Tokyo
PlaceAsian Cities
Capital and most populous city of Japan.
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Tokyo
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Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is Japan's capital and most populous city. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay in the Kantō region of Honshu, it is the country's economic center and the seat of its government and Emperor. Formerly known as Edo, it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603 and was renamed Tokyo after the Meiji Restoration. Its metropolitan government administers 23 special wards, western municipalities and outlying island chains.
- Country
- Japan
- Former name
- Edo
- Location
- Head of Tokyo Bay, Kantō region, Honshu
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Tokyo (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q1490
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Morio. CC BY-SA 3.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsMorio, Own workModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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