Tokyo

Tokyo is the enormous and wealthy capital of , and its main city, overflowing with culture, commerce, and most of all, people. As the most populated urban area in the world, Tokyo 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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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Minato and Taito.

is a ward in central Tokyo. 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.

Taitō is a northeastern ward of Tokyo. Talk to a Tokyoite about "downtown", and he will think of the district: the train station of , where migrants from the first arrived in their search for a better life, and the temples of , once a boom town full of prostitutes and gangsters, now again a boom town full of tourists.

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is a central ward of Tokyo 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 Shibuya and Tokyo Haneda Airport.

is a shopping and eating district of Tokyo popular with a lot of young Tokyoites. It deserves a prize for having more two-story televisions than any other area in the world. Harajuku and areas in the ward have separate articles.

Haneda Airport, officially known as Tokyo International Airport, in the Tokyo neighborhood of , is the largest and busiest airport in Japan, and the second busiest airport in all Asia despite the majority of flights being domestic.

Photo: Fg2, Public domain.
, a.k.a. City in English, is a special ward of Tokyo, Japan. Located in the heart of Tokyo's 23 special wards, consists of and a surrounding radius of about a kilometer, and is known as the political and financial center of Japan.

is in western Tokyo, and is the most populous and the second largest of the city's 23 wards.

is a central ward in Tokyo. It has been the historical commercial heart of Tokyo since the Edo period, and to this day, is filled with offices, banks, and other institutions that drive the Japanese economy.

Photo: Lukas, CC BY 2.0.
Bunkyō is in Tokyo, north of the Imperial Palace. The name means roughly "Capital of Culture" and, indeed, it's best known as the home of the sprawling University of Tokyo and a series of aristocratic parks and villas.

is a ward in northwest Tokyo, . This guide incorporates Ikebukuro, a section of and one of the three major metropolitan sub-centers on the Yamanote Line, along with Shinjuku and Shibuya.

is a ward to the east of central Tokyo. It has a famous cherry blossom viewing area along the River near Asakusa Station in spring, and the River Fireworks Festival in summer.

is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in . The ward refers to itself as City in English. As of June 1, 2022, has an estimated population of 588,354 and a population density of 17,274 persons per km2.

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is one of the 23 wards of central Tokyo, and is also a major railway station in south-central Tokyo. Historically, parts of this ward were known as Shimazuyama.

, or Akiba in slang, is Tokyo's "Electric Town" on the eastern side of the central ward. The area houses thousands of shops selling every technological gadget you can imagine, from computers to gaming consoles and vacuums to DVDs, at reasonable prices.

is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is City. As of January 1, 2024, the ward has an estimated population of 337,377, and a population density of 21,640 persons per km2.

is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in . The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is City. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947.

Ōta is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in . The ward refers to itself in English as Ōta City. It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Ōmori and Kamata following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis.

The district of Tokyo, literally "Silver Mint", is in the ward. It is considered the high fashion center of the city and contains many upscale shops and restaurants.

For the fashionable teenager, spending time in on the weekends is practically a necessity. Older folks will want to visit too, to see Meiji Shrine and Yoyogi Park.

If you want to get a feel for old Tokyo, in the district is a good place to start. Entirely lacking in high-rise condos or whiz-bang shopping malls, by Tokyo standards it's distinctly downmarket, in contrast to places like , but that means that eating, shopping and drinking are all affordably priced.

Photo: Neruru, CC0.
Eastern Tokyo covers the wards of Adachi, Katsushika, Edogawa, Kōtō and Arakawa. Neighboring is covered in its own article, as is the flashy bayside shopping and entertainment district of .

is the southernmost part of ward in Tokyo, Japan, and a major district of the ward. It was developed on the site of a former brewery, which it is named after, and is home to Yebisu Garden Place.
Photo: Lukas, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shiodome and National Diet Library.

is an area in , Japan, located adjacent to and , near and the Hamarikyu Gardens. Formerly a railway terminal, has been transformed into one of Tokyo's most modern areas.

Library
The is the national library of and among the largest libraries in the world. It was established in 1948 for the purpose of assisting members of the National Diet of Japan in researching matters of public policy.

