Cantò

関東道
Cantò-dò

Capital	Edo (江戸)
Area	14,617.30 SI mi²
Establishment	Saisei 13 Gogaçu 4 (June 8, 1964)

Cantò (関東道, -dò) is a region of Yamato, roughly corresponding to the flat Cantò plain, the largest and agriculturally richest plain in all of Yamato. Cantò is to the southeast of the Tòhocu region.

The name Cantò means "East of the Checkpoint, and is commonly thought to refer to the Hakone checkpoint along the old Tòcaidò, a highway connecting Quiòto and Edo in the Tocugawa Era. By comparison, an alternate name for Quiñqui is Cansai "West of the Checkpoint".

Cantò consists of the following provinces:

• Gunma
• Totxigui
• Ibaraqui
• Saitama
• Edo
• Txiba
• Canagawa