Understand
In feudal times, Kanto was the home of the Tokugawa shogunate and Edo modern Tokyo the military seat of power, while the western region of Kansai represented commerce Osaka and culture Kyoto. But the pendulum shifted decisively in Tokyo's favor after the 1868 Meiji Restoration when the Emperor moved to Tokyo, and today Kanto sets the pace that the rest of Japan tries to follow.
