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The 15 pages that link to Kantō region, each with the reason it gives.

• TokyoNarrower topic: Tokyo is the region’s dominant urban center, not a region by itself.

• HonshuBroader topic: The region contains Tokyo and Japan’s largest metropolitan concentration.

• OsakaCompared with: Kantō is the main regional counterpart to Kansai, where Osaka is central.

• Kansai regionCompared with: It is Kansai’s principal counterpart in Japan’s east–west regional divide.

• Chiba PrefectureNarrower topic: Chiba’s regional identity and many transport connections are tied to Kantō.

• Greater Tokyo AreaNarrower topic: The Greater Tokyo Area occupies the most urbanized part of this wider region.

• Kantō PlainNarrower topic: The plain occupies most of this region and gives it its central lowland.

• Saitama PrefectureNarrower topic: Saitama occupies the northern part of this region, immediately adjoining Tokyo.

• Chūbu regionCompared with: It borders Chūbu to the east and anchors Japan’s main eastern urban corridor.

• Fukushima PrefectureNarrower topic: Fukushima borders Kantō’s northern edge and supplies an important geographic transition to Tōhoku.

• Ibaraki PrefectureNarrower topic: Ibaraki occupies the northeastern part of the Kantō region.

• Tochigi PrefectureNarrower topic: Tochigi is one of the seven prefectures conventionally included in Kantō.

• Gunma PrefectureNarrower topic: Gunma is the region’s northwestern, landlocked prefecture.

• MaebashiNarrower topic: Maebashi is one of the principal cities of this region’s inland north.

• UtsunomiyaNarrower topic: Utsunomiya lies in northern Kantō, within reach of the Tokyo metropolitan area.