part of the Japanese Regional...
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    Kantō kubō (関東公方) (also called Kantō gosho (関東御所), Kamakura kubō (鎌倉公方), or Kamakura gosho (鎌倉御所)) was a title equivalent to shōgun assumed by Ashikaga...
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    post Kantō Kanrei (shogun's deputy in Kantō). Through their dominance of this position, the clan gained a large amount of power in the Kantō region. In...
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    Tōhoku region (northern part) Kantō region (eastern part) Nanpō Islands (part of Tokyo Metropolis) Chūbu region (central part) Hokuriku region (northwestern...
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    Saitama Prefecture (category Kantō region)
    (埼玉県, Saitama-ken) is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (January...
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    It is often pointed out that the list emphasizes mountains in the Chūbu region. It has been reported that Fukada, who was from Ishikawa Prefecture, was...
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    zone runs mainly along the Pacific coast (hence the name) of Japan from Kantō region to Osaka, and the Inland Sea (on both sides) to Fukuoka, and is concentrated...
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  • The Kantō-kai (関東会) was a Japanese underworld organization formed by Yoshio Kodama in 1964, and named for the Kantō region from which it drew most of its...
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