Castle
The Imperial Palace is the main residence of the emperor of Japan. It is a large -like area located in the district of the of Tokyo and contains several buildings, including the Fukiage Palace, where the emperor has his living…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roppongi and Akasaka.

is an expensive section of Tokyo's ward famous for its nightlife, much of which is geared towards foreigners. It is also a major daytime attraction, with two massive shopping and dining complexes, and various museums.

is one of Tokyo's central business districts, full of corporate headquarters and expensive hotels. The area is directly adjacent to , one of Tokyo's prime concentrations of bureaucracy, and only a stone's throw from the Imperial Palace in .

is a district of central Tokyo which is a significant business center and commercial area, although not quite as busy as Shinjuku or Shibuya to the west.

Tokyo

Latitude
35.6823° or 35° 40′ 56″ north
Longitude
139.7532° or 139° 45′ 11″ east
Population
13,600,000
Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)
IATA airport code
TYO
United Nations Location Code
JP TYO
Open location code
8Q7XMQJ3+W7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 265018692
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1850147
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
  • Albanian: Tokio
  • Albanian: Tokjo
  • Albanian: Tokyo
  • Amharic: ቶክዮ
  • Angika: टोक्यो
  • Arabic: توكيو
  • Arabic: طوكيو
  • Arabic: محافظة توكيو
  • Arabic: محافظة طوكيو
  • Aragonese: Tokio
  • Armenian: Տոկիո
  • Arpitan: Toquio
  • Assamese: টকিঅ‘
  • Assamese: টকিঅ’
  • Asturian: prefeutura de Tokiu
  • Asturian: Tokiu (prefeutura)
  • Asturian: Tokiu
  • Asturian: Tokyo
  • Asturian: Tōkyō
  • 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
  • Bislama: Tokyo
  • Bosnian: Tokio
  • Breton: Tokyo
  • Bulgarian: Токио
  • Burmese: တိုကျိုမြို့
  • Catalan: metròpoli de Tòquio
  • Catalan: prefectura metropolitana de Tòquio
  • Catalan: Tōkyō-to
  • Catalan: Tokyo
  • Catalan: Tōkyō
  • Catalan: Tòquio
  • Cebuano: Tokyo (ulohang dakbayan sa Hapon)
  • 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: Tang-kiaⁿ-to͘
  • Chinese: 东京
  • Chinese: 东京都/東京都
  • Chinese: 东京都
  • Chinese: 日本东京
  • Chinese: 日本東京
  • Chinese: 東京
  • Chinese: 東京都
  • Church Slavic: Тѡкио
  • Church Slavic: Тѡкиѡ
  • Chuvash: Токио
  • Cornish: Tokyo
  • Corsican: Tochiu
  • Corsican: Tochju
  • Corsican: Tokiu
  • Corsican: Tokyo
  • Corsican: Tōkyō
  • Cree: ᑐᑭᔪ
  • Crimean Tatar: Tokyo
  • Croatian: Tokio
  • Czech: prefektura Tokio
  • Czech: Tokio
  • Czech: Tókjó
  • Czech: Tokyo
  • Dagbani: Tokyo
  • Danish: Tokyo
  • Dhivehi: Tokyo
  • Dhivehi: ޓޯކިޔޯ
  • Dimli (individual language): Tokyo
  • Dotyali: टोकियो
  • Dutch: Tokio-to
  • Dutch: Tokio
  • Dzongkha: ཊོ་ཀི་ཡ
  • Eastern Mari: Токио
  • Egyptian Arabic: طوكيو
  • Erzya: Токио ош
  • Erzya: Токио
  • Esperanto: Tokio
  • Estonian: Tokyo prefektuur
  • Estonian: Tōkyō prefektuur
  • Estonian: Tōkyō
  • Ewe: Tokyo
  • Extremaduran: Tokyo
  • Extremaduran: Tóquiu
  • Faroese: Tokyo
  • Fiji Hindi: Tokyo
  • Fijian: Tokio
  • Fijian: Tokyo
  • Finnish: Tokio
