Northern Kantō urban area

E368282

The Northern Kantō urban area is a major metropolitan region in eastern Japan that encompasses several key cities in the northern part of the Kantō Plain, functioning as an important economic and transportation hub outside the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Northern Kantō urban area canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf metropolitan area
urban area
adjacentTo Tokyo metropolitan area
country Japan
developedDuring late 20th century
hasCharacteristic mixture of urban and suburban land use
polycentric urban structure
strong automobile industry presence
hasEconomicRole commercial center
logistics hub
manufacturing center
regional economic hub
hasFunction commuter belt for Tokyo
regional administrative center
hasMajorCity Ashikaga
Isesaki NERFINISHED
Kasukabe NERFINISHED
Kiryū NERFINISHED
Koga
Maebashi NERFINISHED
Mito
Ota
Oyama NERFINISHED
Takasaki NERFINISHED
Tochigi NERFINISHED
Utsunomiya NERFINISHED
hasTransportationRole highway hub
intercity transport node
railway hub
includesPrefecture Gunma Prefecture NERFINISHED
Ibaraki Prefecture NERFINISHED
Tochigi Prefecture NERFINISHED
language Japanese
locatedIn Honshu
surface form: Honshū

Kantō region
eastern Japan
outsideOf Tokyo metropolitan area
partOf Kanto Plain
surface form: Kantō Plain
relatedTo Tokyo metropolitan area
surface form: Greater Tokyo Area
servedByExpressway Jōban Expressway
Kan-Etsu Expressway
Tohoku Expressway
surface form: Tōhoku Expressway
servedByRailway Jōetsu Shinkansen
Mito Line NERFINISHED
Ryōmō Line NERFINISHED
Tōhoku Shinkansen
Utsunomiya Line NERFINISHED
timeZone Japan Standard Time
UTCOffset +09:00

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Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan partOfMetropolitanArea Northern Kantō urban area
subject surface form: Takasaki