Where does “Канто” come from?
Канто (Russian) comes from Japanese 関東, from Japanese 箱根の関 — tollgate of {{w|Mount Hakone}}.
Ancestry of “Канто”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 関東 | the shogunate |
| 2 | Japanese | 箱根の関 | tollgate of {{w|Mount Hakone}} |