Kanto

Regions of Japan: Kantō region in yellow.

Satellite photo of the central Kanto region. The entire Tokyo Bay can be seen. Chiba is on the large Boso Peninsula toward the bottom.

The Kantō region (Japanese: 関東地方, Kantō-chihō) is an area centering on Tokyo on Honshu, Japan's largest island. It also commonly refers to the Kanto Plain which is also the most densely populated area of Japan.

The region consists of seven prefectures: Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, and Kanagawa.

Other regions of Japan: Hokkaido | Tohoku | Kanto | Chubu (Hokuriku, Koshin'etsu, Tokai) | Kansai | Chugoku (San'yo and San'in) | Shikoku | Kyushu | Okinawa