Tokyo

Tokyo Metropolis comprises the city of , most of the plain of , and a chain of islands that extends thousands of kilometers south.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Tokyo and Minato.

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is the enormous and wealthy capital of , and its main city, overflowing with culture, commerce, and most of all, people. As one of the most populated urban areas in the world, is a fascinating and dynamic metropolis that mixes foreign influences, consumer culture and global business along with remnants of the capital of old Japan.

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is a ward in central . Its name means "port", referring to its seaside location, although many areas in the district are quite far from the sea now due to reclamation.

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is a central ward of known as the metropolis' second center. The area surrounding Station is a huge business, commercial, and entertainment center atop the world's busiest railway station complex.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Izu Islands and Hachioji.

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The are a chain of volcanic islands scattered over several hundred kilometers south of , .

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is in the western part of Tokyo, with a population of about 575,000 people. Home to Mount Takao which surprised the locals by suddenly getting 3 stars on the Guide Michelin in 2007.

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is a city located in the western portion of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 February 2024, the city had an estimated population of 147,754 in 78,614 households, and a population density of 13,000 persons per km2.

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is a city in the Western Tokyo region of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 March 2021, the city had an estimated population of 190,403, and a population density of 12,000 persons per km2. The total area of the city was 16.42 square kilometres.

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is a western suburb of Tokyo, and the main draws are Jindaiji Temple and Jindai Botanical gardens. These twin attractions are next to each other, making a reasonable day trip from central Tokyo.

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is a city in Tokyo Prefecture, . The city is west of Tokyo's 23 downtown wards, bordering on . City has relatively more nature than any other city in Tokyo. The town has been the setting for many manga and video games.

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is a city located in the western portion of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 April 2021, the city had an estimated population of 195,207 in 93,654 households, and a population density of 9500 persons per km2.

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is a city located in the western portion of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 March 2021, the city had an estimated population of 184,383 in 93,428 households, and a population density of 7,600 persons per km.

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is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 January 2021, the city had an estimated population of 206,047, and a population density of 13,000 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 15.75 square kilometres.

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is a city located in the western portion of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 March 2021, the city had an estimated population of 123,698 in 61,832 households.

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Fuchū is a city located in the western portion of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. Fuchū serves as a regional commercial center and a commuter town for workers in central Tokyo.

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is a western suburban city of Tokyo. One of the first things you see on arrival at Center train station is a glowing sign proclaiming "Tama is Hello Kitty's Town".

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is a city located in the western portion of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 March 2021, the city had an estimated population of 126,791, and a population density of 11,000 persons per km2. The total area of the city was 11.46 square kilometres.

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is a small city in western Tokyo, with a population of about 113,000 people. The city is known for its pure water and lush greenery.

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is a city in western Tokyo. The naming of comes from its location: sandwiched between and , the first kanji in each city was combined to create a new name.

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is a city located in the western portion of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The city covers an area of 17.97 square kilometres and is located at 35°38′17″N, 139°30′16″E.
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Tokyo

