Kanto

The Kanto Region is primarily flat and densely populated. It is best known for the teeming metropolises of Tokyo and Yokohama, however what many people don’t know is that by taking a train for 1-2 hours outside the city center you can quickly be surrounded by countryside and nature.

Kanto has played a huge part in Japanese history, starting with the movement of the capital city from Kyoto to Edo (now Tokyo) in 1603. After the Edo Period ended in 1868 with the Meiji Restoration the city was renamed Tokyo (“East Capital”) and has continued to be the capital of Japan to this day. You can still find traces of the Edo and Meiji Periods, from the breathtaking shrines and temples in Nikko, to the historical silk mills in Gunma.

Kanto has a lot to offer, from never-ending city lights to remote countryside villages and everything in between.