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Kantō

: 関東 【かんとう】
The Japanese name for the region of the island of Honshu around Tokyo. In popular stereotypes, the people of the Kantō region are considered to be industrious, busy, and generally humourless. Some try to break the mould, often by adopting a fake Kansai dialect (nise kansaiben).

See also: Kansai

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