  • French: métropole de Tokyo
  • French: préfecture de Tokyo
  • French: préfecture métropolitaine de Tokyo
  • French: Tokyo Metropolis
  • French: Tokyo-to
  • French: Tôkyô-to
  • French: Tōkyō-to
  • French: Tokyo
  • French: Tôkyô
  • French: Tōkyō
  • Galician: Tokio
  • Galician: Tokyo
  • Galician: Toquio
  • Gan Chinese: 東京
  • Ganda: Tokyo
  • Georgian: ტოკიო
  • German: Präfektur Tokio
  • German: Stadt Tokio
  • German: Stadt Tokyo
  • German: Tokio
  • German: Tokyo
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Tokyo
  • Gilaki: تؤکيؤ
  • Gorontalo: Tokyo
  • Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌹𐌰𐌿
  • Gothic: 𐍄𐍉𐌺𐌾𐍉
  • Greek: Τōκιō
  • Greek: Τṓκιō
  • Greek: Τōκυō
  • Greek: Τṓκυō
  • Greek: Τόκιο
  • Greek: Τόκυο
  • 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
  • Hindi: टोक्यो
  • Hungarian: Tokió
  • Hungarian: Tókjó
  • Hungarian: Tokyo-to
  • Hungarian: Tokyo
  • Hungarian: Tôkyô
  • Hungarian: Tōkyō
  • 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
  • Irish: Tokyo
  • Irish: Tōkyō
  • Italian: prefettura di Tokyo
  • Italian: prefettura di Tōkyō
  • Italian: Tochio
  • Italian: Tokyo
  • Italian: Tōkyō
  • Jamaican Creole English: Tuokio
  • Japanese: Tōkyō-to
  • Japanese: とうきょうと
  • Japanese: 東京
  • Japanese: 東京都
  • Javanese: Tokyo
  • Kabiyè: Tokiyo
  • Kabyle: Tokyo
  • Kadazan Dusun: Tokyo
  • Kalaallisut: Tokyo
  • Kannada: ಟೋಕಿಯೋ
  • Kannada: ಟೋಕ್ಯೊ
  • Kannada: ತೋಕ್ಯೋ
  • Kara-Kalpak: Tokio
  • Kara-Kalpak: Tokiyo
  • Kashmiri: ٹوکیو
  • Kazakh: Токио
  • Kazakh: Төкей
  • Kazakh: Эдо
  • Khmer: តូក្យូ
  • Khmer: ទីក្រុងតូខ្យូ
  • Kikuyu: Tokyo
  • Kinyarwanda: Tokyo
  • Kirghiz: Токио шаарынын тарыхы
  • Kirghiz: Токио
  • Komering: Tokyo
  • Korean: 도꾜
  • Korean: 도꾜도
  • Korean: 도쿄 도
  • Korean: 도쿄
  • Korean: 도쿄도
  • Korean: 동경 도
  • Korean: 동경
  • Korean: 동경도
  • Kotava: Tokyo
  • Kurdish: Tokyo
  • Ladin: Tokio
  • Ladin: Tokyo
  • Ladino: Tokio
  • Lao: ຈັງຫວັດໂຕກຽວ
  • Lao: ໂຕກຽວ
  • Lao: ນະຄອນຫຼວງໂຕກຽວ
  • Lao: ມະຫານະຄອນໂຕກຽວ
  • Latin: Metropolis Tociensis
  • Latin: Metropolis Tokiensis
  • Latin: Praefectura Tociensis
  • Latin: Praefectura Tokiensis
  • Latin: Tocio
  • Latin: Tocium
  • 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
  • Maltese: Tokyo
  • Manx: Tokyo
  • Maori: Tōkio
  • Marathi: टोक्यो
  • Marathi: तोक्यो
  • Mazanderani: توکيو
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: توكيو
  • 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
  • Mongolian: Токио хот
  • Mongolian: Токио
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠣᠣᠺᠶᠣ᠋ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠣᠣᠺᠶᠣ᠋
  • Moroccan Arabic: طوكيو
  • Narom: Tokyo
  • 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 prefektur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tokyo
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Tokyo
  • Norwegian: Tokyo
  • Novial: Tokyo
  • Nyanja: Tokyo
  • Occitan (post 1500): prefectura de Tòquio
  • Occitan (post 1500): Tòquio metròpol
  • Occitan (post 1500): Tòquio
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܛܘܟܝܘ
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܜܘܟܝܘ
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܛܘܩܝܘ
