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== Subdivisions ==
=== North and South ===
The most often used subdivision of the region is dividing it to {{nihongo|"North Kantō"|北関東|Kita-Kantō}}, consisting of Ibaraki, Tochigi, and Gunma Prefecturesprefectures, and {{nihongo|"South Kantō"|南関東|Minami-Kantō}}, consisting of Saitama (sometimes classified North),{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}{{by whom|date=June 2014}} Chiba, [[Tokyo|Tokyo Metropolis]] (sometimes singulated),{{citation needed|date=June 2014}} and Kanagawa prefectures.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}} South Kantō is often regarded as [[synonym]]ous with the [[Greater Tokyo Area]]. As part of Japan's attempts to [[earthquake prediction|predict earthquakes]], an area roughly corresponding to South Kantō has been designated an 'Area of Intensified Observation' by the [[Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction]].<ref>[http://cidbimena.desastres.hn/docum/crid/Mayo2004/pdf/spa/doc11817/doc11817.htm Avances en prevención de desastres sísmicos en Japón. Outline of countermeasures for the Tōkai earthquake (Section B)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720002041/http://cidbimena.desastres.hn/docum/crid/Mayo2004/pdf/spa/doc11817/doc11817.htm |date=2011-07-20 }} N Honda, published March 1994, accessed 2011-03-25</ref>
The Japanese [[House of Representatives of Japan|House of Representatives]]' divides it into the {{nihongo|North Kantō|北関東|Kita-Kantō}} electorate which consists of Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma and Saitama Prefectures, Tokyo electorate, and the {{nihongo|South Kantō|南関東|Minami-Kantō}} electorate which consists of Chiba, Kanagawa, and [[Yamanashi Prefecture|Yamanashi]] prefectures (note that Yamanashi is out of the Kantō region in the orthodox definition).
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