Tokyo is most known and biggest city in Japan. This metropolis and surroundings are locating Kanto Area.
Prefectures in Kanto district
- Chiba – suburban sprawl to the east and the site of Narita of airport fame
- Gunma – mountains and hot springs to the north of Tokyo
- Ibaraki – coastal prefecture containing the hometown of natto, Mito
- Kanagawa – suburban sprawl to the south containing Yokohama, Japan’s second largest city, and Kawasaki
- Saitama – suburban sprawl to the north containing very little
- Tochigi – popular escape known for historical site Nikko and many hot springs
- Tokyo - central city of Japan. one of the biggest and busiest city in the world.
Main Cities
Tokyo
Kanagawa
- Kawasaki – suburb sandwiched between Tokyo and Yokohama
- Yokohama - officially Japan’s 2nd largest city, in practice a giant Tokyo suburb
- Kamakura - temple town within easy striking distance of Tokyo
Tochigi
- Nikko - the grandiose mausoleum of the Tokugawa shoguns
Shizuoka
- Atami – coastal hot spring resort a short Shinkansen hop from Tokyo