Kantō (Japanese)

Kanto is a simplified spelling of , a Japanese word, only omitting the diacritics.

In Japan

Kantō may refer to: * Kantō Plain *

Kantō region The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. In a common definition, the region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures: Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba and Kanagawa. Slight ...

Kantō-kai The was a Japanese underworld organization formed by Yoshio Kodama in 1964, and named for the Kantō region from which it drew most of its membership. Kodama envisioned the Kantō-kai as a secret national police force, with the aim of forwarding ...

, organized crime group *

Kanto (Pokémon) Kantō (Japanese) Kanto is a simplified spelling of , a Japanese word, only omitting the diacritics. In Japan Kantō may refer to: *Kantō Plain * Kantō region *Kantō-kai, organized crime group * Kanto (Pokémon), a geographical region in the ...

, a geographical region in the ''Pokémon'' media franchise, named after the Japanese region of the same name Kantō is a festival held in Akita every year. *

Akita Kanto is a Japanese name and may refer to: Places * 8182 Akita, a main-belt asteroid * Akita Castle, a Nara period fortified settlement in Akita, Japan * Akita Domain, also known as Kubota Domain, feudal domain in Edo period Japan * Akita, Kumamoto ...

(Japanese: 竿燈)

In Northeast China or Manchuria

Kantō may refer to the region of

Jiandao Jiandao or Chientao, known in Korean as Gando or Kando, is a historical border region along the north bank of the Tumen River in Jilin Province, Northeast China that has a high population of ethnic Koreans. The word "Jiandao" itself, literall ...

(Japanese: 間島 ''Kantō'') in Manchuria, now known more commonly as Yanbian. Kantō (関東) is an alternate name for Northeast China or Manchuria used in the following: * Kwantung Army (Japanese: 関東軍 ''Kantōgun''), a unit of the Imperial Japanese Army *

Kwantung Leased Territory The Kwantung Leased Territory ( ja, 關東州, ''Kantō-shū''; ) was a leased territory of the Empire of Japan in the Liaodong Peninsula from 1905 to 1945. Japan first acquired Kwantung from the Qing Empire in perpetuity in 1895 in the Trea ...

(Japanese: 関東州 ''Kantōshū''), a Japanese possession in Northeastern China until the end of World War II

Kanto (Italian)

* Kanto (music) is a form of

Italian theatre The theatre of Italy originates from the Middle Ages, with its background dating back to the times of the ancient Greek colonies of Magna Graecia, in Southern Italy, the theatre of the Italic peoples and the theatre of ancient Rome. It can th ...

and opera popular in Turkey. * Kanto (comics), a fictional character in the Mr. Miracle series.

Kanto (Korean)

* Kanto (rapper), a South Korean rapper under Brand New Music.

Kanto (other)

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