Prefectures in Kanto district

• Chiba - suburban sprawl to the east and the site of Narita of airport fame
• Gunma - mountains and hot springs to the north of Tokyo
• Ibaraki - coastal prefecture containing the hometown of natto, Mito
• Kanagawa - suburban sprawl to the south containing Yokohama, Japan's second largest city, and Kawasaki
• Saitama - suburban sprawl to the north containing very little
• Tochigi - popular escape known for historical site Nikko and many hot springs
• Tokyo - contains not just the biggest city in the world, but mountains and semitropical islands too

Cities

• Kawasaki - suburb sandwiched between Tokyo and Yokohama
• Yokohama - officially Japan's 2nd largest city, in practice a giant Tokyo suburb
• Kamakura - temple town within easy striking distance of Tokyo
• Nikko - the grandiose mausoleum of the Tokugawa shoguns
• Atami - coastal hot spring resort a short Shinkansen hop from Tokyo