Kanto means "East of the Barrier," in Japanese.
Kanto or East of the Barrier in Japanese is a word that refers to the region that is east of the Hakone Barrier.
Kanto or the area east of the Hakone Barrier is a large and densely populated region of Japan, which includes Tokyo which is the capital of Japan and seven prefectures and is also the country's modern political and economic center.
The geographical meaning of Kanto in Japanese is the region in central Honshu, Japan's main island, which includes Tokyo as well as the surrounding prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Tochigi, Gunma and Ibaraki.
Kanto is the modern and eastern counterpart to the Kansai region, Kansai, which historically centered around Kyoto and Osaka.
There are also cultural differences between the two, like dialect and food.
And while most commonly referring to the geographical region, "Kanto" also can refer to the Kanto Mountains or even the Kanto Army, which is a historical military unit.
The name Kanto in Japan literally means "East of the Barrier".
The name Kanto is nowadays generally considered to mean the region east (東) of the Hakone Barrier.
An antonym of Kanto, "West of the Barrier" means the Kansai region, which lies western Honshu and was the center of feudal Japan.