Tokyo

Tokyo (東京, Tōkyō?, "Eastern Capital") [toːkjoː], English: /ˈtoʊki.oʊ/; officially Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to?), is 1 of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the uppercase of Japan, the middle of the Greater Tokyo Area, as well as the largest metropolitan surface area of Japan. It is the topographic point of the Japanese authorities as well as the Imperial Palace, as well as the domicile of the Japanese Imperial Family. Tokyo is located inward the Kantō share on the southeastern side of the primary isle Honshu as well as includes the Izu Islands as well as Ogasawara Islands. Tokyo Metropolis was formed inward 1943 from the merger of the old Tokyo Prefecture (東京府, Tōkyō-fu?) as well as the metropolis of Tokyo (東京市, Tōkyō-shi?).

Portion of metropolis from the Tokyo Imperial Palace.

The Tokyo Metropolitan authorities administers the twenty-three exceptional wards of Tokyo (each governed as a city), which encompass the surface area that was the metropolis of Tokyo, as good as 39 municipalities inward the western business office of the prefecture as well as the 2 outlying isle chains. The population of the exceptional wards is over 8 meg people, with the full population of the prefecture exceeding xiii million. The prefecture is business office of the world's most populous metropolitan surface area with upwards of 35 meg people as well as the world's largest metropolitan economic scheme with a gross domestic product of US$1.479 trillion at purchasing ability parity inward 2008, ahead of New York City, which ranks 2d on the list. The metropolis hosts 47 of the Fortune Global 500 companies.

 Sakura inward Tokyo Imperial Palace

Tokyo has been described as 1 of the 3 "command centers" for the public economy, along with New York City as well as London. This metropolis is considered an alpha+ public city, listed yesteryear the GaWC's 2008 inventory as well as ranked 3rd with global cities yesteryear Foreign Policy's 2010 Global Cities Index. In 2010 Tokyo was named the 2d most expensive metropolis for expatriate employees, according to the Mercer as well as Economist Intelligence Unit cost-of-living surveys, as well as named the 4th Most Liveable City as well as the World’s Most Livable Megalopolis yesteryear the magazine Monocle. The Michelin Guide has awarded Tokyo yesteryear far the most Michelin stars of whatsoever metropolis inward the world. Tokyo hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics as well as is currently bidding to host the 2020 Summer Olympics

 Panoramic stance of Tokyo Imperial Palace as seen from Marunouchi

National parks

There are several national parks inside Tokyo, with them:

²  Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi-National Park, roughly Mount Takao to the due south of Hachiōji

²  Ogasawara National Park. As of 2006, efforts were beingness made to brand Ogasawara National Park a UNESCO natural World Heritage Site.

²  Ueno Park, good known for its museums: Tokyo National Museum, National Science Museum, Shitamachi Museum as well as National Museum for Western Art, with others. There are likewise fine art industrial plant as well as statues at several places inward the park.

Panoramic stance of Shinjuku as well as Mount Fuji taken from Bunkyo Civic Center

Seismicity

Tokyo was hitting yesteryear powerful earthquakes inward 1703, 1782, 1812, 1855, as well as 1923.[33][34] The 1923 earthquake, with an estimated magnitude of 8.3, killed 142,000 people. Tokyo is located nigh the boundary of 3 plates.

 Tokyo National Museum, Ueno

Climate

The old metropolis of Tokyo as well as the bulk of mainland Tokyo prevarication inward the humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen climate classification Cfa), with hot humid summers as well as to a greater extent than ofttimes than non mild winters with cool spells. The region, similar much of Japan, experiences a one-month seasonal lag, with the warmest calendar month beingness August, which averages 27.5 °C (81.5 °F), as well as the coolest calendar month beingness January, averaging 6.0 °C (42.8 °F). Annual rainfall averages nearly 1,530 millimetres (60.2 in), with a wetter summertime as well as a drier winter. Snowfall is sporadic, only does happen almost annually.[36] Tokyo likewise ofttimes sees typhoons each year, though few are strong. The concluding 1 to hitting was Fitow inward 2007.

 From top left: Nishi-Shinjuku, Tokyo Tower, Rainbow Bridge, Shibuya, National Diet Building

Transportation

Tokyo, as the middle of the Greater Tokyo Area, is Japan's largest domestic as well as international hub for rail, ground, as well as air transportation. Public shipping inside Tokyo is dominated yesteryear an extensive network of prepare clean as well as efficient[50] trains as well as subways run yesteryear a diverseness of operators, with buses, monorails as well as trams playing a secondary feeder role.

Within Ōta, 1 of the 23 exceptional wards, Haneda Airport offers domestic as well as international flights. Outside Tokyo, Narita International Airport, inward Chiba Prefecture, is the major gateway for international travelers to Nippon as well as Japan's flag carrier Nippon Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Delta Air Lines, as well as United Airlines all guide maintain a hub at this airport.

 A map of Tokyo's 23 Special wards

Various islands governed yesteryear Tokyo guide maintain their ain airports. Hachijōjima (Hachijojima Airport), Miyakejima (Miyakejima Airport), as well as Izu Ōshima (Oshima Airport) guide maintain services to Tokyo International as well as other airports.

