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Tokyo. Yuriko Koike (indp.) Tokyo (/ ˈtoʊkioʊ /; [8] Japanese: 東京, Tōkyō, [toːkʲoː] ⓘ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world. [9]
Tokyo City. Tokyo City (東京市, Tōkyō-shi) was a municipality in Japan and capital of Tokyo Prefecture (or Tokyo-fu) which existed from 1 May 1889 until its merger with its prefecture on 1 July 1943. [1] The historical boundaries of Tokyo City are now occupied by the special wards of Tokyo. The newly-merged government became what is now ...
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.
The capital city, Tokyo, has a population of 13.9 million (2022). [241] It is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, the biggest metropolitan area in the world with 38,140,000 people (2016). [242] Japan is an ethnically and culturally homogeneous society, [243] with the Japanese people forming 97.4% of the country's population. [244]
Tokyo's monshō (left) and shinboru (right) The Japanese city of Tokyo has two official emblems: the monshō ("crest") and the shinboru ("symbol"). The crest is a six-rayed stylized sun with a dot in the center, while the symbol is a stylised Ginkgo biloba leaf. The city has two official flags, featuring each emblem.
Edo (Japanese: 江戸, lit. '"bay-entrance" or "estuary"'), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo. [2]Edo, formerly a jōkamachi (castle town) centered on Edo Castle located in Musashi Province, became the de facto capital of Japan from 1603 as the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (東京都庁, Tōkyōto-chō) is the government of the Tokyo Metropolis. One of the 47 prefectures of Japan, the government consists of a popularly elected governor and assembly. The headquarters building is located in the ward of Shinjuku. The metropolitan government administers the special wards, cities ...
Japanese architecture. Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto, originally built in 1397 (Muromachi period) Japanese architecture (日本建築, Nihon kenchiku) has been typified by wooden structures, elevated slightly off the ground, with tiled or thatched roofs. Sliding doors (fusuma) and other traditional partitions were used in place of walls, allowing the ...