Portal:Tokyo

The Tokyo Portal The Flag of the Tokyo Metropolis View of Shinjuku skyscrapers and Mount Fuji as seen from the Bunkyo Civic Center in Tokyo Tokyo (Japanese: 東京, Tōkyō [toːkʲoː] (listen)), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (Japanese: 東京都, Tōkyō-to), is the capital and most populous prefecture of Japan. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central Pacific coast of Japan's main island of Honshu. Tokyo is the political and economic center of the country, as well as the seat of the Emperor of Japan and the national government. As of 2021, the prefecture has an estimated population of 14.04 million. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37.393 million residents as of 2020. Originally a fishing village, named Edo, the city became a prominent political center in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world at over one million. Following the end of the shogunate in 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to the city, which was renamed Tokyo (literally "eastern capital"). Tokyo was devastated by the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, and again by Allied bombing raids during World War II. Beginning in the 1950s, the city underwent rapid reconstruction and expansion, going on to lead Japan's post-war economic recovery. Since 1943, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has administered the prefecture's 23 special wards (formerly Tokyo City), various bed towns in the western area, and two outlying island chains. Tokyo is the largest urban economy in the world by gross domestic product, and is categorized as an Alpha+ city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Part of an industrial region that includes the cities of Yokohama, Kawasaki, and Chiba, Tokyo is Japan's leading center of business and finance. In 2019, it hosted 36 of the Fortune Global 500 companies. In 2020, it ranked fourth on the Global Financial Centres Index, behind New York City, London, and Shanghai. Tokyo has the world's tallest tower, Tokyo Skytree, and the world's largest underground floodwater diversion facility, MAOUDC. The Tokyo Metro Ginza Line is the oldest underground metro line in East Asia (1927). The city has hosted multiple international events, including the 1964 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics and three G7 Summits (1979, 1986, and 1993). Tokyo is an international center of research and development and is represented by several major universities, notably the University of Tokyo. Tokyo Station is the central hub for Japan's Shinkansen bullet train system, and the city is served by an extensive network of rail and subways. Notable districts of Tokyo include Chiyoda (the site of the Imperial Palace), Shinjuku (the city's administrative center), and Shibuya (a commercial, cultural and business hub). (Full article...) Selected article - Shuto Expressway (首都高速道路, Shuto Kōsoku-dōro, lit. "Metropolitan Expressway", where shuto also means "capital city") is a network of toll expressways in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. It is operated and maintained by the Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited (首都高速道路株式会社, Shuto Kōsoku-dōro Kabushiki-gaisha). Most routes are grade-separated (elevated roads or tunnels) and central routes have many sharp curves and multi-lane merges that require caution to drive safely. The speed limit is 60 km/h on most routes, but 80 km/h on the Bayshore Route, and 50 km/h on the Inner Circular Route. (Full article...) List of selected articles Tokyo Tower Yasukuni Shrine Underground (Murakami book) List of tallest structures in Tokyo Hachikō Bombing of Tokyo (10 March 1945) Tokyo Bay Tokyo Story Edo Greater Tokyo Area Narita International Airport Tokyo Station Transport in Greater Tokyo LGBT culture in Tokyo University of Tokyo Edo-Tokyo Museum Special wards of Tokyo Tokyo Stock Exchange Bunkyō Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Tokyo subway sarin attack History of Tokyo Architecture of Tokyo Tokyo Metro 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo Skytree 1964 Summer Olympics Ryōgoku Kokugikan Kabukichō, Tokyo Selected image 2.4 million passengers passed through Shibuya Station on an average weekday in 2004. It is the third-busiest commuter rail station in Tokyo. The platforms pictured here service the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line. WikiProjects You are invited to participate in Tokyo task force, a task force dedicated to developing and improving articles about the Tokyo metropolis, including the Special wards of Tokyo, West Tokyo, and the islands. General images The following are images from various Tokyo-related articles on Wikipedia. Metropolitan Police Department burning at Marunouchi, near Hibiya Park during the 1923 earthquake. (from History of Tokyo) Marunouchi (from Special wards of Tokyo) Graves of the 47 Ronin at Sengakuji Temple (from History of Tokyo) Asakusa (from Special wards of Tokyo) German map of Tokyo from 1896. (from History of Tokyo) Located in the green highlights (from Special wards of Tokyo) Shinjuku (from Special wards of Tokyo) Tokyo streets at night (from Transport in Greater Tokyo) JR Yamanote Line (from Transport in Greater Tokyo) A Tokyo taxi driver indicating a fare of 50 Sen by holding up five fingers, in 1932. (from Transport in Greater Tokyo) Shinjuku, one of Tokyo's special wards (from Special wards of Tokyo) Rainbow Bridge and Tokyo Tower viewed from Odaiba (from Special wards of Tokyo) View of Kabuki theatre district in Edo, 1820 (from History of Tokyo) Tokyo Tower, built in 1958 from recycled military tanks (from History of Tokyo) Toei bus (from Transport in Greater Tokyo) The new Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building was completed in 1991 in Shinjuku (from History of Tokyo) Tokyo from the air after the firebombing of Tokyo, 1945 (from History of Tokyo) Tokyo Haneda Airport (from Transport in Greater Tokyo) Tokyo-Wan Ferry Shirahama-maru (from Transport in Greater Tokyo) This marker in Nihonbashi is the place from which distances along highways are reckoned (from Transport in Greater Tokyo) The governing structures of Tokyo City and Tokyo Prefecture versus Tokyo Metropolis. (from History of Tokyo) Tokugawa Ieyasu (from History of Tokyo) Ginza (from Special wards of Tokyo) Shibuya (from Special wards of Tokyo) The Ginza Line, Asia's oldest subway line, first opened in 1927 (from Transport in Greater Tokyo) Map of operators in Greater Tokyo Area (from Transport in Greater Tokyo) Former Edo Castle, now the Tokyo Imperial Palace (from History of Tokyo) View of Edo, from a 17th-century screen painting (from History of Tokyo) Sakuradamon Gate of Edo Castle where Ii Naosuke was assassinated in 1860. (from History of Tokyo) Did you know... ... that the arcade game Heiankyo Alien was originally designed as a personal computer game by the University of Tokyo's Theoretical Science Group? ...that the most recent of the six different methods of total synthesis of the anti-cancer drug paclitaxel, a drug originally derived from the rare Pacific Yew, was developed at the Tokyo University of Science in 1999? ...that in the peak days of Iranian migration to Japan, Iran Air flights to Tokyo were fully booked several years in advance? ...that although the first meeting of the Indian Independence League took place in Tokyo in March 1942, it was not formally proclaimed until June of that year in Bangkok? ...that the First Tokyo Middle School (pictured), one of the top public secondary schools in Japan, expelled all of its Korean international students in 1905 when they demonstrated against the Eulsa Treaty between Japan and Korea? 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