関かん東とう

noun

Kantō region

Modern geographic region comprising Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures (usually Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa).

• 関かん東とう地ち方ほうは日に本ほんの首しゅ都と圏けんを含ふくむ。

  The Kantō region includes Japan's metropolitan area.

noun

Kantō (historical)

Historical term for the eastern half of Japan during the feudal era, roughly east of the Hakone checkpoint.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい以い前ぜん、関かん東とうは東とう国ごくの武ぶ士しの拠きょ点てんだった。

  Before the Edo period, Kantō was a base for warriors of the eastern provinces.