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Tokyo (/ ˈ t oʊ k i oʊ /; Japanese: 東京, Tōkyō, ⓘ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to), is the capital city of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023.
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Tokyo (Japanese: 東京, romanized: Tōkyō, lit. 'Eastern...
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Tokio está dividido en dos áreas principales: la continental y la insular. El área continental está localizada en el margen noroeste de la bahía de Tokio y está enclavada en el centro-oeste de la isla de Hondo o Honshu, formando parte de la región de Kanto.
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1457-1869
Tokyo began as a small fishing village named Edo. Edo was in the old Musashi Province. The Edo clan built walls to protect the town in the late 12th century. In 1457, Ōta Dōkan built Edo Castle. In 1590, Tokugawa Ieyasu made Edo his base. He became shogun in 1603, and the town became the center of his military government. This marked the beginning of the Edo period. During this time, Edo grew into one of the largest cities in the world. More than one million people lived there by the 18th cen...
1869-1943
The Tokyo Prefectureand the city of Tokyo were established. This was the capital city until 1943.
1943-present
In 1943, Tokyo City and the "associated municipalities of what was formerly Tokyo Prefecture(東京府, Tōkyō-fu)(1869-1943)" combined into one. Central Tokyo is built around major railway stations. Suburban railways were built relatively cheaply at street level. There are some expressways. Tokyo suffered two major catastrophes in the 20th century. The 1923 Great Kantō earthquake left 140,000 dead or missing. World War II was the other disaster for the city. The Bombing of Tokyo from 1944 through 1...
Tokyo has a four-season humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfa) with hot rainy summers and cool dry winters.
As of October 2007 about 8.7 million were living in Tokyo's 23 special wards. The number of people in Tokyo increases to over 15 million during the day. About 2.5 million workers and students enter the city everyday. The three central wards of Chiyoda, Chūō, and Minatoincrease the most. As of 2005, the regular population in those three areas was on...
The 23 special wards of Tokyo are the same area that had been called Tokyo City. On July 1, 1943, Tokyo City was merged with Tokyo Prefecture(東京府, Tōkyō-fu) to become a special government area. This made the wards different from other wards in Japan. Other city wards are part of a larger city government, but these are not.Each ward is a municipalit...
Tokyo has many sight-seeing spots, but very few of them are old. There are very few buildings in Tokyo that are more than 50 years old. Popular places for visitors range from Tokyo Tower in the center of the city to Mount Takao out in the western countryside. Tokyo Skytree is a new tower and is the tallest in Japan. Traditional religious sights suc...
Tokyo is the cultural, business, and political center of the country. It is also the center of many transport systems. There are many air, rail, sea, and road links in and out of the city. Local subway and bus systems serve every part of the city. Two commercial airports serve Tokyo. Haneda Airport is in the city limits next to Tokyo Bay. This airp...
Tokyo, city and capital of Tokyo ‘to’ (metropolis) and of Japan. It is located at the head of Tokyo Bay on the Pacific coast of central Honshu. It is the focus of the vast metropolitan area often called Greater Tokyo, the largest urban and industrial agglomeration in Japan.
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Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world. Japan has one of the world's longest life expectancies but is experiencing a population decline due to its very low birth rate.
Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital city of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023.
The history of Tokyo, Japan's capital prefecture and largest city, starts with archeological remains in the area dating back around 5,000 years. Tokyo's oldest temple is possibly Sensō-ji in Asakusa, founded in 628. The city's original name, Edo, first appears in the 12th century.
