Tokyo

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Tokyo 東京都
Metropolis
Tokyo Metropolis
Clockwise from top: Nishi-Shinjuku skyscrapers and Mount Fuji, Rainbow Bridge, National Diet Building, Tokyo Station in Marunouchi, Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo Skytree
Flag Symbol
Anthem: "Tokyo Metropolitan Song" (東京都歌, Tōkyō-to Ka)
Location within Japan
Coordinates: 35°41′23″N 139°41′32″E / 35.68972°N 139.69222°E / 35.68972; 139.69222
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Island	Honshu
Capital	Tokyo[1]
Divisions	23 special wards, 26 cities, 1 district, and 4 subprefectures
Government
• Body	Tokyo Metropolitan Government
• Governor	Yuriko Koike (TF)
• Representatives	42
• Councillors	11
Area [2]
• Total	2,194.07 km2 (847.14 sq mi)
• Rank	45th in Japan
Highest elevation [3]	2,017 m (6,617 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2021)[4]
• Total	13,960,236
• Rank	1st in Japan
• Density	6,363/km2 (16,480/sq mi)
• Metro [5]	37,468,000 (2018, Greater Tokyo Area) 1st in the world
Demonym	Tokyoite
GDP  (2018)[6]
• Total, nominal	¥106.6 trillion (~US$1.0 trillion)
• Per capita	¥7.7 million (~US$70,000)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (Japan Standard Time)
ISO 3166-2	JP-13
Flower	Yoshino cherry
Tree	Ginkgo
Bird	Black-headed gull
Website	www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp

Tokyo
Tōkyō in kanji
Japanese name
Kanji	東京
Hiragana	とうきょう
Katakana	トウキョウ
Kyūjitai	東亰
Transcriptions Romanization Tōkyō Revised Hepburn Toukyou

Tokyo (Japanese: 東京, romanized: Tōkyō, lit. 'Eastern Capital') is the capital and largest city of Japan. It is on the island of Honshu in the region of Kanto. Tokyo is the center of the Japanese government. The Imperial Palace is in Tokyo but it's not actually public for tourists to visit. Tokyo is the center of business, trade, and industry of Japan. The city is the center of the largest metropolitan area in the world. It faces Tokyo Bay.

It became the capital city of Japan in the middle of 19th century, when its name changed from "Edo" to "Tokyo". Before then, Kyoto was the capital of Japan. The Emperor of Japan, or Tenno, lived in Kyoto. Edo was the place where the Tokugawa Shoguns lived. The city grew up under the control of the shoguns. Before then it was a small town on the sea. Edo means "the mouth of a river" in Japanese.

Tokyo was destroyed by fires started by the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923. It was also badly damaged by bombs during World War II. After Japan lost the war, the city was rebuilt.

1. ↑ 都庁は長野市. Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Archived from the original on April 19, 2014. Retrieved April 12, 2014. Shinjuku is the location of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office. But Tokyo is not a "municipality". Therefore, for the sake of convenience, the notation of prefectural is "Tokyo".
2. ↑ "令和元年全国都道府県市区町村別面積調（１０月１日時点）" (in Japanese). Geospatial Information Authority of Japan. December 26, 2019. Archived from the original on April 15, 2020. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
3. ↑ "東京都の山 | 国土地理院" (in Japanese). Geospatial Information Authority of Japan. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
4. ↑ "「東京都の人口（推計）」の概要-令和3年1月1日現在｜東京都" (in Japanese). Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
5. ↑ "The World's Cities in 2018" (PDF). United Nations. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
6. ↑ "都民経済計算（都内総生産等）30年度速報・元年度見込｜東京都" (in Japanese). Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved April 28, 2020.