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The Kanto plain is the relatively flat region of Japan where Tokyo is located. "It is the largest plain in Japan and was, when it was fully developed in the Edo period, the richest agricultural area. During the Edo period when agriculture was the strongest part of the economy, this gave the rulers of the Kanto Plain far more wealth and power than any other feudal lords." (Source (http://hkuhist2.hku.hk/nakasendo/g159.htm))
Operation Coronet, the proposed Allied invasion of Japan during World War II was scheduled to land at the Kanto plain.
With a population of about 40 million concentrated on 32,377 square km, the flat Kantoplain is one of the most densely populated region on Earth (1,220 people/sq km, or 3,5 times Japan's average population density).
Kanto literally means "east of the barriers", as opposed to Kansai ("west of the barriers"), referring to the control barriers of the Edo period separating the two regions.
Historically, the Kanto was a backwater until shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu established its government in Edo in 1603.
It is the largest plain in Japan and was, when it was fully developed in the Edo period, the richest agricultural area.
During the Edo period when agriculture was the strongest part of the economy, this gave the rulers of the KantoPlain far more wealth and power than any other feudal lords.
In the industrial period, the KantoPlain with its large cities of Tokyo, Yokohama, Kawasaki and Chiba has been the center of urban and industrial growth.
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