  • Type: metropolitan prefecture with 14,200,000 residents
  • Description: capital and largest city of Japan
  • Also known as: “Đông Kinh”, “Đông Kinh Đô”, “Edo”, “Jedo”, “métropole de Tokyo”, “Metrópole de Tóquio”, “metròpoli de Tòquio”, “Metropolis Tociensis”, “Metropolis Tokiensis”, “Praefectura Tociensis”, “Praefectura Tokiensis”, “prefectura de Tokio”, “prefectura metropolitana de Tòquio”, “préfecture de Tokyo”, “préfecture métropolitaine de Tokyo”, “prefektura Tokio”, “Prefektura Tokio”, “prefettura di Tokyo”, “prefettura di Tōkyō”, “prefeutura de Tokiu”, “Stadt Tokio”, “Stadt Tokyo”, “Thủ đô Tokyo”, “Tochio”, “Tochju”, “Tocium”, “Tocyo”, “Tokei”, “Tokijo”, “Tokio-to”, “Tokiu (prefeutura)”, “Tókjó”, “Tokýo”, “Tôkyô”, “Tokyo (Japan)”, “Tokyo (Japão)”, “Tokyo (ulohang dakbayan sa Hapon)”, “Tokyo Metropolis”, “Tokyo Metropolitan”, “Tokyo Metropolitan prefecture”, “Tokyo Prefecture”, “Tokyo-to”, “Tôkyô-to”, “Tōkyō-to”, “Tokyo, Japan”, “Tokyo, Japão”, “Tóquio (Japão)”, “Tòquio metròpol”, “Tóquio, Japão”, “Yedo”, “Τōκιō”, “Τṓκιō”, “Τōκυō”, “Τṓκυō”, “Τόκυο”, “Метрополія Токіо”, “префектура Токіо”, “Префектура Токіо”, “Токё-то”, “Токио хот”, “Токио шаарынын тарыхы”, “Токио-то”, “Токіо метрополіс”, “Токіо, Японія”, “Төкей”, “Эдо”, “محافظة توكيو”, “محافظة طوكيو”, “டோக்கியோ”, “டோக்யோ”, “ටෝකියෝව”, “มหานครโตเกียว”, “ຈັງຫວັດໂຕກຽວ”, “ນະຄອນຫຼວງໂຕກຽວ”, “ມະຫານະຄອນໂຕກຽວ”, “ទីក្រុងតូខ្យូ”, “ᠲᠣᠣᠺᠶᠣ᠋”, “ᠲᠣᠣᠺᠶᠣ᠋ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ”, “도꾜”, “도쿄”, “동경”, “동경 도”, “동경도”, “东京”, “日本东京”, and “日本東京”
  • Neighbors: , , , and
  • Categories: capital of Japan, tourist destination, metropolis, global city, megacity, largest city, big city, prefecture of Japan, and financial center
  • Location: , , ,
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Latitude of center
35.6769° or 35° 40′ 37″ north
Longitude of center
139.7639° or 139° 45′ 50″ east
Population
14,200,000
Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP TKX
Geo­Names ID
1850144
Wiki­data ID
Q1490
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Tokyo” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Токио”
  • Achinese: “Tokyo”
  • Achinese: “Tokyô”
  • Adyghe: “Токио”
  • Afrikaans: “Tokio”
  • Akan: “Tokyo”
  • Albanian: “Tokio”
  • Albanian: “Tokjo”
  • Amharic: “ቶክዮ”
  • Angika: “टोक्यो”
  • Arabic: “طوكيو”
  • Aragonese: “Tokio”
  • Armenian: “Տոկիո”
  • Arpitan: “Toquio”
  • Assamese: “টকিঅ‘”
  • Assamese: “টকিঅ’”
  • Asturian: “Tokiu”
  • Awadhi: “टोकियो”
  • Aymara: “Tokyo”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tokio”
  • Balinese: “Tokyo”
  • Bambara: “Tokyo”
  • Banjar: “Tokyo”
  • Bashkir: “Токио”
  • Basque: “Tokio”
  • Bavarian: “Prefektua Tokio”
  • Bavarian: “Tokio”
  • Belarusian: “Токіа”
  • Belarusian: “Токіё”
  • Bengali: “টোকিও”
  • Betawi: “Tokio”
  • Bhojpuri: “टोकियो”
  • Bislama: “Tokio”
  • Bosnian: “Tokio”
  • Breton: “Tokyo”
  • Bulgarian: “Токио”
  • Burmese: “တိုကျိုမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Tòquio”
  • Cebuano: “Tokyo”
  • Central Bikol: “Tokyo”
  • Central Kanuri: “Tokyo”
  • Central Kurdish: “تۆکیۆ”
  • Central Okinawan: “東京都”
  • Chamorro: “Tokyo”
  • Chavacano: “Tokio”
  • Chechen: “Токио”
  • Cherokee: “ᏙᎩᏲ”
  • Cheyenne: “Tokyo”
  • Chinese: “东京都”
  • Chinese: “東京都”
  • Church Slavic: “Тѡкио”
  • Church Slavic: “Тѡкиѡ”
  • Chuvash: “Токио”
  • Cornish: “Tokyo”
  • Corsican: “Tokiu”
  • Cree: “ᑐᑭᔪ”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Tokyo”
  • Croatian: “Tokio”
  • Czech: “Tokio”
  • Dagbani: “Tokyo”
  • Danish: “Tokyo”
  • Dhivehi: “Tokyo”
  • Dhivehi: “ޓޯކިޔޯ”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Tokyo”
  • Dotyali: “टोकियो”
  • Dutch: “Tokio”
  • Dzongkha: “ཊོ་ཀི་ཡ”
