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Kanto Region Travel Guide

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The Kanto (関東, Kantō, literally "east of the border") is Japan's largest plain and very densely populated. The large metropolises of Tokyo and Yokohama are located in the Kanto Region which consists of seven prefectures.

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Tokyo Metropolis
 1  Ogasawara Islands
Remote islands 1000 kilometers south of Tokyo.
User rating: 97/100 (7 votes)
Visited by: 21 users
 2  Tokyo
Japan's capital and largest city.
User rating: 95/100 (3765 votes)
Visited by: 7474 users
 
Kanagawa Prefecture
 1  Kamakura
Small city full of historic treasures.
User rating: 91/100 (1317 votes)
Visited by: 2653 users
 2  Hakone
National park with views of Mount Fuji.
User rating: 86/100 (988 votes)
Visited by: 2087 users
 3  Yokohama
Japan's second largest city.
User rating: 85/100 (1462 votes)
Visited by: 3064 users
 4  Kawasaki
Sandwiched between Tokyo and Yokohama.
User rating: 63/100 (62 votes)
Visited by: 187 users
  
Chiba Prefecture
 1  Narita
Site of Tokyo's international airport.
User rating: 65/100 (589 votes)
Visited by: 1301 users
  
Saitama Prefecture
 1  Kawagoe
Former castle town known as the Little Edo.
User rating: 74/100 (243 votes)
Visited by: 580 users
 2  Saitama
City north of Tokyo with a few places of interest.
User rating: 64/100 (63 votes)
Visited by: 162 users
 
Gunma Prefecture
 1  Kusatsu Onsen
One of Japan's best hot spring resorts.
User rating: 82/100 (137 votes)
Visited by: 354 users
 2  Oze National Park
Popular hiking destination with a marshland.
User rating: 82/100 (39 votes)
Visited by: 111 users
 3  Manza Onsen
Hot spring resort with Japan's most sulfuric waters.
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Visited by: 2 users
 4  Minakami
Popular hot spring and outdoor resort.
User rating: 74/100 (58 votes)
Visited by: 157 users
 5  Ikaho Onsen
Hot spring resort famous for its stone stairs.
User rating: 73/100 (66 votes)
Visited by: 203 users
 
Tochigi Prefecture
 1  Nikko
Site of Nikko Toshogu, Ieyasu's mausoleum.
User rating: 91/100 (1035 votes)
Visited by: 2048 users
 2  Kinugawa Onsen
Hot spring resort with theme parks near Nikko.
User rating: 69/100 (107 votes)
Visited by: 311 users
 3  Nasu-Shiobara
Resort area with hiking trails and hot springs.
User rating: 67/100 (26 votes)
Visited by: 75 users
Ibaraki Prefecture
 1  Kairakuen Garden
Spacious garden famous for plum trees.
User rating: 76/100 (66 votes)
Visited by: 149 users
  

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