Kanto

LET’S EXPLORE JAPAN

~KANTO~

JAPANESE SOCIETY IN

UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX

OUTLINE

• Basic info of Kanto

• Famous places

• My hometown

LAST WEEK…….

THIS WEEK……..

BASIC INFO OF KANTO

• Seven prefectures (Tokyo, Chiba, Tochigi,

Kanagawa, Ibaraki, Gunma, Saitama)

• Biggest & Capital city: Tokyo

• Narita international airport in Chiba and

Haneda international airport

FAMOUS PLACES

• Nature

• History

NATURE

OGASAWARA ISLANDS

• Tokyo

• World heritage in 2011

• More than 20 islands

• Coral islands and endangered species

• Ferry

HISTORY①

NIKKO

• Tochigi


• Iemitsu Tokugawa (徳川家光) in 1936

• Popular place for school trips

• Nikko-Toshogu (日光東照宮)

HISTORY②

TOMIOKA SILK MILL

• Gunma


• Stopped in 1987

• No lending, no selling and no breaking

• Since 2003, world heritage project

MY HOMETOWN

• Saitama/埼玉

• History

• Nature

• Traditional skill

HISTORY

KAWAGOE/川越

• Taka’s house

• Historical buildings of Edo era

• Sweet potatoes

• One hour from Tokyo

NATURE

NAGATORO/長瀞

• Beautiful nature

• Popular for riding boats

• Shaved ice

• Steam Locomotive train

• Two hours from Tokyo

TRADITIONAL SKILL

OGAWA/小川

• Famous for Japanese paper

• Taka’s mother

• Beautiful mountains

• Classes for making Japanese papers

• Ninety minutes from Tokyo

NEXT WEEK……..

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