  • Eastern Mari: “Токио”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “طوكيو”
  • Emilian: “Tokyo”
  • Erzya: “Токио ош”
  • Erzya: “Токио”
  • Esperanto: “Tokio”
  • Estonian: “Tokyo prefektuur”
  • Estonian: “Tōkyō prefektuur”
  • Ewe: “Tokyo”
  • Extremaduran: “Tóquiu”
  • Faroese: “Tokyo”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Tokyo”
  • Fijian: “Tokio”
  • Fijian: “Tokyo”
  • Finnish: “Tokio”
  • French: “Préfecture de Tokyo”
  • French: “Tokyo”
  • Friulian: “Tokyo”
  • Galician: “Tokyo”
  • Galician: “Toquio”
  • Gan Chinese: “東京”
  • Ganda: “Tokyo”
  • Georgian: “ტოკიო”
  • German: “Präfektur Tokio”
  • German: “Tokio”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Tokyo”
  • Gilaki: “تؤکيؤ”
  • Gorontalo: “Tokyo”
  • Gothic: “𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌹𐌰𐌿”
  • Gothic: “𐍄𐍉𐌺𐌾𐍉”
  • Greek: “Τόκιο”
  • Guarani: “Tokio”
  • Guarani: “Tókio”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Tokyo”
  • Gujarati: “ટોક્યો”
  • Haitian: “Tokyo”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Tûng-kîn-tû”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Tûng-kîn”
  • Hausa: “Tokyo”
  • Hawaiian: “Tōkiō”
  • Hebrew: “טוקיו רבתי”
  • Hebrew: “טוקיו”
  • Hindi: “टोक्यो”
  • Hungarian: “Tokió”
  • Iban: “Tokyo”
  • Icelandic: “Tókýó”
  • Ido: “Tokyo”
  • Iloko: “Tokyo”
  • Inari Sami: “Tokio”
  • Indonesian: “Prefektur Tokyo”
  • Indonesian: “Tokyo”
  • Ingush: “Токио”
  • Interlingua: “Tokyo”
  • Interlingue: “Tōkyō”
  • Inuktitut: “ᑑᑭᐅ”
  • Inupiaq: “Tokyo”
  • Inupiaq: “Tukiu”
  • Irish: “Tóiceo”
  • Italian: “Prefettura di Tokyo”
  • Italian: “Tokyo”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Tuokio”
  • Japanese: “とうきょうと”
  • Japanese: “東京”
  • Japanese: “東京都”
  • Javanese: “Tokyo”
  • Jèrriais: “Tokyo”
  • Kabiyè: “Tokiyo”
  • Kabyle: “Tokyo”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Tokyo”
  • Kalaallisut: “Tokyo”
  • Kannada: “ಟೋಕ್ಯೊ”
  • Kannada: “ತೋಕ್ಯೋ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Tokio”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Tokiyo”
  • Kashmiri: “ٹوکیو”
  • Kazakh: “Токио”
  • Khmer: “តូក្យូ”
  • Kikuyu: “Tokyo”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Tokyo”
  • Kirghiz: “Токио”
  • Kölsch: “Tokio”
  • Komering: “Tokyo”
  • Korean: “도꾜도”
  • Korean: “도쿄 도”
  • Korean: “도쿄도”
  • Kotava: “Tokyo”
  • Kurdish: “Tokyo”
  • Ladin: “Tokio”
  • Ladin: “Tokyo”
  • Ladino: “Tokio”
  • Lao: “ໂຕກຽວ”
  • Latin: “Tokium”
  • Latvian: “Tokija”
  • Lezghian: “Токио”
  • Ligurian: “Tòkyo”
  • Limburgan: “Tokio”
  • Lingala: “Tokyo”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Tokyo”
  • Literary Chinese: “東京都”
  • Lithuanian: “Tokijas”
  • Livvi: “Tokio”
  • Lojban: “tokios.”
  • Lojban: “tokios”
  • Lombard: “Tokyo”
  • Low German: “Tokio”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Tokio”
  • Luxembourgish: “Prefektur Tokio”
  • Luxembourgish: “Tokio”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Tokyo”
  • Macedonian: “Токио”
  • Maithili: “टोक्यो”
  • Malagasy: “Tokyo”
  • Malay: “Tokyo”
  • Malay: “توکيو”
  • Malayalam: “ടോക്കിയോ”
  • Maltese: “Tokjo”
  • Manx: “Tokyo”
  • Maori: “Tōkio”
  • Marathi: “तोक्यो”
  • Mazanderani: “توکيو”
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: “طوكيو”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Dŭng-gĭng-dŭ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tang-kiaⁿ-to͘”
  • Minangkabau: “Tokyo”
  • Mingrelian: “ტოკიო”
  • Mirandese: “Tóquio”
  • Moksha: “Токиа”
  • Moksha: “Токио”
  • Mon: “တိုကျို”
  • Mongolian: “Токио”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “طوكيو”
  • Nauru: “Tokyo”
  • Navajo: “Táłtsʼá Hiníyíní”
  • Neapolitan: “Tokyo”
