- Japan's ambassador to the UN Committee against Torture, Hideaki Ueda, resigned after shouting "shut up" at a meeting in May in response to criticism of Japan's judicial system. - The Kanto region is a geographical area of Honshu island in Japan that includes the greater Tokyo area and the prefectures of Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, and Kanagawa. It is known for landmarks like Tokyo and Kamakura, as well as famous cuisines including monja-yaki from Tokyo and namerou from Chiba. - The region hosts several festivals annually, such as the Akita Kanto Festival and

2. Japan's ambassador of 'shut up' remark resigns
- Hideaki Ueda, who shouted "shut up" during a U.N. committee
meeting
- Ueda made the remark at a meeting in Geneva of the U.N. Committee
against Torture in May after he heard giggling over his defensive
statement in response to criticism of Japan's judicial system.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqFpjghxOD4

4. Kanto Region 関東
- Kanto means “The East of the Barrier."
- Is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island ohe region
includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven
prefectures: Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba,
and Kanagawa.
- Kanto became the center of modern development. Although
most of the plain in Kanto is used for residential, commercial and
industrial, there are still areas that is used for farming especially
rice.
- the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923.

5. Famous landmarks in Kanto
Region
- Tokyo metropolis
- Tokyo City, Ogasawara, Izu Oshima
- Kanagawa Prefecture
- Kamakura (Buddha Statue), Hakone,
Yokohama, Kawasaki
- Chiba Prefecture
- Tokyo Disneyland and Disneysea and
Narita Airport

6. - Gunma Prefecture
- Oze National Park, Kusatsu onsen, Manza
Onsen, Minakami, Ikaho Onsen
- Tochigi Prefecture
- Nikko (site of Ieyasu’s Mausoleum),
Kinugawa Onsen, Nasu-Shiobara
- Ibaraki Prefecture
- Kairakuen Garden

7. Language in Kanto Region
- The Kantō dialect (関東方言 kantō hōgen, 関東弁 kantō-ben)
Western Kantō
Tokyo dialect (central Tokyo)
Yamanote dialect (old upper-class dialect)
Shitamachi dialect or Edo dialect (old working-class dialect)
Tama dialect (Western Tokyo)
Saitama dialect (Saitama Prefecture)
Chichibu dialect (Chichibu)

8. Gunma dialect or Jōshū dialect (Gunma Prefecture)
Kanagawa dialect (Kanagawa Prefecture)
Chiba dialect (Chiba Prefecture)
Bōshū dialect (Southern Chiba Prefecture)
Gun'nai dialect (Eastern Yamanashi Prefecture)
Eastern Kantō
Ibaraki dialect (Ibaraki Prefecture)
Tochigi dialect (Tochigi Prefecture)

9. Famous Cuisines in Kanto
Region
Yuba or bean curd layer (Tochigi Prefecture)
- Yuba is made by gently scooping off this layer. It first came from
China along with tofu and has since developed as part of the Japanese
food culture. Yuba can be dried and wrapped around fillings, or it can
be added to stews and cooked dishes, or even eaten with soy sauce and
grated wasabi (Japanese horseradish), just like sashimi.

10. Monja-yaki (Tokyo)
- Monja-yaki was originally eaten as a children's treat in downtown
Tokyo. Now it is established as a specialty of Tokyo. First, you cook
ingredients such as dried squid, sweet corn and cabbage on a heated
cast iron plate.Then you gather these ingredients together on a plate
and build a circular wall with a hollowed-out space and pour a watery
batter mixed with flour into the hollow

11. Namerou (Chiba Prefecture)
- Namerou is a traditional fishermen's dish from the coastal area of the
Boso-hanto Peninsula forming the southern part of Chiba. The main
ingredients are horse mackerel, sardines, flying fish, and Pacific saury
or mackerel. The fish is cut into small pieces, with miso added, then
leeks, ginger and green basil are placed on top and chopped finely to
form a paste

12. Fukagawa-meshi (Tokyo)
- Fukagawa-meshi is a popular dish in downtown Tokyo. Shelled clams
and leeks are cooked in miso and then served on a bowl of rice together
with the soup. In fukagawa-meshi cooked with fat clams in season

13. Chanko Nabe
– There are many Chanko nabe restaurants in the Ryogoku area of
Tokyo that are operated by former Sumo wrestlers who once competed
in the Ryogoku Kokugikan in the same area. At the end of the morning
training, wrestlers eat a meal prepared at the stable, chanko, often hot
pot dish with meat or fish, vegetables cooked in soup.

14. Festivals
Akita Kanto Festival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brn58Z9IygU
Yamato Awa Odori Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=XZW6kbdjlEE&list=PL3C711B76502DB0CC
Koenji Awa Odori Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfiZVc4FQNE