All about Tokyo

Tokyo, capital of Japan and the most populated metropolitan area in the world, with more than 35 million inhabitants in 2003.

Tokyo is located at the head of Tokyo Bay, midway along the eastern coast of Honshū, the largest of the four main islands of the Japanese archipelago.

The city occupies most of the southern part of the Kantō Plain, the largest area of flat land in Japan.

Tokyo has been the capital of Japan since 1868, after the Tokugawa dynasty (1603-1867), which ruled from Kyōto, was overthrown.

At that time the city’s name was changed from Edo to Tokyo, which means “eastern capital.”

Today Tokyo is Japan’s financial, industrial, commercial, educational, and cultural center; it is also the country’s principal contact point for trade and diplomatic relations with the rest of the world.


(1) TOKYO AND IT'S METROPOLETAN AREA
(2) ECONOMY
(3) POPULATION
(4) EDUCATION AND CULTURE
(5) HISTORY