  • Nepali: “टोकियो”
  • Newari: “तोक्यो”
  • Nias: “Tokyo”
  • Northern Frisian: “Prefektuur Tokio”
  • Northern Luri: “توکیو”
  • Northern Sami: “Tokio”
  • Northern Sami: “Tokyo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tokyo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tokyo”
  • Norwegian: “Tokyo”
  • Novial: “Tokyo”
  • Nyanja: “Tokyo”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “prefectura de Tòquio”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Tòquio”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܛܘܩܝܘ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Geddoburg”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Tōkyō”
  • Oriya: “ଟୋକିଓ”
  • Oromo: “Tokyo”
  • Ossetian: “Токио”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻတိုကျို”
  • Pampanga: “Tokyo”
  • Panjabi: “ਟੋਕੀਓ”
  • Papiamento: “Tokio”
  • Papiamento: “Tokyo”
  • Persian: “توکیو”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Togjo”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Tokio”
  • Picard: “Tokyo”
  • Picard: “Tōkyō”
  • Piemontese: “Tokyo”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Tokyo”
  • Polish: “Tokio”
  • Pontic: “Τόκιο”
  • Portuguese: “Tóquio”
  • Pushto: “توکيو”
  • Pushto: “توکیو”
  • Quechua: “Tokyo”
  • Romanian: “Tokio”
  • Romanian: “Tokyo”
  • Romanian: “Tōkyō”
  • Romanian: “Токё”
  • Romansh: “Tokio”
  • Russia Buriat: “Токио”
  • Russia Buriat: “Тоокёо”
  • Russian: “Токио”
  • Rusyn: “Токіо”
  • Samoan: “Tokyo”
  • Samogitian: “Tokėjės”
  • Sanskrit: “टोक्यो”
  • Santali: “ᱴᱚᱠᱭᱚ”
  • Santali: “ᱴᱳᱠᱭᱚ”
  • Sardinian: “Tokio”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Tokio”
  • Scots: “Tokyo”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Tokyo”
  • Serbian: “Токио”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tokyo”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tōkyō”
  • Shona: “Tokyo”
  • Sicilian: “Tochiu”
  • Sicilian: “Tokyo”
  • Silesian: “Tokjo”
  • Sindhi: “ٽوڪيو”
  • Sinhala: “ටෝකියෝ”
  • Skolt Sami: “Tokio”
  • Slovak: “Tokio”
  • Slovenian: “Tokio”
  • Somali: “Tokyo”
  • South Azerbaijani: “توکیو”
  • Spanish: “Prefectura de Tokio”
  • Spanish: “Tokio”
  • Sundanese: “Tokyo”
  • Swahili: “Tokyo”
  • Swati: “ITokyo”
  • Swedish: “Tokyo prefektur”
  • Swedish: “Tokyo”
  • Swiss German: “Tokio”
  • Tachelhit: “Tokyo”
  • Tagalog: “Tokyo”
  • Tahitian: “Tokyo”
  • Tajik: “Префектураи Токио”
  • Tajik: “Токио”
  • Talysh: “Tokio”
  • Tamil: “தோக்கியோ”
  • Tatar: “Токио”
  • Telugu: “టోక్యో”
  • Tetum: “Tokio”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดโตเกียว”
  • Thai: “โตเกียว”
  • Tibetan: “ཐོ་ཁེ་ཡོ།”
  • Tok Pisin: “Tokyo”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Tokio”
  • Tswana: “Tokyo”
  • Tulu: “ಟೋಕಿಯೋ”
  • Tumbuka: “Tokyo”
  • Turkish: “Tokyo”
  • Turkmen: “Tokio”
  • Tuvinian: “Токио”
  • Twi: “Tokyo”
  • Udmurt: “Токио”
  • Uighur: “توكيو”
  • Ukrainian: “Токіо”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Tokio”
  • Urdu: “توکیو”
  • Uzbek: “Tokio”
  • Venetian: “Prefetura de Tokyo”
  • Venetian: “Tokyo”
  • Veps: “Tokio”
  • Vietnamese: “Tokyo”
  • Vlaams: “Tokio”
  • Vlax Romani: “Tokyo”
  • Volapük: “Tokyo”
  • Võro: “Tokio”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Tokyo”
  • Welsh: “Tokyo”
  • Western Armenian: “Թոքիօ”
  • Western Frisian: “Tokio”
  • Western Mari: “Токио”
  • Western Panjabi: “ٹوکیو”
  • Wolof: “Tokyo”
  • Wu Chinese: “东京都”
  • Yakut: “Токио”
  • Yiddish: “טאקיא”
  • Yoruba: “Tokyo”
  • Yue Chinese: “東京都”
  • Zeeuws: “Tokio”
  • Zeeuws: “Tokyo”
  • Zhuang: “Dunghgingh”
  • Zulu: “ITokyo”
  • “ma tomo Tokijo”
  • “Tōquiō”
  • “टोकियो”

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