Rail is the primary agency of shipping inward Tokyo, which has the most extensive urban railway network inward the public as well as an every bit extensive network of surface lines. JR East operates Tokyo's largest railway network, including the Yamanote Line loop that circles the middle of downtown Tokyo. Two organizations operate the subway network: the someone Tokyo Metro as well as the governmental Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. The metropolitan authorities as well as someone carriers operate charabanc routes. Local, regional, as well as national services are available, with major terminals at the giant railroad stations, including Tokyo, Shinagawa, as well as Shinjuku.

 Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park

Expressways link the uppercase to other points inward the Greater Tokyo area, the Kantō region, as well as the islands of Kyūshū as well as Shikoku.

Other shipping includes taxis operating inward the exceptional wards as well as the cities as well as towns. Also long-distance ferries serve the islands of Tokyo as well as deport passengers as well as cargo to domestic as well as unusual ports.

Tokyo Stock Exchange

Culture

Tokyo has many museums. In Ueno Park, in that location is the Tokyo National Museum, the country's largest museum as well as specializing inward traditional Japanese art; the National Museum of Western Art; the National Museum of Science as well as Ueno Zoo. Other museums include the Nezu Art Museum inward Aoyama; the Edo-Tokyo Museum inward Sumida, across the Sumida River from the middle of Tokyo; as well as the National Diet Library, National Archives, as well as the National Museum of Modern Art, which are nigh the Imperial Palace.

Bank of Japan

Tokyo has many theaters for performing arts. These include national as well as someone theaters for traditional forms of Japanese drama (such as noh as well as kabuki) as good as modern drama. Symphony orchestras as well as other musical organizations perform modern as well as traditional music. Tokyo likewise hosts modern Japanese as well as international popular as well as stone music at venues ranging inward size from intimate clubs to internationally-known arenas such as the Nippon Budokan.

Shiodome City Center inward Minato, headquarters of All Nippon Airways as well as Fujitsu

Many dissimilar festivals happen throughout Tokyo. Major events include the Sannō at Hie Shrine, the Sanja at Asakusa Shrine, as well as the biennial Kanda Festivals. The concluding features a parade with elaborately decorated floats as well as thousands of people. Annually on the concluding Sat of July, an enormous fireworks display over the Sumida River attracts over a meg viewers. Once cherry blossoms, or sakura, blossom inward spring, many residents get together inward Ueno Park, Inokashira Park, as well as the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden for picnics nether the blossoms.

 Mitsubishi Corporation headquarters inward Marunouchi, Chiyoda

Harajuku, a neighborhood inward Shibuya, is known internationally for its youth style, fashion as well as cosplay.

Cuisine inward Tokyo is internationally acclaimed. In Nov 2007, Michelin released their guide for fine dining inward Tokyo, awarding 191 stars inward total, or nearly twice as many as Tokyo's nearest competitor, Paris. Eight establishments were awarded the maximum of 3 stars (Paris has 10), 25 received 2 stars, as well as 117 earned 1 star. Of the 8 top-rated restaurants, 3 offering traditional Japanese fine dining, 2 are sushi houses as well as 3 serve French cuisine.

Map of Tokyo Subway system

 University of Tokyo, Yasuda Auditorium

 Waseda University

 Keio University

 Tokyo Dome, the domicile stadium for the Yomiuri Giants

 Yoyogi Fountain

A large fountain inward Yoyogi sprays H2O into the air.

 Walking Down Sidewalk

A pictures of me walking downwardly a sidewalk inward Tokyo

 Tokyo Waterfront

Along the waterfront inward Tokyo as it starts to teach dark

 Tokyo Water Shuttle

A shuttle inward Tokyo carries people through the waters of Tokyo Bay

 Tokyo Traffic

Some traffic inward Tokyo driving on the left side of the route

 Tokyo Statue of Liberty

The Tokyo Statue of Liberty with the bay as well as Rainbow Bridge inward the background

 Tokyo Reflective Building

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 Tokyo Park

Looking towards the Tokyo Dome as well as a stance other large buildings

 Tokyo Loop

A loop of halt lights that runs roughly the intersection inward Shinjuku

 Tokyo Lights

Lots of lights inward Tokyo at nighttime

 Tokyo Vending Machine

A vending machine inward Tokyo selling drinks. There are lots of vending machine on the roads inward Tokyo

 Tokyo Sports Arena

A sports arena inward Tokyo domicile to WWE matches, sumo wrestling as well as to a greater extent than

 Meiji Shrine

Lots of people pray at Meiji Shrine. They commonly throw a money into the good later making a prayer

 Meiji Park

The giant entrance to Meiji Park, an surface area nigh Shibuya

 Meiji Park Wall

An artistic wall at Meiji Park

 Kids Shopping

A few kids shopping at an electronics store inward Akihabara. There was a lot of actually cool materials inward this store; from massage chairs to pianos, this store had it all

Japanese Night

Lots of lights as well as a flake of traffic at nighttime at the intersection inward Tokyo