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Geddoburg
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Tocyo
  • Oriya: ଟୋକିଓ
  • 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: Edo
  • Polish: Prefektura Tokio
  • Polish: Tokio
  • Polish: Tōkyō-to
  • Pontic: Τόκιο
  • Portuguese: Edo
  • Portuguese: Metrópole de Tóquio
  • Portuguese: Tokei
  • Portuguese: Tokio
  • Portuguese: Tokyo (Japão)
  • Portuguese: Tokyo Metropolis
  • Portuguese: Tokyo-to
  • Portuguese: Tôkyô-to
  • Portuguese: Tōkyō-to
  • Portuguese: Tokyo, Japão
  • Portuguese: Tokyo
  • Portuguese: Tôkyô
  • Portuguese: Tōkyō
  • Portuguese: Tóquio (Japão)
  • Portuguese: Tóquio, Japão
  • Portuguese: Tóquio
  • Pushto: توکيو
  • Pushto: توکیو
  • Quechua: Tokyo
  • Romanian: Tokio
  • Romanian: Tokyo
  • Romanian: Tōkyō
  • Romansh: Tokio
  • Russia Buriat: Токио
  • Russia Buriat: Тоокёо
  • Russian: Токё-то
  • Russian: Токё
  • Russian: Токио-то
  • Russian: Токио
  • Rusyn: Токіо
  • Samoan: Tokyo
  • Samogitian: Tokėjės
  • Sanskrit: टोक्यो
  • Santali: ᱴᱚᱠᱭᱚ
  • Santali: ᱴᱳᱠᱭᱚ
  • Sardinian: Tokio
  • Sardinian: Tokyo
  • Saterfriesisch: Tokio
  • Scots: Tokyo
  • Scottish Gaelic: Tokyo
  • Serbian: Токио
  • Serbo-Croatian: Tokyo
  • Serbo-Croatian: Tōkyō
  • Shona: Tokyo
  • Sicilian: Tochiu
  • Silesian: Tokjo
  • Sindhi: ٽوڪيو
  • Sinhala: ටෝකියෝ
  • Sinhala: ටෝකියෝව
  • Slovak: Tokio
  • Slovenian: Tokijo
  • Slovenian: Tokio
  • Somali: Tokyo
  • South Azerbaijani: توکیو
  • Spanish: prefectura de Tokio
  • Spanish: Tokio
  • Spanish: Tokyo
  • Sundanese: Tokyo
  • Swahili: Tokyo
  • Swati: ITokyo
  • Swedish: Tokyo prefektur
  • Swedish: Tokyo
  • Swiss German: Tokio
  • Tachelhit: Tokyo
  • Tagalog: Tokyo
  • Tagalog: Tōkyō
  • Tahitian: Tokyo
  • Tajik: Префектураи Токио
  • Tajik: Токио
  • Talysh: Tokio
  • Tamil: டோக்கியோ
  • Tamil: டோக்யோ
  • Tamil: தோக்கியோ
  • Tatar: Токио
  • Telugu: టోక్యో
  • Tetum: Tokio
  • Thai: จังหวัดโตเกียว
  • Thai: โตเกียว
  • Thai: มหานครโตเกียว
  • Tibetan: ཐོ་ཁེ་ཡོ།
  • Tok Pisin: Tokyo
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): Tokio
  • Tosk Albanian: Tokio
  • Tswana: Tokyo
  • Tulu: ಟೋಕಿಯೋ
  • Tumbuka: Tokyo
  • Turkish: Tokyo
  • Turkmen: Tokio
  • Turkmen: Tokyo
  • Turkmen: Tokýo
  • Tuvinian: Токио
  • Twi: Tokyo
  • Udmurt: Токио
  • Uighur: توكيو
  • Ukrainian: Метрополія Токіо
  • Ukrainian: префектура Токіо
  • Ukrainian: Префектура Токіо
  • Ukrainian: Токіо метрополіс
  • Ukrainian: Токіо, Японія
  • Ukrainian: Токіо
  • Upper Sorbian: Tokio
  • Urdu: توکیو
  • Uzbek: Tokio
  • Venetian: Prefetura de Tokyo
  • Venetian: Tokyo
  • Veps: Tokio
  • Vietnamese: Đông Kinh Đô
  • Vietnamese: Đông Kinh
  • Vietnamese: Thủ đô Tokyo
  • Vietnamese: Tokyo Metropolis
  • Vietnamese: Tokyo Metropolitan
  • Vietnamese: Tokyo-to
  • Vietnamese: Tokyo
  • Vietnamese: Tôkyô
  • Vietnamese: Tōkyō
  • 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
  • Yue Chinese: 東京都
  • Zeeuws: Tokio
  • Zeeuws: Tokyo
  • Zhuang: Dunghgingh
  • Zulu: ITokyo
  • ma tomo Tokijo
  • Tokėjės
  • Tokio
  • Tokyo
  • Tōquiō
  • Токё
  • टोकियो
  • 東京都

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