Japan KANTO/KANSAI/KYUSHU

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Kanto is north(east) Japan and Kansai for south(west) Japan plus Kyushu the southern most island.

I like to learn the distinctive local cultural aspects of these three regions.

festivals
customs
foods
traditions
dialects

 

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Mike Cash

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ricecake said:

Kanto is northeast Japan and Kansai for southwest Japan plus Kyushu the southern most island.

I like to learn the distinctive local cultural aspects of these three regions.

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I'd start by learning that Kanto is not northeast Japan.

 

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Kanji is " east " for TO as in Kanto.
Kanji is " west " for SAI as in Kansai.

 

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Hiroyuki Nagashima

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Japan is roughly divided.
"窶愬停?愿ｺ窶怒"
East Japan
"ﾂ青ｼ窶愿ｺ窶怒"
West Japan

It is divided by Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line.
Takayama in the Hida mountain range or Akaishi Mountains stands in a row.
Ecosystems differ greatly bordering on Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line.
An east half is called East Japan and a west half is called western part of Japan.
東日本 - Wikipedia
By this boundary line, food culture and currencies were different.
Moreover, the west differs from the east also in the frequency of electric power.

 

Glenn

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That looks more like north and south to me, though.

 

Mike Cash

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ricecake said:

Kanji is " east " for to as in Kanto.
Kanji is " west " for sai as in Kansai.

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Thank you for telling me that.

I would still start by learning that Kanto is not northeast Japan.

If Kanto is northeast (which a look at a map will tell you it is not).....

Then what is the Touhoku area?

 

Hiroyuki Nagashima

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A Japanese local classification
Hokkaido:
Hokkaido

Tohoku region:
Aomori | Iwate | Miyagi | Akita | Yamagata | Fukushima

Kanto region:
Ibaraki | Tochigi | Gunma | Saitama | Chiba | Tokyo | Kanagawa

The Chubu District:
Niigata | Toyama | Ishikawa | Fukui | Yamanashi | Nagano | Gifu |Shizuoka | Aichi

Kinki region:
Mie | Shiga | Kyoto | Osaka | Hyogo | Nara | Wakayama

CHUGOKU district:
Tottori | Shimane | Okayama | Hiroshima | Yamaguchi

Shikoku region:
Tokushima | Kagawa | Ehime | Kochi

Kyushu region:
Fukuoka | Saga | Nagasaki | Kumamoto | Ooita | Miyazaki | Kagoshima

Ryukyu archipelago:
Okinawa

 

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Hiroyuki-san

Thank you for the maps .....

 

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have you ever checked out the kenminsei article at quirky japan website? that might open up your eyes to some of the stereotypes and personalities of each prefecture. 404 Page Not Found. - GMOインターネット

 

Hiroyuki Nagashima

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Kanto
It is the east from Seki of Hakone
It is the west from Seki of SHIRAKAWA.
However,
The Heian era seems to have called the east Kanto from Seki of Sekigahara.
In addition,
The Heian era seems to have called the west Kansai from Seki of OUSAKA(It is not Osaka).
ﾋ?ｧﾂ催｢窶堙固?ﾃ?Seki of OUSAKA)
歌枕 近江
East Japan and a difference of culture of West Japan
MOCHI(A rice cake)
West Japan
MOCHI is round

East Japan
MOCHI is square